Review: Fright Night

Fright Night (2011)

Director Craig Gillespie

Well Vampires are very popular at the moment, all down to a certain teen vampire series we shall not speak the name off, so it was probably inevitable that one of the most popular films starring our pointy toothed admirers would be remade and no before you ask i have not seen the original. The remake does have a great cast which like many is what drives it, but really comes alive when David Tennant (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Doctor Who) gets his share in the spotlight, of course it does help i'm a bit of a fan. In fact it is the European cast who are the stars of the film with Colin Farrell (In Bruges, Horrible Bosses) providing a quite likeable villainous blood sucker. The problem i really had with the film was i was watching on 24" TV and several parts of the film were so dark that you couldn't actually make out what was happening on the screen and surely this couldn't of helped the 3D in the cinema. However i think we may actually have something to thank Twilight for as Fright Night mangers to be thrilling and witty in parts.

7 out of 10

Review: Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

Director Brad Bird

Now I've never really being into to the MI series, I've seen 1 and 3 but was never really impressed but I've got to say that i enjoyed the fourth outing of the series very much. But then again i wouldn't expect anything less than a good film from Pixar director Brad Bird who effortlessly makes the transition into live action. You know what to expect from Tom Cruise (War of the Worlds, Tropic Thunder) but this time out his team come close to stealing the show with Jeremy Renner (The Town, Avengers Assemble) adding to the cool factor and Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) getting an extended role from that he had in the third film. The problem is the lack of a great lead villain with Michael Nyqvist (The Millennium Series) not really getting enough screen time to make an impression. But were the film really excels is with the set pieces which are pretty spectacular, good job Cruise is not scarred of heights!!

6 out of 10 

Ones To Watch: Jennifer Lawrence

Well i'm sure you've noticed that i seem to have been running out of ideas for what to do for new blog posts so i'm bringing in a new special feature in order to give me something to do over the summer aswell as keeping up my writing skills and keeping this much beloved blog up and going because i'm sure you'd hate to loose it. I'm sure you can guess from the title of 'ones to watch' that its going to be me giving you little reviews and previews of upcoming actors, actresses and maybe even footballers that i believe are going to make it big in their respective fields.

Well what a suprise my first one to watch is a kinda obvious one. Now i'm not sure if i've mentioned it but i'm a bit of a Jennifer Lawrence fan, big shock i know!! But yeah what to say that hasn't being said before. Well she made her big break in Winter's Bone and became the 2nd youngest actress to be nominated for best actress Oscar. Has since moved into the blockbuster world with X-Men First Class as well as keeping up with her independent cinema in The Beaver and Like Crazy. Has bagged herself one of the biggest roles around at the moment in Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games. She's defiantly got a massive future in cinema and could be one of the actress's of her generation.


Upcoming projects

• 21st September 2012: House at the End of the Street
• 22nd November 2013: Catching Fire
• 2013: Serena
• 2014: X-Men First Class Sequel