Nov 19, 2009

1992. “It’s a hell of a thing killin’ a man. You take away all he’s got and all he’s ever gonna have.” – Will Munny He is Will Munny, an ex-gunfighter, an old and out of form pig farmer, widower and father of two. Haunted by the loss of his young wife and his own history as a “low-down killer”, Munny is offered a way out of his shell of...

Nov 6, 2009

1999. Have you ever had a dream so vivid it felt real? What if you never woke up from that dream, how would you know the difference between the real world and the dream world? Now imagine your dream is run by machines looking to harness your body temperature for energy, oh man you are never waking up. An emotionally void computer hacker called Neo (Keanu Reeves)...

Oct 26, 2009

1999. Violence. Soap. For the characters of Fight Club these two words are the outlet from the day to day grind. Edward Norton stars, alongside Brad Pitt, as a person frustrated with his life and is ever seeking a change from the emptiness of his corporate, materialistic existence. That is, of course, until he finds Tyler Durden. This screen adaptation of Chuck...

Oct 21, 2009

2007. The sun is dying. The only theoretical option is to crew a ship and drop a stellar bomb the size of Manhattan into the center of it. Sunshine is the story of Icarus II, the last remaining ship bringing a bomb to our sun, the last hope for mankind. Directed by Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later) Sunshine sits atop most sci-fi space films for...

Oct 14, 2009

2003. Oh Daesu is a sloppy drunk – a careless man who does little for anyone but himself. One night he disappears. He awakes imprisoned in what has all the appearance of a hotel room. He is imprisoned – for 15 years and is never told why. It’s a revenge story for the books. After Oh Daesu is mysteriously released, his life becomes that of...