What movies have you seen recently?

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Ice Age: Continental Drift

Third sequel to Ice Age. After the continent splits apart into what it is today, Manny, Sid, and Diego drift away on a iceberg where they encounter sea creatures and pirates.

Oz: The Great and Powerful. Pretty good stuff---and it's nice to see James Franco playing something outside the usual scope of his casting....

Rush - Excellent film, I'm not that into formula 1 but I found the film thoroughly entertaining. Chris Hemsworth was great as James Hunt but Daniel Brühl as Niki Lauda was incredible. Since watching this film I have found myself keeping an eye out for the formula one results more often, I appreciate a lot more the danger the drivers are in. Although formula 1 seems a lot safer now than it was back then. 8.5/10.

Prisoners - Enjoyed the film, felt a little slow at times. Jake Gylenhaal I rate as one of the best actors in the world atm. Hugh Jackman's best performance of his career to date as well. I expect this or Rush to win the Oscar for best picture this year. 8.2/10.

Films I want to see next are Gravity and Captain Phillips.

V/H/S/2.

Sequel to the "discovered tape" horror anthology. Plenty of blood and gore, and even some genuine scares!

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

It seems that the Schwarzenegger flicks they aired two weeks ago were in anticipation of the new Schwarzenegger/Stallone film, as this week, they're airing a couple of Stallone classics, specifically the Rambo series. Last night, I saw First Blood and Rambo: First Blood 2.

First Blood was pretty decent. Action-heavy, but perhaps more importantly suspense-heavy. Despite all the well-filmed action and the good special effects and stuntwork in terms of explosions and the like, the most poignant and hard-hitting scene to me remains the part near the end where Rambo is reunited with his old Colonel and talks about how he saw one of his friends in Vietnam fall victim to a hidden bomb.

The whole film is something of a curious little thing, when you look at it in hindsight and think about the Rambo franchise that sprung forth from it where Rambo is this invincible commando guy who takes on enemy soldiers by the dozens and comes out on top. First Blood is, in essence, not like that at all. None of the characters, whether the police force from the small town of Hope or Rambo himself, are unambiguously good or bad guys. It's more of a 'two parties fighting, two parties at fault' affair. It's not a deep movie by any means, but I do think it sends out a message to the viewers that got lost in the sequels. Watch for a supporting role by a young Dave Caruso (of CSI: Miami fame).

Now First Blood 2 was very entertaining as an action movie as well, and perhaps even moreso, but because the inner conflict of the character Rambo was almost completely gone from this movie, he becomes just another generic action hero. Supporting character Co, a sympathetic female Vietnamese soldier, is portrayed by Singaporean actress Julia Nickson, who would go on to make guest appearances in Star Trek, Babylon 5, and Walker: Texas Ranger. She's also the mother of musician China Soul, by David Soul who played Hutch in Starsky & Hutch. [/trivia]

Tormented (2009)

Low-budget horror comedy about an overweight and bullied teenager that returns from the dead for revenge on the popular school gang (including Alex Pettyfer) that made his life hell.

Despite the penchant for including stars of teen drama Skins, there is very little in the way of plot and Pettyfer's smug pretty boy suffers a grisly fate. The deaths are hilarious and the gore is slightly on display. Recommended for those who like Skins.

La Vie en Rose (Life Through Rose-Tinted Glasses)

A 2007 biopic of the sensational Édith Piaf, made famous for her signature "Non, je ne regrette rien" (No, I don't regret a thing) performance.

Beautiful drama.

I saw 'After Earth' tonight. I can't believe the director of 'The Sixth Sense' – M. Night Shyamalan – directed this film. The characterisation, suspense and plot development is poor but the visuall look is quite good and the many interesting sci-fi gizmos doesn't make the time spent watching the film a total waste of time.

I believe Captain Smith comes out today. is it Smith? I don't know. i'm not sure i'd enjoy it though so I think i'll wait for Anchorman 2. Vince Vaughn is great.

I saw 'Miracle Run', a direct-to-TV film based on a true story about a mother raising twin boys who turn out to be autistic. I thought it was nothing special. You know the type of movie, where not much is at stake and where everyone is nice to each other, it's kind of like that. It simplifies a couple of things about autism, but in general it's sympathetic in its depiction of the two boys. I wouldn't re-watch it, though.

It stars Zac Efron as one of the boys, who puts out a decent performance. After the movie ended, I thought to myself 'Whatever happened to Zac Efron?', and then I switched the channel to Comedy Central to see Efron on the couch of Graham Norton, promoting his new movie. So whadaya know.

To Catch a Thief

Hitchcock movie where a former jewel thief is (Incorrectly) accused of stealing again, he seeks to prove his innocence by searching for the real thief.

Poltergeist

The cult 1982 film that sees the youngest member of the Freeling family abducted by malevolent ghosts. It hasn't aged well but I can see why it was so famous.

Europa Report

An international crew of astronauts go on a deep space mission to search for life on Jupiter's moon of Europa.

The Godfather. Awesome movie.