Promoted reviews

Garden State
Reviewed by Hibiscus
Had really high expectations for this film, probably unrealistically. As a first time effort, the movie was done admirably. However, I was somewhat disappointed after watching it. Zach Braff, the writer/director/lead actor of the film, has ... More

25th Hour
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"No. No. Fuck you, Montgomery Brogan. You had it all, and you threw it away, you dumb fuck!" Director Spike Lee is an interesting filmmaker. Throughout his lucrative career, Lee has created several films that deeply explore and comment n... More

Curse of the Golden Flower
Reviewed by robelanator
Love triangles, political intrigue, murder, coups, battles big and small, Zhang Yimou's "Curse of the Golden Flower" has it all-- maybe too much, actually. If you've seen Zhang Yimou's other films in the genre, "Hero" and "House of Fly... More

I Am Legend
Reviewed by Elfflame
Okay, so I didn't expect to like this one as much as I did, after hearing both the hype and the complaints about it. I never went to see it in the theatres because it wasn't the sort of movie I generally go see. I do think it could have b... More

25th Hour
Reviewed by Claudia
One of the best movies I have seen in a long time. This movie was made to perfection and I enjoyed watching it from start to finish. Edward Norton plays a drug dealer named Monty Brogan who has just been caught with dugs at his house and... More

Oldboy
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone." Chan-wook Park's Oldboy is an intense, gut-wrenching Korean thriller. The film has received continuous accolades since its initial release in 2003 and its more global releas... More

Shaolin Soccer
Reviewed by Dionysian Child
I reluctantly watched this film with my brother, expecting it to be a vain attempt at a Kung Fu comedy. How wrong I was... The storyline opens with a young man (Sing) who is determined to bring the importance of Kung Fu to the public’... More

Requiem for a Dream
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"Now we come to step three. This... drives... most... people... crazy." Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream is intense, uncompromising, disturbing and depressing. It is a rare film that is emotionally fatiguing due to the unremittingl... More

Final Destination
Reviewed by Dionysian Child
The teen horror of my youth. A group of young high school students set off on an exchange to France. Full of high spirits, only Alex it seems has a fear of flying. Put at unease by broken food tray flaps he gets himself in a bit of a f... More

Fool's Gold
Reviewed by GemLil
This was another film that only got my attention because it was on and I was trapped in a metal bucket in the sky. "A great adventure and a laugh riot", boasted the in-flight magazine. With a cynical eye I gazed at the cast; Matthew M... More

The Castle (Penguin Modern Classics)
Reviewed by Raven
I feel like I've been reading this book for 6 months when in actual fact it has been just under a month and after much struggling and determination I just can't keep reading it anymore and yet a part of me wants to keep reading it even thou... More

The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Modern Classics)
Reviewed by Dionysian Child
‘When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere’ I’m not one for normally remembering quotes but this one has stuck in my head. Used in the opening sen... More

27 Dresses
Reviewed by nataliegoes
Since this movie has two of the things I most despise, and I still liked it, it must be okay. I hate big weddings. And I hate people who never say no. So, since this is a movie about a woman obsessed with weddings, and is a walking doorm... More

Rock 'N' Roll Babes
Reviewed by Raven
Fantastic! I might be bias because I'm an Aussie who has hung around the places mentioned in the book and I loved the 90's but this book had me hooked by the first few pages. By page three I had already laughed at some of it and by page si... More

Breaking Dawn
Reviewed by Alyssa
Breaking Dawn is, while a satisfactory conclusion to the story of Bella and Edward, not particularly necessary to the series overall. At the end of Eclipse, we were left with a hope for a promising future with Bella and Edward, and whil... More

Crash
Reviewed by Dionysian Child
I've wanted to see this film for ages, I have to say I was bitterly disappointed. I had heard it was powerful, thought provoking and moving. Unfortunately I was left feeling angry at the overstated racial conflicts which are thrown into yo... More

Volver
Reviewed by samira
After building his incredibilly successful career through productions focused basically on the feminine universe, Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar (one of my all-time favorites), made in his last two films stories that are centered in an m... More

Beowulf
Reviewed by Elfflame
My major problem with this film wasn't the story--it's quite possibly the closest to the original tale I've seen, and the most interesting. They did a great job with showing the difference between the words the characters spoke, and what w... More