Yes, finally our new design is up. It's been a longand frustrating process but it's finally there and we're happy will the final results. To celebrate the new design we're giving away a copy of BOLT on DVD which is due for release on the 15/06/09.
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Monday, 25 May 2009
Sunday, 3 May 2009
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
In X-MEN: ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, the first and no doubt, not the last of the X-MEN spin off movies we are told the story of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and his relationship with his brother, Victor Creed / Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber) who eventually betrays him a by killing his girlfriend and Wolverine to seek revenge. He joins a special military unit called 'Weapon X' led by Colonel Stryker (Danny Huston) which finally leads to him obtaining his famous adamantium claws.
The most talked about elements of the movie before it hit theatres was that there were productions problems and that there had been re-shoots with Ryan Reynolds so Deadpool could get more movie time. It's fair to say that since the movie has come out talk of the Deadpool scenes have now over shadowed the movie itself with the fanboys unhappy with the changes made to the character. Chances are, if you're just a normal everyday movie goer then you will be no the wiser and this wont deter from your movie experience.
It's easy to mistake X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE as a X-MEN prequel as there as so many different mutants involved in the movie. The reason for this being quite obvious is that if the movie is a success then it may spawn countless more spin-offs. We've already heard of a MAGNETO movie and rumours continue to grow about separate DEADPOOL and GAMBIT movies so it's no big shock they've done this.
When all is said and done X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE is passable as a no brainer action movie which will kill some time and offer another glimpse into the X-MEN world. It's by no means a DARK KNIGHT or IRON MAN but its way better than some of the poor marvel movies like DAREDEVIL and SPIDER-MAN 3. If nothing else it's worth checking out for all you action junkies out there.
Date: 03/05/2009 Rating: 3/5
Copyright ©2009 Rough Cut Reviews.
Read this review and more on: http://www.roughcutreviews.com
The most talked about elements of the movie before it hit theatres was that there were productions problems and that there had been re-shoots with Ryan Reynolds so Deadpool could get more movie time. It's fair to say that since the movie has come out talk of the Deadpool scenes have now over shadowed the movie itself with the fanboys unhappy with the changes made to the character. Chances are, if you're just a normal everyday movie goer then you will be no the wiser and this wont deter from your movie experience.
It's easy to mistake X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE as a X-MEN prequel as there as so many different mutants involved in the movie. The reason for this being quite obvious is that if the movie is a success then it may spawn countless more spin-offs. We've already heard of a MAGNETO movie and rumours continue to grow about separate DEADPOOL and GAMBIT movies so it's no big shock they've done this.
When all is said and done X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE is passable as a no brainer action movie which will kill some time and offer another glimpse into the X-MEN world. It's by no means a DARK KNIGHT or IRON MAN but its way better than some of the poor marvel movies like DAREDEVIL and SPIDER-MAN 3. If nothing else it's worth checking out for all you action junkies out there.
Date: 03/05/2009 Rating: 3/5
Copyright ©2009 Rough Cut Reviews.
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Knowing (2009)
KNOWING starts in 1958 when a group of students bury a time capsule containing letters. One mysterious girl fills her sheet with what looks like random numbers. Fast forward to present days and the time capsule is exhumed and the letters are given to students to read. The girl's strange letter finds its way into the hands of Caleb Myles but the letter quickly captures the interest of his father Ted Myles (Nicolas Cage), who quickly discovers that the numbers are not random and that they depict the dates, death tolls and coordinates of major catastrophic events from the past and future. Ted tries to alert the authorities but when his warnings go unanswered he has to take matters into his on hands to prevent and a major event which threatens more destruction.
With Alex Proyas previous sci-fi offerings like DARK CITY and I, ROBOT things looked to be lining up well for this one when word first hit the RCR office. The trailers and promotional work all looked quite reasonable and the synopsis sounded quite interesting but sadly KNOWING fails to live up to it's expectations. It's not that it's a bad movie, it isn't really. It's just below average. The story itself is decent but it suffers from over done special effects and some horrible acting from Cage. It's been quite sometime since he has done anything of note and of late. Movies like THE WICKER MAN remake and GHOST RIDER only serve to remind us of his recent descent.
The criticism that came out most when the movie first hit theatres was that the ending was poor but personally I thought this was the only thing that kept the movie from being bad.
Check it out if you have sometime to kill but If your looking for an excellent sci-fi movie then I can't recommend Proyas' DARK CITY highly enough. It really is a little gem of a flick.
Date: 29/04/2009
Rating: 2.5/5
Copyright ©2009 Rough Cut Reviews.
Read this review and more on: http://www.roughcutreviews.com
With Alex Proyas previous sci-fi offerings like DARK CITY and I, ROBOT things looked to be lining up well for this one when word first hit the RCR office. The trailers and promotional work all looked quite reasonable and the synopsis sounded quite interesting but sadly KNOWING fails to live up to it's expectations. It's not that it's a bad movie, it isn't really. It's just below average. The story itself is decent but it suffers from over done special effects and some horrible acting from Cage. It's been quite sometime since he has done anything of note and of late. Movies like THE WICKER MAN remake and GHOST RIDER only serve to remind us of his recent descent.
The criticism that came out most when the movie first hit theatres was that the ending was poor but personally I thought this was the only thing that kept the movie from being bad.
Check it out if you have sometime to kill but If your looking for an excellent sci-fi movie then I can't recommend Proyas' DARK CITY highly enough. It really is a little gem of a flick.
Date: 29/04/2009
Rating: 2.5/5
Copyright ©2009 Rough Cut Reviews.
Read this review and more on: http://www.roughcutreviews.com
Monsters Vs. Aliens (2009)
With the synopsis from a bad 50's Sci-Fi movie MONSTERS VS ALIENS could only really work as an animated kid's movie though if it had been made into a live action movie then I would have most likely been at the front of the queue for its release.
It's sees a California girl called Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon) hit by a meteorite just before her wedding. This results in her growing massively tall and strong. She is captured by the government and labelled a monster. When the world suddenly comes under threat from an Alien invasion it emerges that the government have been secretly rounding up monsters for years and they now must rely on Susan and her new found friends B.O.B, Dr. Cockroach Ph.D., The Missing Link and Insectosaurus to save the earth.
To date 'Dreamworks' best animated movie came in the shape of SHREK and since then it has been left trailing to 'Pixar'. Sure, KUNG FU PANDA, OVER THE HEDGE and MADAGASCAR were enjoyable enough but when compared to TOY STORY, THE INCREDIBLES and WALL-E then they are just not as good. Luckily, MONSTERS VS ALIENS breaks that trends and is a genuinely enjoyable movie going experience. While it's still not just as good as the afore-mentioned films it's far better movie than the majority of there earlier attempts and well worth a purchase when it's finally released on DVD.
With some strong voice acting and some funny set pieces as well as the usual feel good vibe MONSTERS VS ALIENS really does deliver. One that most will come out of feeling satisfied and wishing there was more.
Date: 29/04/2009
Rating: 4/5
Copyright ©2009 Rough Cut Reviews.
Read this review and more on: http://www.roughcutreviews.com
It's sees a California girl called Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon) hit by a meteorite just before her wedding. This results in her growing massively tall and strong. She is captured by the government and labelled a monster. When the world suddenly comes under threat from an Alien invasion it emerges that the government have been secretly rounding up monsters for years and they now must rely on Susan and her new found friends B.O.B, Dr. Cockroach Ph.D., The Missing Link and Insectosaurus to save the earth.
To date 'Dreamworks' best animated movie came in the shape of SHREK and since then it has been left trailing to 'Pixar'. Sure, KUNG FU PANDA, OVER THE HEDGE and MADAGASCAR were enjoyable enough but when compared to TOY STORY, THE INCREDIBLES and WALL-E then they are just not as good. Luckily, MONSTERS VS ALIENS breaks that trends and is a genuinely enjoyable movie going experience. While it's still not just as good as the afore-mentioned films it's far better movie than the majority of there earlier attempts and well worth a purchase when it's finally released on DVD.
With some strong voice acting and some funny set pieces as well as the usual feel good vibe MONSTERS VS ALIENS really does deliver. One that most will come out of feeling satisfied and wishing there was more.
Date: 29/04/2009
Rating: 4/5
Copyright ©2009 Rough Cut Reviews.
Read this review and more on: http://www.roughcutreviews.com
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
RCR Redesign Coming Soon
I haven't really wrote many blogs or posted any reviews on here of late as I've been crazy busy with the re-design our our website. The new site will be going up probably within the next week or so and I'll get back to posting my reviews on here...
Please let me know what you think once it's up, what you think, even if it's negative. All feedback is welcome...
Another small piece of news, I've had to update the page URL to our forum. For those of you who already have it bookmarked it can now be found at - http://roughcutreviews.websitetoolbox.com/
The Haunting in Connecticut (2008)
THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT follows a family who are forced to relocate near to a clinic where their teenage son Mat, is being treated for cancer. They manage to find a place that’s cheap to rent but little do they no that it was used in the past as a funeral home. Quickly Mat experiencing violent, supernatural events that his parents first blame on his medication but not long after they too begins to experience unexplainable events that have them thinking that the house is indeed haunted.
With it being one of those ‘Based on a True story’ movies that we see an abundance of these days, it was clear that it would inevitably gain interest and in the months leading up to it’s release it gained more followers with it’s trailer and poster, yes the one with the boy with ‘ectoplasm’ coming out of his mouth. On the flipside a lot of hardcore horror geeks had dismissed it as another feeble mainstream horror movie in the vein THE AMITYVILLE HORROR remake and indeed to a certain degree it has quite a few similarities.
When all is said and done THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT turns out to be a thoroughly watchable and at times enjoyable movie. Probably even more so if you go watch it with someone who is scared of their own shadow. Unfortunately it does suffer its flaws, the biggest being that it’s just too similar to THE AMITYVILLE HORROR and Nicole Kidman-led OTHERS. Having said that if the story is accurate and the events did really happen then these similarities were perhaps unavoidable.
Although it relies at times on the cliqued jump scares there are at a few moments that may make you cringe. The effects and make also play there part well in making the movie more believable. THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT holds it own well enough in a genre already swamped with poor remakes of classic or foreign movies.
Still , a long way off the better ghost stories like SESSION 9 and THE ORPHANGE but worth a watch if only to pass the time.
Date: 30/03/2009
Rating: 3/5
Copyright ©2009 Rough Cut Reviews.
Read this review and more on: http://www.roughcutreviews.com/
With it being one of those ‘Based on a True story’ movies that we see an abundance of these days, it was clear that it would inevitably gain interest and in the months leading up to it’s release it gained more followers with it’s trailer and poster, yes the one with the boy with ‘ectoplasm’ coming out of his mouth. On the flipside a lot of hardcore horror geeks had dismissed it as another feeble mainstream horror movie in the vein THE AMITYVILLE HORROR remake and indeed to a certain degree it has quite a few similarities.
When all is said and done THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT turns out to be a thoroughly watchable and at times enjoyable movie. Probably even more so if you go watch it with someone who is scared of their own shadow. Unfortunately it does suffer its flaws, the biggest being that it’s just too similar to THE AMITYVILLE HORROR and Nicole Kidman-led OTHERS. Having said that if the story is accurate and the events did really happen then these similarities were perhaps unavoidable.
Although it relies at times on the cliqued jump scares there are at a few moments that may make you cringe. The effects and make also play there part well in making the movie more believable. THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT holds it own well enough in a genre already swamped with poor remakes of classic or foreign movies.
Still , a long way off the better ghost stories like SESSION 9 and THE ORPHANGE but worth a watch if only to pass the time.
Date: 30/03/2009
Rating: 3/5
Copyright ©2009 Rough Cut Reviews.
Read this review and more on: http://www.roughcutreviews.com/
Trailer Park Of Terror (2008)
Six troubled high school students and their chaperon, and their youth ministries Pastor get into a smash on their bus which leaves them stranded while returning from an outdoor character building retreat in the mountains. Little do they know that when they stumble upon a trailer park, the chaos that waits for them as there is home to Norma a super-hot and damned Red neck and her band of blood-thirsty and cursed friends who are hell-bent on destruction.
With 30 DAYS OF NIGHT making the jump from graphic novel to movie and quickly becoming one of my favourite horror movies of 2007 I made a point of keeping an eye out for other horror comic books/graphic novel adaptations so when Demented Dave, our horror guy mentioned this one to me I took note. I had originally planned on reading some general horror comic books before watching anything but when TRAILER PARK OF TERROR fell into my lap the urge to watch it was too great.
TRAILER PARK OF TERROR is your normal bog-standard red necks in a trailer park who turn into demons and prey on passers by’s type of movie. Ok, maybe thats not quite bog-standard but there’s been similar stories. For me this one comes in as one of the better attempts. It never quite takes it’s self seriously nor does it try to be something it’s not. The othere elements of the movie which helped it along for me where some of the effects and make up which for a movie with a lower budget were surprisingly good. It also had some decent gore and death scenes which let's face it, we love as horror fans.
Yes, it’s not without its flaws, in between some great lines there is some poor acting but for a Direct-to-DVD release we we’re never going to get Oscar-worthy performances but I have to admit to loving Norma, the leader pf the these cursed soles. Not only did she looked good but her characters was quite amusing too.
If you enjoyed FEAST and JACK BROOKS: MOSNTER SLAYER then this one may just be for you. If not then it’s still well worth a watch as it’s a lot of fun.
I don't know, maybe it's just me or that I've watched too many horror movies but I still managed to find Norma hot even with the makeup!
Date: 12/02/2009
Rating: 3.5/5
Copyright ©2009 Rough Cut Reviews.
Read this review and more on: http://www.roughcutreviews.com/
With 30 DAYS OF NIGHT making the jump from graphic novel to movie and quickly becoming one of my favourite horror movies of 2007 I made a point of keeping an eye out for other horror comic books/graphic novel adaptations so when Demented Dave, our horror guy mentioned this one to me I took note. I had originally planned on reading some general horror comic books before watching anything but when TRAILER PARK OF TERROR fell into my lap the urge to watch it was too great.
TRAILER PARK OF TERROR is your normal bog-standard red necks in a trailer park who turn into demons and prey on passers by’s type of movie. Ok, maybe thats not quite bog-standard but there’s been similar stories. For me this one comes in as one of the better attempts. It never quite takes it’s self seriously nor does it try to be something it’s not. The othere elements of the movie which helped it along for me where some of the effects and make up which for a movie with a lower budget were surprisingly good. It also had some decent gore and death scenes which let's face it, we love as horror fans.
Yes, it’s not without its flaws, in between some great lines there is some poor acting but for a Direct-to-DVD release we we’re never going to get Oscar-worthy performances but I have to admit to loving Norma, the leader pf the these cursed soles. Not only did she looked good but her characters was quite amusing too.
If you enjoyed FEAST and JACK BROOKS: MOSNTER SLAYER then this one may just be for you. If not then it’s still well worth a watch as it’s a lot of fun.
I don't know, maybe it's just me or that I've watched too many horror movies but I still managed to find Norma hot even with the makeup!
Date: 12/02/2009
Rating: 3.5/5
Copyright ©2009 Rough Cut Reviews.
Read this review and more on: http://www.roughcutreviews.com/
Sunday, 1 February 2009
Pineapple Express (2008)
Seth Rogen plays Dale Denton, a lazy stoner who loves nothing more than to smoke weed. His dealer Saul (James Franco) gets a new rare strain of weed called ‘Pineapple Express’. Whilst outside the house of Ted Jones (Gary Cole) he is about to serve a subpoena he witnesses Jones and bent cop Carol (Rosie Perez), commit a murder and in a state of panic dumps his Pineapple Express out the window. Remembering earlier that Saul said that it was rare he heads back there to see how rare and whether it could be tracked back to him and as fate would have it I can. They’re no longer being paranoid; people really are out to get them. They have to turn to Saul’s friend Red (Danny Mc Bride) who they can trust – or can they?
When the trailer first emerged for PINEAPPLE EXPRESS I knew it was one I had to see. I loved THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN and SUPER BAD and while I didn’t love it, I still enjoyed KNOCKED UP so it was fair to say I was looking forward to it. However upon finally getting to se it on DVD I couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed in this one. Maybe I built it up too much but it wasn’t the laugh-a-minute stuff the trailer led me to believe and indeed the majority of the funniest moments were actually shown in the trailer. Yes, it’s true, a trailer ultimately sells a movie but to give away some of the funniest parts only served as a spoiler.
As far as the stars went Seth Rogen was his usual funny self but it was the performances of James Franco and of Danny McBride that stole it for me. Franco was excellent as the dealer who just wants a friend and McBride had some brilliant one-liners. Without going into too much detail there’s a fight scene involving the three that was at times simply hysterical.
While it’s a more than watchable and at times quite a funny film, I expected so much more from it much like ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly I actually laughed more at Ben Stiller’s TROPIC THUNDER and not so well received SEX DRIVE. If you enjoyed any of the above mentioned movies or even if you like stoner movies in general then PINEAPPLE EXPRESS is for you. If you don’t, then this isn’t for you.
Date: 01/02/2009
Rating: 3.5/5
Copyright ©2009 Rough Cut Reviews.
Read this review and more on: http://www.roughcutreviews.com/
When the trailer first emerged for PINEAPPLE EXPRESS I knew it was one I had to see. I loved THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN and SUPER BAD and while I didn’t love it, I still enjoyed KNOCKED UP so it was fair to say I was looking forward to it. However upon finally getting to se it on DVD I couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed in this one. Maybe I built it up too much but it wasn’t the laugh-a-minute stuff the trailer led me to believe and indeed the majority of the funniest moments were actually shown in the trailer. Yes, it’s true, a trailer ultimately sells a movie but to give away some of the funniest parts only served as a spoiler.
As far as the stars went Seth Rogen was his usual funny self but it was the performances of James Franco and of Danny McBride that stole it for me. Franco was excellent as the dealer who just wants a friend and McBride had some brilliant one-liners. Without going into too much detail there’s a fight scene involving the three that was at times simply hysterical.
While it’s a more than watchable and at times quite a funny film, I expected so much more from it much like ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly I actually laughed more at Ben Stiller’s TROPIC THUNDER and not so well received SEX DRIVE. If you enjoyed any of the above mentioned movies or even if you like stoner movies in general then PINEAPPLE EXPRESS is for you. If you don’t, then this isn’t for you.
Date: 01/02/2009
Rating: 3.5/5
Copyright ©2009 Rough Cut Reviews.
Read this review and more on: http://www.roughcutreviews.com/
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