2010. It’s being an absolutely amazing year personally and I’m sad to see it end, but as ever time marches on. This post serves to sum up everything I’ve done this year and what I’m looking forward to in 2011. Continue reading »

2010, the year I saw more films than I can possibly recount. There have been some highlights, and some definite low points. This post will detail what I feel have been the best films to come out at the cinema this year. Continue reading »

First, I must admit something; I have yet to see either of the two Narnia films that proceed this one. Luckily it seems there’s very little anyone needs to know, as all of the pieces fall into place very quickly. Continue reading »

What you have here is a standard Hollywood plot with standard Hollywood actors in standard Hollywood action roles. There’s nothing special or unique and even the “twist” is about as expected as can be. Continue reading »

The big film of the year, seen on the same date I saw Avatar last year. With some of the best special effects around and an amazing score, it did have a good shot at being the best film of the year. But it wasn’t. Continue reading »

There’s really not that much to say about The Warrior’s Way. Here is a film that tries to use up every Western and Ninja cliche in the book and instead ends up being a confused mess with probably the most obvious plot of the year. Continue reading »

Megamind turns the current trend of animated superhero movies on its head. Here the good guy is the bad guy and the bad guy makes a good guy who becomes the bad guy like the original good guy. The plot itself isn’t the strongest point, but then again this isn’t Pixar. Instead what you have is a funny film that finally uses 3D for some good. Continue reading »

This is not a monster film, despite what the title may say. Indeed a better title would simply have been People. Or in this case, two people. What we have here is someone who took all the cliches Hollywood has built up in the last few decades about what a monster movie should be like and swept them aside in favour of showing how people would truly react if their world was invaded. Continue reading »

Every now and then, a big star Hollywood actor does an off-beat film that doesn’t garner much in the way of attention. The American is the latest film from George Clooney, a tale of a retiring hitman-come-weapon-maker who is looking for peace. Continue reading »

Before this year I had never been to a live gig. Seems odd now, but I’d never had cause to go. With Download that all changed and I was hungry to hear more. So in the past 4 weeks I’ve been to 3 different gigs and heard 4 artists play. Continue reading »