Film

Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Posted 12:34am Monday 26th July 2010 by Nell O'Dwyer-Strang

Directed by David Slade Screening at Hoyt's, Rialto 2.5/5   The Twilight Saga divides people. Some love it, some hate it. I find myself between the two extremes, and both enjoyed and despised Eclipse. Once again we join human Bella (Kristen Stewart) her werewolf bff Jacob (Taylor Read more...

Amreeka

Posted 11:22pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Sarah Baillie

Directed Cherien Dabis Rialto 4/5)     I is a film about a Palestinian mother and son trying to adapt to life in post-9/11 America, where every Arabic person is suspiciously viewed as a potential terrorist. Muna is a middle-aged divorcee living in the West Bank with her Read more...

Micmacs (2009)

Posted 11:21pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Daniel Hunter

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet Rialto (4/5)     I've never been to Paris, and Micmacs does nothing to disprove my theory that the city is laden with visual splendour which could have only been designed by some sort of film-set deity. Alongside the grimily beautiful Read more...

Toy Story 3

Posted 11:19pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Nicole Muriel

Directed by Lee Unkrich Hoyts, Rialto (4.5/5) The great thing about Toy Story 3 is that its makers haven’t succumbed to laziness. Buzz (Tim Allen), Woody (Tom Hanks), and the other toys retain their loveable personalities without being reduced to caricatures; the world hasn’t Read more...

Classic Film Review: Scarfies (1999)

Posted 11:08pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Max Segal

Directed Robert Sarkies (4/5)       Scarfies takes us back in time to the Dunedin of our slightly older siblings or cousins, one decade in the past. How much does Sarkies' stoner-comedy interpretation of the Dunedin uni-culture ring true for today's audiences?  Read more...

2010 Banff Mountain Film Festival

Posted 10:02pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Max Segal

Multiple Directors (4/5)     This year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival featured 12 adrenaline-pumping short films showcasing a variety of mountain and adventure sports. They might as well call this the “Is he gonna die? Film Festival” because that seemed Read more...

Sex and the City 2

Posted 9:56pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Nicole Muriel

Directed by Michael Patrick King (1/5) We return to the sparkling lives of Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte two years after the previous film was set. Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) is still married to Mr. Big, as are Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) to their Read more...

Genova

Posted 9:54pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Max Segal

Directed by Michael Winterbottom (3.5/5) Colin Firth stars in Genova as Joe, a man whose wife has recently died in a car accident, leaving him alone to raise his two daughters, Mary (Perla Haney-Jardine) and Kelly (Willa Holland). They temporarily move from Chicago to Genova, Italy, as Joe Read more...

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Posted 9:53pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Aleksandar Vuckovic

Directed by Mike Newell (2.5/5)     It is a cursed Hollywood trend that video-game-to-movie adaptations simply don’t work. Hitman, Farcry, and Max Payne are evidence of this. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is the newest adaptation to hit the big screen and Read more...

Letters To Juliet

Posted 8:00pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Nicole Muriel

Directed by Gary Winnick (2.5/5) In Letters to Juliet, an interesting premise leads to a uninteresting rom-com. Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is an aspiring journalist. She and her fiancé, Viktor, travel to Verona together. But the trip isn’t as romantic as she’d hoped: Viktor Read more...