Movies

Did you ever believe that another Superman movie would ever hit the big screen again?

When I started to hear rumours of a new Superman movie, I was excited. I’m a big fan of Superman and without getting into the symbolism of the character and what Superman means to me, news of Superman’s Return was more than welcome.

Pure terror. I don’t normally frighten at horror movies, but this remake of 1979’s Amityville Horror movie scared the pants off me. Honest.

This version of the Amityville Horror focuses on the Lutzes, the family who moved into the house a year or so after the DeFeo murders.

War Of The Worlds. The big budget, Hollywood version featuring two heavyweight players: Steven Speilberg in the director’s chair and Tom Cruise in the lead role. A translation of a literary classic.

What the hell went wrong?

The movie starts out excellently, quickly establishing the main characters. Cruise plays Ray Ferrier, a regular fella who’s looking after his estranged children for the weekend. And no sooner has the ex-wife gone out the door, but the wee lad steals Ray’s car and things start to go downhill for humanity from there….

Oh, lucky us - we got to see a preview showing of the new Harry Potter movie, Goblet of Fire this evening!

We’ve all big fans of the Harry Potter movies, so were looking forward to the latest (movie) episode in the saga.

I know it’s been released for ages, but last night was the first chance I got to watch The Village. I remember seeing some of the hype for the movie a while back and I initially thought that it looked, well, a bit boring. Possibly a bit of a slow boiler.

The film is basically about a community living in Convington Woods. Surrounded by woodland, they live in a ‘truce’ with Those We Do Not Speak Of, a race of hideous monsters who live in the forest. No-one from the village crosses into the woods and the creatures leave the village people alone.