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  • Battleship (IMAX 2D)

    Rating: 1.0 stars

     As much tension as the board game. 

    10 May 2012

    Battleships the movie is based on the board game by Hasbro. The movie also contains as much tension as the average game of Battleship played. The plot is just as arbitrary as the gameplay of the board game, where you call out random coordinates to sink an enemy battleship. Rihanna runs around for no apparent reason, Liam...

  • The Hunger Games

    Rating: 2.0 stars

     Battle Royale with Cheese 

    4 Apr 2012

    Cue the comparisons to a certain vampiric hit sensation novel. Cue the comparison to Battle Royale. Hunger Games, while sharing the "kill em all" premise of the latter, has little in common with its Japanese counterpart.Why? Because the entire premise of the last man standing movies are that likeable characters will die,...

  • We Not Naughty

    Rating: 1.0 stars

     I felt violated. 

    14 Feb 2012

    It is once said that an infinite number of monkeys could recreate Shakespeare on a typewriter if you give them enough time. The script for this movie is one of the things the monkeys came up with in the meantime.Product placement was relentless, with 5 mins in the movie having a vacuum cleaner commercial.

  • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

    Rating: 4.0 stars

     All the rape, no subtitles. 

    14 Feb 2012

    David Fincher's movie is a reinterpretation of Stieg Larssons's book of the same name. Graphic, visceral thrills to be had, Fincher's version pulls no punches. This movie is one where director transcends the plot. The big reveal isnt that satisfactory, and the story isnt that great. But Fincher's no holds barred directing...

  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

    Rating: 4.0 stars

     Smiley is the anti-bond. 

    14 Feb 2012

    Guns, gadgets, girls and exotic locations. Trappings of the world of the glamorous spy thriller. This is not that world.The world of Tinker,Tailor,Soldier,Spy is a world far from the glamour of the Bond movies. Less action and more men exchanging furtive glances in smoky back rooms. This movie is slow paced, and is an...