The 2005 political action thriller, V for Vendetta, seems on the surface to be an exploitative anti-establishment flick that takes pleasure in riling up the masses, but actually doesn’t come across as so mindlessly destructive when watching. Based on the… Continue reading "V for Vendetta"
Out of all the heroes who were on the original Avenger’s roster, Captain America arguably had the steepest hill to climb. While Thor was a Norse god with explosive powers and grand scale, Hulk was a gigantic behemoth with monstrous… Continue reading "Captain America: The First Avenger"
The Adventures of Priscillia, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian comedy written and directed by Stephan Elliot which follows two drag queens and a transgender woman as they travel the Australian Outback to perform one of their shows… Continue reading "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"
Babe feels like an odd combination of being incredibly upfront with its style and atmosphere, yet somehow also manages to be delightfully deceptive in its tone and presentation. What should just be a live-action underground version of ‘’Charlotte’s Web’’, surprisingly… Continue reading "Babe"
Do people remember when The Matrix was not only a thing but was one of the biggest movies of its era? Back in 1999 when CGI was all the rage and summer movies were becoming pretty rancid, the Wachowski’s presented… Continue reading "The Matrix"
When making a sequel to a film, one of the hardest things to do is fight the urge to turn something into a trilogy (3 films), as three films is usually the golden number a franchise would want to have… Continue reading "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
When people first saw the trailers for the 2006 animated junk-box musical, Happy Feet, which was all about a penguin who tap dances, the reactions were no doubt a little perplexed as it didn’t even look like a real movie.… Continue reading "Happy Feet"
