In 2044, time travel hasn't been invented, but 30 years later, it will have been. Outlawed immediately, it's used by organised crime bosses to send people back in time, so hitmen in the past can kill them and dispose of the bodies. It's an untraceable crime – from the future's point of view, the … [Read more...]
Anna Karenina – Dork Review
The classic Leo Tolstoy novel gets a swanky new adaptation, courtesy of Atonement director Joe Wright. But is there more to this movie than the stunning visuals? And can Keira Knightley do justice to Tolstoy's tortured heroine? The details Director : Joe Wright Writers : Tom Stoppard (screenplay), … [Read more...]
The Amazing Spider-Man – Dork Review
Spider-Man returns, a mere five years after the last film, with not only a new actor in the spandex but a total restart of the story. Peter Parker is now played by Social Network star Andrew Garfield and has reverted back to high school, where he rides a skateboard and mopes like a real … [Read more...]
The Muppets – Dork Review
After years away from the big screen (and indeed the small screen... screens of all size, come to think of it) it's finally time to play the music, light the lights and meet the Muppets once again. But can these fuzzy little creatures really recapture the magic that made us fall in with love with … [Read more...]
Arrietty – Dork Review
Arrietty is the latest movie from famed, popular and acclaimed Japanese animators Studio Ghibli, with a screenplay by its beloved founder, Hayao Miyazaki. It is also an adaptation of English children’s book The Borrowers, so presents us with a wealth of tiny people, misunderstandings, persecution … [Read more...]
Green Lantern – Dork Review
This is one of those gigs where, reviewing it after many already have, I find judgment has been done for me. Green Lantern, I am told reliably, is at best disappointing, at worst a green glowing turd. I mean, look at this one. That guy is furious. So should I be joining the rest of the internet … [Read more...]
X-Men: First Class – Dork Review
After the twin terrors of X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the Marvel mutants turn to their “How to continue your sputtering franchise” guidebook and bring out a prequel. But, wisely, instead of banging it out on a budget, they’ve brought in director Matthew Vaughn and writer Jane … [Read more...]
Thor – Dork Review
Following in the hissing footsteps of Iron Man, Marvel Studios brings you Thor, their latest attempt to push a lesser-known hero to a wider audience, in advance of his role in next year’s Avengers. But the thunder god is a slightly more fantastical premise than Captain America, Iron Man or Hulk. … [Read more...]
Sucker Punch – Dork Review
Many of my previous film reviews have been of massively acclaimed Oscar-contender movies, where I could only add to a deafening praise chorus. Here, reviewing Sucker Punch, I have the opposite problem: everyone hates it. I mean, look at those review scores, not to mention the mocking I received … [Read more...]
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – Dork Review
So, the prolonged death rattle of Harry Potter begins. A shrieking gurgle that starts in November 2010 and may finally croak its last in July 2011, unless J.K. Rowling announces she’ll churn out another novel. But assuming that doesn’t happen, this is the first in a two-part adaptation of the … [Read more...]
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