Movie Reviews

Arena

Directed by Jonah Loop Staring Samuel L. Jackson, Kellan Lutz and Johnny Messner Rated MA Score 5/6 David Lord finds himself forced into the savage world of a modern gladiatorial arena, where men fight to the death for the entertainment of the online masses. Arena the very real risk of being nothing more than a…

Abduction

Directed by John Singleton Staring Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins and Alfred Molina Rated M Score 3/6 A young man who sets out to uncover the truth about his life, after finding his baby photo on a missing person’s website. In itself Abduction had an interesting enough concept behind it, but it ended failing to embrace…

Fist 2 Fist

Directed by Jino Kang Staring Jino Kang, Bill Duff and Michael Bauld Rated MA Score 2/6 Years ago, Ken Min failed to stop his friend from killing a young couple, leaving their infant son orphaned. After his friend is sent to prison for the crime, Ken spends his life running away from his shame. Seeking…

Gantz

Director: Shinsuke Sato Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Ken’ichi Matsuyama and Yuriko Yoshitaka Rated MA Score 6/6 After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth. This movie is based on…

Chalet Girl

Directed by Phil Traill Staring Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick and Bill Nighy Rated PG Score 3 Pretty tomboy Kim Matthews used to be a champion skateboarder – but now she’s stuck in a dead end job trying to support her Dad. Opportunity comes knocking in the form of a catering job in the one of…

5 Days of War

Directed by Renny Harlin Staring Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Richard Coyle Rated MA Score 6/6 An American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native become caught in the crossfire in the war between Russia and Georgia. I really fell in love with the cinematography it almost seems a shame that war came to such…

Johnny English : Reborn

Directed by Oliver Parker Staring Rowan Atkinson Rated PG Score 6/6 Johnny English goes up against international assassins hunting down the Chinese premier. With the reboot of the entire Bond Franchise and the effort to make the movies appear to be realistic and ‘serious’, I suppose it would be a fair assumption that Johnny English…

Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows

Directed by Guy Ritchie Staring Robert Downey Jr., Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Jude Law and Jared Harris Rated M Score 5/6 Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty. Guy Ritchie really should be congratulated for not following the trend that seems to be…

United

Director James Strong Staring David Tennant, Dougray Scott & Jack O’Connell Rated M Score 6/6 United is based on the true story of Manchester United’s legendary “Busby Babes”, the youngest side ever to win the Football League and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of the their number. The film draws on first-hand…