Last year's screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games was critically and commercially a huge success, boasting the biggest opening weekend for a non-sequel at the time. So, hot on the trails of that massive achievement comes Catching Fire, the second part in what will eventually be a … [Read more...]
I Am Siegeface – Alan Partridge : Alpha Papa – Dork Review
Successfully translating comedy characters from the small screen to the big screen is no mean feat. Many attempts (like Guest House Paradiso, that Keith Lemon film, The League Of Gentlemen's Apocalypse,... ) have fallen flat on their faces. But in recent years, films like In The Loop and The … [Read more...]
Seriously Bad Kaiju-ju – Pacific Rim – Dork Review
Hollywood's Summer of Destruction continues. So far, we've had Earth come under threat by aliens, middle-class robots and zombies. But in Pacific Rim, it's the robots that may end up saving our behinds, as Guillermo del Toro unleashes a band of terrifying Kaiju on to the world. Terror from the … [Read more...]
Is It Zed or Zee? – World War Z – Dork Review
World War Z has had a bit of a journey from book to film. After countless years in Development Hell, and claims that the book was unfilmable, the adaptation of Max Brooks zombie apocalypse classic finally hit screens last month. Fronted by Brad Pitt, with his production company Plan B backing and … [Read more...]
Fear Is A Choice – After Earth – Dork Review
Hollywood has gone Apocalypse-mad, it seems. After Tom Cruise-starring Oblivion and before the quadruple whammy of World War Z, This Is The End, The World's End (which is British, but still) and Pacific Rim comes this father/son two-hander by the Messrs. Will and Jaden Smith. Oh, and it's … [Read more...]
DARK TREK – THE FINAL DARKTIER. Star Trek Into Darkness – Dork Review
Many fantasy/sci-fi franchises turn “dark” in their second or third films – once your heroes have some early triumphs, after all, it’s too tempting to take a big poo on them and see how they handle that. Star Trek Into Darkness, the sequel to 2009’s Star Trek, isn’t being subtle about its Dark … [Read more...]
Is Tony Stark the only person who didn’t enjoy the Avengers movie? Iron Man 3 – Dork Review
Iron Man! Charismatic alter-ego of Robert Downey Jr, lynchpin of Marvel Comics films, red and yellow saviour of capitalism! After the record-breaking powerhouse of last year's Avengers, Tony Stark returns in his third solo movie – can he charm us all anew? With new director Shane Black, new … [Read more...]
Evil Dead – Boomsticks Out! – Dork Review
If you go into the woods today... then by all means, don't go into any dodgy-looking cabins that smell of death. And definitely don't open a very menacing-looking leather-bound book that's bound with barbed wire. Because it will not end well. Trust me. Fede Alvarez's remake of the legendary 1981 … [Read more...]
Hitchcock – possibly not something you should buy for Mothers’ Day
The Master of Suspense relives in the corporeal form of Anthony Hopkins. Director Sacha Gervasi tells the tale of the making of that most notorious of horror movies, Psycho. … [Read more...]
Django Unchained – Dork Review
Quentin Tarantino takes the Spaghetti Western and gives it a shake of the peppermill. The result is Django Unchained, an epic, nearly three hours long genre mash up. But how does it match up to earlier Tarantino classics? Or is this the one that stands out on its own? … [Read more...]
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