September 2008

Painted Skin

From the trailer I didn’t see anything that would interest me, after all, it’s another traditional Chinese kung fu movie. We’ve had plenty of those this year alone.

But once I realised it has incorporated the lore of the fox demon, I was hooked till the end.
The best part of this movie was the very compelling [...]

Mama Mia!

The failure of this movie was mainly due to the inexperienced director. Phyllida Lloyd only has theatre background and she has made the transition to movies a painful one for her audience.

Right from the very first note in the opening song, something felt wrong. It’s not really Amanda Seyfriend’s fault as her work is commendable [...]

Eastern Promises

Viggo Mortensen completely nude in a fist fight. Is that how you get yourself nominated for an Oscar now?

But all jokes aside, and I’m not one to judge the accuracy of his accent, and it wasn’t just Mortensen, it was an all-round great acting from the cast with a very good story very well directed.
This [...]

You Don’t Mess With The Zohan

I expected worse from Adam Sandler, considering how bad his previous flick was. This one, taking the war between Lebanon and Israel as one of the platform for lift off, showed a bit of heart and just enough humour to be entertaining.

This is what The Love Guru should have done. With the plot in mind, [...]

The Love Guru

Never have liked Mike Myers’ act ever since Wayne’s World and Austin Powers. Looks like it’s safe to say I’ll never will.

His kind of randomness and silly, mindless humour coupled with scatological nonsense is just not something for me. His creation of Guru Pitka adds nothing new to what he’s done before. It’s just another [...]