Thursday, 30 August 2012

Brave (2012)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217209/

Pixar absolutely nail the animation (in particular an arrow-flight slow-mo impressed) and enough writing talent was employed to create another winning Disney collaboration.  The resultant Highland romp is a funny and touching fairytale.


Three stars

Wednesday, 29 August 2012

Total Recall (2012)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386703/


If you hadn’t seen the original AND you hadn’t seen the trailer AND you didn’t have a broad experience of sci-fi action films then you’d probably love this. The cast does a pretty decent job and it’s surprisingly violent for a 12A. Hopelessly unsubtle and unfalteringly straightforward though.

Three stars

Tuesday, 14 August 2012

The Bourne Legacy (2012)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194173/

Thrilling and action-packed, this delivers on its promise of keeping the franchise alive and kicking.  An overly long setup and some incredulous aspects to the chase (which makes up the majority of the second half) keep this from true excellence, but Renner and Weisz are both cracking Bourne replacements.


Four stars

Friday, 10 August 2012

Ted (2012)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637725/


This could have been so funny, but toilet humour needs to be humorous, and sadly this mostly wasn’t. A few good gags and brilliant bear animation but the essentially rom-com plot was more thumb-twiddling than side-splitting. Such a shame.

Two stars