Christmas films. The genre is strange in that it’s the one that can be only enjoyed at a specific time of year. Horror films may be more thrilling in October, but it is socially acceptable to view them whenever. Watching It’s A Wonderful Life in June though? Weirdo.
To celebrate this year’s festivities, I’ve been having a Christmas film marathon. Every day since December 1st, I’ve been randomly selecting a film and watching them. Admittedly I … want to read more?

There is nothing interesting on at the cinema this week. The Box sees Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly stretch a twenty-minute Twilight Zone story into needless proportions. The Descent Part 2 is a retread that will surely spoil The Descent’s tag of being the best horror film of the decade. And Me and Orson Welles is a grammatically awkward tale starring Zac Efron. I’m not watching anything with Zac Efron in.

The problem many men have with films like Paranormal Activity has to do with its marketing campaign. It has been dubbed ‘the film that scared America’ and ‘the scariest film of the decade’.
Men don’t want to be seen screaming for their life in public. They want to be seen doing manly stuff, like playing football, and talking about the many things they want to do to the hot woman that’s just walked past them. Hence, … want to read more?

If you’re looking for a prejudiced review of the Twilight Saga, please go away and find someone with an easy/hackneyed opinion. As it happens, I liked the first film. I don’t know why – maybe it reminded me of the teenage angst of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, or maybe it was the oestrogen pills I was taking at the time. Whatever the case, like Ronseal, it did exactly what it says on the tin.

There are many words that could be used to describe the end of the world; ‘boring’ and ‘inconsequential’ aren’t two of them. Too bad Roland Emmerich produced exactly that.
2012 is the latest in double entendre disaster films from the German filmmaker. He has previously directed crap like Stargate, Godzilla, and The Day After Tomorrow, leaving many audiences frustrated by taking good if slightly bizarre concepts for popcorn films, and weighing them down with cliché characters, … want to read more?

SPOILER WARNING.
So this is not a love story. As the start of the film, as well as the trailer proclaims in a VERY DEEP DISCLAIMER VOICE. To be honest, it’s not. He’s in love and she isn’t – yet what you may expect to become a depressing weepy becomes a very surprisingly upbeat movie that actually manages to convey a positive message despite it being about a failed relationship. In fact, it’s hard to argue … want to read more?

SPOILER WARNING.

Judd Apatow. The name has pretty much created a whole new sub-genre of comedy movies. A whole new ‘clique’ in which certain people are privvy to being in a collection of movies with similar themes, plots and actors. They’ve been criticised as being mysoginistic and embodying the teenage fantasy of the geek getting the babe; and whilst some of the movies are quite humourous in places, others have started to dip in quality as … want to read more?

Shia Labeouf and Megan Fox star in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING POST CONTAINS A REVIEW. IT ALSO CONTAINS SPOILERS.