REVIEW: Snowpiercer

snowpiercer

There was such a giddy sense of anticipation for Bong Joon-ho’s first English language film that ultimate disappointment seemed almost inevitable. But, where his countrymen Park Chan-wook and Kim Ji-woon failed to transplant their unique cinematic perspective into Stoker and The Last Stand respectively, Snowpiercer is by comparison a monumental triumph of dystopian science fiction. […] Read more »

Captain America: The First Avenger

Captain America

What better way to spend a rainy Saturday afternoon than with a matinee style screening of the most matinee-ish of the recent Marvel films; Captain America: The First Avenger. After all, this is one of the most obviously entertainment oriented films in the franchise, with everything from dancing girls to giant tanks thrown into a […] Read more »

REVIEW: Captain America: The First Avenger

Captain America

With the release of Captain America: The First Avenger, Marvel Studios now have all their super-powered little ducks in a row, ready for next summer’s ultimate hero movie, The Avengers. Hoping to preempt the criticisms similar to those leveled at X-Men – that with so many characters there was no time to develop them – […] Read more »