Clik here to view.
Your TV is spying on you: Big Brother is coming
Here are a few strange things I came across this week. US company Verizon has applied for a patent for a device that would allow a TV to monitor people in their living rooms, picking up sounds,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hitchcock: impossible to live with, but worth the effort
How do you live with a man who is extremely talented, perhaps a genius, but who is insecure, resentful, often dismisses you, puts you down, is a peeping tom and seems determined to prove that everyone...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Zero Dark Thirty: a hard film to review
Zero Dark Thirty is a hard film to review. It deals with an important issue in recent US history. It’s well photographed, the settings are realistic, and some of the details are technically...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Internship: good fun, worth seeing
The Internship: funny movie, well worth seeing Rose Byrne Last night I went to see The Internship, staring Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Rose Byrne. It’s a classic “fish out of water” story, where the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Gravity’ with Sandra Bullock: In space no one can hear your ship getting...
Gravity Film Poster The film ‘Gravity’, with Sandra Bullock, and George Clooney is a visual masterpiece. Set initially aboard the space shuttle Explorer, Bullock, Clooney and another astronaut are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Butler: preachy propaganda or historical truth?
I saw this film just after taking a course at my local college about the history of the civil rights movement in the US. You can read the demeaning treatment of blacks in segregated facilities, or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How do we deal with loss? Review of ‘The Fault In Our Stars’
The Fault in Our Stars is a well-written, superbly-acted film that deals with some of the big questions in life: how does loving someone with a terminal illness affect our own life and theirs, how do...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jersey Boys: Okay for the music, but not a strong plot.
Jersey Boys will appeal to those who have a fondness for the music of the late 50s and early 60s, but if you’re looking for a story with a strong conflict and character development, this isn’t your...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why would you ever trust a human? Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
It seems ironic that I saw the new Planet of the Apes movie in the week that the news has been dominated by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the shooting down of a civilian airliner over the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mockingjay: a film that just fails to engage.
Last night I saw the film Mockingjay and left the cinema disappointed. I haven’t seen the two earlier films in this series, but a film, even if part of a series, should be able to stand on its own...
View Article
