World’s Sexiest Woman ™ Megan Fox; topless, in a horror comedy from an award-winning writer who used to strip for a living. It’s fairly obvious why Fox’s Atomic imprint are hanging high box office hopes on this but unfortunately it looks like it’s a triumph of marketing over substance.
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Frozen River
0 CommentsJuly 20, 2009 – 1:56 pm
When her husband absconds with the savings, destitute Ray Eddy (Melissa Leo) finds herself involved with local Mohawk Lila Littlewolf’s smuggling ring and while the plot provides thrilling elements, what emerges is a compelling, human drama with far-reaching themes.
The desperate woman in trouble premise hints at chick-flick fluff, but nothing could be further from the truth as we follow an illegal operation in which the duo are seen ferrying immigrants across the St.Lawrence River on the New York State border. The pitch-perfect writing from newcomer Courtney Hunt has already won over the Sundance crowd, and even secured a couple of Oscar nods. It’s not hard to see why.
Max Manus: Man Of War
0 CommentsJuly 20, 2009 – 6:02 am
Going by title alone, you’d be forgiven for expecting a set-piece-filled video game spin off. In fact this is a slow burning and underplayed version of real life events, as Norwegian resistance member Max takes on dastardly invading Nazis, in a WWII film that’s a wobbly mix of two-fisted action and true-life consequence.
NewsGush: For Humans Only
1 CommentsJuly 17, 2009 – 1:04 pm
Neil Blomkamp doesn’t exactly score Speilberg points on the recognition-ometer, mainly confining himself to some innovative corporate work until now. But he should be creeping into the public – or at least, the Sci-Fi geek’s – consciousness fairly shortly, with the release of his debut feature District 9.
The Informers
7 CommentsJuly 17, 2009 – 8:51 am
Bret Easton Ellis has a habit of taking us on tours of glossy 80s locales, but where his books offer a set of stylish short tales with an engrossing narrative – not to mention the odd vampire – here we get the arse-end of the 80s dream. A bloated, drug-addled corpse of a movie that comes off like Robert Altman directing MTVs The Hills.
