World Trade Center - Ryan Moss

I thought it was certainly worth in tribute to the police and fire-fighters who risk and lost their lives during the rescuing of the aftermath of the Twin Towers. Nonetheless, it is not going to go down in the history books as a definitive movie. Worth the watch but would probably wait for the DVD.

Rating: 3/5

Fearless Review - Gerry Me Boie

As announced by my master and friend Jet Li, this will be his final martial arts movie. A big shock to me, my Sensei retiring from what he is best known for.

"FearLess" is a story of Chinese legend Huo Yaunjia, a great Wushu fighter, whos arrogance led to tragedy. After a self-imposed exile, he came back to redeem himself and used his skills to rebuild Chinese morale against foreign colonialists.

An action-packed movie! Got me carried-away I was kicking and punching the seat in-front of me...

9/10 In Action
9/10 In moral Lesson
5/10 In Drama
1/10 In Love scene

Prison Break - Gerry Me Boie

The acting is great! Plotline every episode is interesting it makes you crave for more. But this show had so many questions yet unanswered. When are they going to explain why Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows have two different last names? Are they half brothers, soul mates or just yo, my brotha, homey type of thingy?

Warning! Spoiler ahead... (Highlight the sentence below only if you HAVE WATCHED first 2 episodes of Season 2)
They shouldn't have killed Veronica. It would be interesting to see Sara, Veronica and Nikka have a cat-fight over Michael.
End of Spoiler

I hope Kellerman, the man of many disguise(the bad guy), would fall in-love with Sara so he'll never kill her. I want Sara to be there till the end.
In Season 1, they showed Nikka twice for just 30 seconds each. I hope next season, we'll see more of her. Nikka has got few more good talents you know. She can also sing.

I've seen 2 new episodes via youtube. Now im up-to-date.

Rated 9/10

Kenny - Rhys A

Kenny is a thoroughly enjoyable Australian mockumentary about a down to earth bloke who works as a plumber/port-a-loo installer. With elements reminiscent of both 'The Castle' and 'Crocodile Dundee', the film follows Kenny's day-to-day existence including visits to the Melbourne Cup, Calder Park and the St. Kilda festival. You can't help but laugh as Kenny shares his ockerish observations and insights only gained through his particular line of work. We are drawn to Kenny and his good humour as we share his struggles with work, family and even a romance. The toilet-humour is generally understated and the audience is never grossed-out. A feel-good film that if nothing else will make you think next time you visit a port-a-loo!

Rating: Four and half out of five.

Wah Wah - Gemma

Written and directed by Richard E. Grant and based on his childhood in Swaziland, this movie is highly entertaining. With plenty of laughs and great acting, definitely worth a look.

Rating: 8/10

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Gemma

No deep thinking required - just good entertainment. Laughs all the way. Johnny Depp is hilarious. You probably need to have watched the original as well!

Rating: 8/10

Jindabyne - Gemma

This movie is quite emotional and you need to concentrate to understand everything thats happening. Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne are fantastic. It is a really enjoyable movie to watch.

Rating: 7/10

Joyeux Noel - Adam N

This film is set during the first world war and is a dramatisation of an actual event, when German soldiers on the frontline called a truce with French and Scottish soldiers on Christmas eve. Both sides shared food, wine and song with the truce lasting into the next day. The film highlights the absurdity of war and is slow to get started but really enjoyable to watch once it gets going.

8/10

Zozo - Adam N

This is a Swedish-Lebanese film about a boy who must go alone to Sweden, to live with his grand-parents who immigrated there, after his family are killed during the Lebanese civil war in the 1980's.
It's set in both Lebanon, as his family prepare to go to Sweden, and in Sweden, after the boy (Zozo) makes it there on his own.
The Lebanese side of things is good, except for the bit where he talks to a chicken and the chicken talks back. The Swedish side of things is pathetic and I stopped watching it.

3/10

Brokeback Mountain - Adam N

Brokeback Mountain is the tale of two cowboys who find themselves on the same job, looking after a bunch of sheep on Brokeback Mountain where they start a sexual relationship that is ultimately doomed due to an unacceptance of homosexuality within their society. Hence, they meet infrequently under the pretense of going fishing and even start heterosexual families, one in Texas and the other in Wyoming.
The scenery is great and the acting is superb, although I had to watch it with subtitles on as the southern accents (mumblings), especially from Heath Ledger, were exceedingly hard to discern.

8/10

The Weather Man - Adam N

This is watchable but not great. It doesn't touch on anything you haven't seen before but is probably better acted than most. The story has Nicholas Cage playing a successful weather man, although the success in his job does not carry through to his family. He basically spends the film realising that his dreams of making everything right again with his family are nothing more than dreams.

5/10

Chicago (2002) - Victor Kwong

Full of really catchy tunes, Chicago is based in... well where else? CHICAGO! During the time where cabarets were big and fame and fortune was a necessity... an aspiring performer named Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger) wanted it all... the fame… the fortune.

Roxie's obsessive pursuit for fame and fortune leads her to murders her philandering boyfriend whch lands her in jail. She hires a slick high priced lawyer (Richard Gere) who builds her up as America's sweetheart through public deception.

There are so many great songs throughout this movie which makes it quite enjoyable to watch. There’s never a dull moment.

8/10

The Break Up - Victor Kwong

Don't be fooled by the marketing of this movie! IT IS A COMEDY... BUT A COMEDIC CHICK FLICK! I came into this movie expecting something along the lines of wedding crashers (low on the chick flick, high on the comedy) instead I find myself in a cinema full of 13 year old girls and heart-breaking scenes which sent them into tears!

The Break Up is a movie about a couple who end a relationship on bad terms however they discover breaking up becomes quite complicated when they each own half of the up market apartment they are living in. What follows is a series of war tactics with the objective to drive each other mad in order to claim ownership of the apartment.

This movie primarily sends the message that women are the victims and men have no idea what’s going on in a relationship… WHATEVER!!

Rating: 6.5/10

The Sound of Music - Sasima

Based on a true story, The Sound of Music portrays a life of a young nun and her influence on the family of a naval officer in Germany during the World War II. Featuring the all-time classic songs such as "The Sound of Music" and "Do-re-mi", the movie is a mix and match of adult-themed political issues during the Nazi time, fun musicals for kids and love. One of a kind movie that I can watch over and over again.

10 out of 10.

Moulin Rouge - Sasima

Casting Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor in the olden days in France. It's a story about a British poet falling in love with a beautiful Moulin Rouge star. Moulin Rouge features the most lavishing and colourful set I've ever seen. All the flashy cabaret dancing and heart-capturing songs had me buying the soundtrack straight after watching it. A must for those who like musicals.

8 out of 10

Lord of War - Adam N

This is a great film.
Nicholas Cage plays an arms trader who works his way to being one of the most successful in the business, although it comes with significant cost, which the character largely remains emotionally detached from.
Some might say that this makes the character less authentic. I'd say that it makes him more so, as emotional detachment, I expect, would be one of the attributes that makes a successful arms trader.

8 out of 10

Aeon Flux (The Movie) - Adam N

This is a pretty poor film from a plot point-of-view but does contain lots of eye-candy from a special FX and set point-of-view.
Don't go into it expecting it to be like the animated series. It borrows from the characters and settings but that's where it ends.

5 out of 10

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - Sean M

The western genre has had a revitalisation lately with films such as The Proposition. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is a good addition to this genre, but what makes this film distinctive is that it is set in the modern day, and deals with the U.S.'s tentative relationship with Mexico.

The protagonists of the film are Pete, a Texas cattlemen mourning the murder of his Mexican friend, and Mike the Border Guard who accidently killed him. Once Pete works out that Mike was responsible for his friends death, he abducts him, and they begin a journey through the mountainous border country to fulfill a promise and bury Melquiades Estrada in his home town in Mexico.

This is a film which sits squarely in the domain of the western, playing on the usual themes of isolation, friendship, restrained violence and redemption. As always the harsh and beautiful landscape is a important character, shaping and influencing the characters as they move through it. Tommy Lee Jones, who directs as well as playing the character of Pete, displays his empathy for the cause of the Mexicans and weaves a thread through the film which suggests that their lives are not disimilar to those of people living north of the border.

7 out of 10

Good Night and Good Luck - Adam N

This film, directed by George Clooney, is completely in B&W and set during the Cold War, a period when America was paranoid about the spread of Communism and everyone smoked cigarettes.

It's a political film about the use of fear for political gain and how mass media is used to perpetuate it.

I guess nothing much has changed, which is why they made the film.

All up, an enjoyable and enlightening film... I had no idea that cigarette smoking was so prolific back then.

8/10

Walk the Line - Sean M

Walk the Line is the latest offering in the rather crowded genre of music biopics. This particular one deals with Johnny Cash. It has all the standard hallmarks of its predecessors; the rise out of poverty, the breakthrough, the struggle with success and personal demons, the redemption. Essentially this is a love story, between Johnny and his wife to be June Carter, on the road together, married to other people but desperately wanting to be together.

The performances are excellent. Both lead actors apparently sang all their own songs, and both Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon are extremely convincing. Cash's dependence on pain killers is handled a little heavily, and at times you wish they would just get on with it, but the film's heart is in the right place and ultimately its an enjoyable experience.

7/10

March of the Penguins - Gemma S.

Sooooooo cute! At the heart of one of the coldest places on earth, this documentary (movie) shows the struggle of the Emperor penguins to find a mate, produce an egg, protect it from the freezing cold and raise a little penguin before returning to the sea. They have to march back and forth to the sea to get food and the males starve for months during the height of winter (typical self-sacrifice really!). This is a really well made documentary with lots of funny bits. Well worth seeing.

Rating: 9/10

Caterpillar Wish - Gemma S.

Australian movie about a young girl in a small town who is obsessed with finding her father. Enjoyable & well made (great acting) but not extremely exciting. Wait for DVD.

Rating: 5/10

Water - Gemma S.

This is the third movie in a series by Deepa Mehta, about the life of Indian women. The movie is set in colonial India in the late 1930's and tells the story of a seven year old "woman" Chuyia whose husband has died. She must live the rest of her life in an ashram for Hindu widows, unable to marry again, and considered an outcast by society. Other central characters are Kalyani, another widow who has become a prostitute to help the ashram survive, and Narayan a follower of Gandhi who believes widows should have more rights. This movie will make you laugh and cry (mainly the latter) and is beautifully done. Very enjoyable but definitely more of a chick flick that one for the guys !!

Rating: 7/10

V for Vendetta - Sean M.

V for Vendetta is unabashedly a political film, it wears its colors on its sleeve. Set in a future which seems scarily close to reality, its about a masked crusader rallying against a government which, seizing on a crisis, has implemented totalitarian rule. Based on a graphic novel by Alan Moore, who also wrote the graphic novels that From Hell and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen were based on, this is by far the best adaptation of his work. Australian James McTeague, who worked as assistant director to the Wachowski brothers on the Matrix sequels, was asked by the Wachowskis to direct this film for their production company.

Hugo Weaving shines in a difficult role, given that his character wears a mask throughout the entire film which is never removed. Natalie Portman, as Evey, gives us insights into the reality of life in this distopian world. John Hurt is creepy as the Big Brother figure of Chancellor Sutler.

This is a film which warns us against complacency when it comes to monitoring those who govern, and the insidious creep of legislation which curtails our individual freedoms.

Four stars out of five for me.