Monday, June 27, 2011

Green Lantern

Be warned - if you've just seen the new X-Men movie and are on a superhero-movie binge after that amazing flik, don't feel bad if you give this movie a miss.

You would never know that around $300 million was spent on production for this film - OK-ish effects, OK- ish script and OK- ish acting. It's an OK-ish film. Green Lantern Ryan Reynolds is nice to look at (and has a great movie track record), but even he plays the role with little to no depth, and his female interest, Gossip Girl Blake Lively, serves no purpose other than to match the eye candy.

Rating: 2 outta 5.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

PROM

It's Prom night, and for Nova (Aimee Teegarden), this night means everything - She's the cliche school girl for all US movies: blond, class president & the prom’s chief organizer, and she is determined everything will be perfect. Of course, the organising doesn't go as planned - and viola! We have a movie!

In typical Disney fashion, the story has a girl, a boy, a disaster or two and some teenie love... If teen movies are not your thing - you might want to give this a skip. But otherwise, if you take it for what it is, it's cheerful and good to watch on a Friday night with your girlfriends at home.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Kung Fu Panda 2

So often the sequel to a movie is never as good as the first movie - but Dreamworks did good with this movie on the panda wanabe kung-fu master!

With the animal kingdom being threatened by an evil peacock, Po the panda and his posse of ass-kicking kung-fu friends must, well, go kick some ass. Voiced by the best actors in the biz, Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie and Seth Rogan to name a few, this film comes with that added comedic pizzazz that makes it all the more enjoyable for everyone involved!

This is your best bet for guaranteed fun this weekend.

Rating: 4 outta 5.

Monday, June 6, 2011

X-Men: First Class

We have yet another X-Men instalment - and although we are going back in time (yet again!) the trip is sooo worth it. First was X-Men: The Last Stand then X-Men Origins: Wolverine now comes X-Men: First Class.

Ever wondered where it all began? It is the 1960s - the time of the Cuban missile crisis, the Cold War and JFK. Charles Xavier, aka Professor X, and Erik Lensherr, aka Magneto, are friends, but we see why their friendship began to fall apart and how the war of the mutants began....

Awesome special effects and great acting - this one is a goodie for all!

Rating: 4 outta 5.