Sanctum 3D Review

Just tell me, why the need for American accents!?

Inspired by the horrific, near-death, experience of the film’s screenwriter, renowned adventurer, Andrew Wight, ‘Sanctum’, very sadly (for a predominantly Australian picture) doesn’t deliver the gold. The American accents, in particular, Welshman, Loan Gruffudd (‘The Fantastic Four’), seem very unrefined among the random all-sorts of performances. With the addition of poor lighting and attention to detail, the film at times leaves you feeling like you’re watching an underwater episode of ‘Stargate Atlantis’. This film is a gallant attempt, that showed lots of potential (especially with James Cameron’s involvement), though slips into the category of trying to be grander than it actually is.

Check out the trailer below; 

This now brings us to the end of our Sanctum saga; BTK

Review written & published for Scene Magazine QLD

Bridesmaids; News Flash

Australian cinema audiences have always been engaged by wedding-themed comedies - Four Weddings, Muriel's Wedding, My Best Friend's Wedding, 27 Dresses, Bride Wars....the list of hit films is endless. This year Universal and producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up) invite you to frock up for a comedy experience about a maid of honour whose life unravels as she leads her best friend and a group of colourfulBRIDESMAIDS on a wild ride down the road to matrimony.

Annie’s (Kristen Wiig) life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian’s (Maya Rudolph) maid of honour. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids (including a star turn by Australia's Rose Byrne) just how far you’ll go for someone you love.

Save the date - the Bridesmaids are heading to cinemas on June 30, 2011.




Check out the trailer; was officially released today. 

Faster Review

Directed by	George Tillman, Jr.
Produced by	Tony Gayton Liz Glotzer Martin ShaferRobert Teitel
Written by	Tony Gayton Joe Gayton
Starring	Dwayne Johnson Billy Bob Thornton Carla Gugino Moon Bloodgood Oliver Jackson-Cohen Maggie Grace Matt Gerald

(Released Nationally (AUS) from February 3rd) 


Screenwriting lesson 1.01; to make the modern day anti-hero just a little more badass, make sure you adorn their left forearm (or really on place on their body) with a tattoo tally of their kills whilst in prison... nobody would ever mess with someone like that!!? 


Vengeance is a meal best served cold! 'Faster is literally everything its poster suggests. The Rock, aka Dwayne Johnson, is our modern day (badly written, Clint Eastwood), cowboy/anti-hero with the sole goal of serving justice to those who have wronged him! In other words; he is our gun toting, tat-adorned, 125kg, brooding bad arse, fresh out of jail to unleash havoc across small town Nevada! 
Saddled into his 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle SS (which is literally just a beefed out as Johnson himself), his Ruger Super Red Hawk Alaskan Chambered in 454 Casull on his hip (that monstrous weapon he hulks about), there's a new stench that's just rolled into town.... can you smell what The Rock is cooking!? (i'm just warming you up for the sort of writing you're in for, don't blame me!) 


Obviously, if you haven't picked it already, this is a film for the boy's. Where really, you'll most probably forget about the story (if any), and stare google eyed at the actual size of Dwayne Johnson, fictionalising how you are actually going to spend the next 6months in the gym, four times a week. And then of course, you'll be mesmerized by the ever so attractive Maggie Grace (best remembered as Liam Neeson's daughter Kim in 'Taken' 2008), who has most certainly grown up in the last 2 years! 
If anything, this film is a good bit of poorly written fun; corny one-liners, only ad to the excitement in a film where the muscle, guns, cars, and girls, ultimately out weigh any of the performances...but honestly, can you expect anything less from The Rock! All performances are mediocre at best (very much inclusive of Billy Bob Thorton), but really why act, when you can stand around, look amazing, and be brooding! If anything, the 'Twilight' Saga has taught us this! 


Check it out, or simply check out the poster, they're practically one and the same! 


Trailer below; 

Review for BTK; Benjamin