All Film Reviews

Here we go again: California sinks in "2012"

2012. New York gets destroyed. Again.

November 13th, 2009

If you can ignore the loopy plot, the sense of deja vu, the American bias and the romantic segregation, “2012″ is fun to sit through. For the first hour.


The way he made us feel

This Is It. The Show That Never Was.

November 3rd, 2009

“This Is It” gives us Michael’s last rehearsals, and a glimpse of the man in the smoke and mirrors. Is it a tribute, or exploitation?


Ferrell, Friel and McBride in "Land of the Lost"

Land of the Lost.

October 26th, 2009

“Land of the Lost” aims for the college fraternity humour that currently dominates American film comedies—where men in their 20s and 30s are stuck in a perpetual adolescence.


Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx in "Law Abiding Citizen"

Law Abiding Citizen.

October 16th, 2009

By the time the title flashes on the screen, we’ve already witnessed a robbery, an attempted rape and two murders. That’s the only surprise in this tired Jamie Foxx thriller.


We're just ordinary people: Bruce Willis in "Surrogates"

Surrogates.

October 2nd, 2009

You’re so sick of seeing perfect breasts that whenever someone ordinary appears in “Surrogate”, their imperfections—mussed hair, dimpled skin, fatigued faces—becomes stunning.