Posted on February 23, 2008 by Jess
I had high expectations from seeing the trailer for this film months ago. It finally came out in Australia on Thursday and we went and saw it last night.
To say the film peaked at the trailer wouldn’t be an overstatement.
THE SET UP? Evan Taylor is eleven years old and he lives at a boys [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2008 by Jess
I finally saw this film on DVD the other day. When I first saw the trailer I was intrigued. I love movies that explore topical issues, especially if they are coming from the Hollywood machine.
Then there was the thing that Michael Mann was one of the producers. As a director I have really appreciated his [...]
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Posted on February 18, 2008 by Jess
INITIAL RANTING I have a confession to make, I really liked this film.Chances are you probably haven’t heard of it. It lasted about one week at Aussie cinemas and according to IMDB only grossed $14 mil in the US. I saw it for the second time on DVD the other night.I first heard of [...]
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Posted on February 17, 2008 by Jess
This was movie number two for Marita and I the other night, and after the mistake that was Jumper we thought anything would be better, we were mostly right.
THE SET UP? Benjamin is a treasure hunter married to Tess, they live in the Caribbean (Ben on their boat, Tess on her employer’s boat). Ben [...]
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Posted on February 16, 2008 by Jess
Against my much better judgment I went to see this ……”film” last night with my film pal extraordinaire, Marita (my cousin). Really I should have known better, I mean half a star from Margaret and David wasn’t exactly a vote of confidence.
…but the trailer made it look so good!….
(Well at least I didn’t waste [...]
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