Sunshine

Danny Boyle shoots for the stars with his ambitious sci-fi epic Sunshine but falls a little short

Jul 13th 2008 12:40 // Reviews // No comments

Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

After almost 20 years one of the world’s favourite movie heroes returned to the screen. This time he has to face his deadliest enemy yet - the critics...

May 27th 2008 12:30 // Reviews // 1 Comment

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

The once mighty Alien and Predator franchises are reduced to direct-to-video status with this largely worthless exercise in making money from nothing

Mar 4th 2008 12:27 // Reviews // No comments

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

It's taken me almost exactly two years to get around to seeing the Hollywood adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. (...more...)

Apr 25th 2007 23:53 // Reviews // No comments

The Cassandra Crossing

As I get (slightly) older (each day) I'm realising that I have a weakness for many of the films that I remember from my early childhood. (...more...)

Jan 31st 2007 16:16 // Reviews // No comments

A Cock And Bull Story

I seem to start every review lately with the refrain "It's been a while since I've written a review..." (or words to that effect) and this one will be no different. (...more...)

Sep 6th 2006 22:07 // Reviews // 1 Comment

Downfall

Downfall is a film I've been meaning to see for some time - and for a change I did actually get around to seeing it following repeated recommendations (thanks due to Ben at the Mondo Movie podcast and Joe Barlow of the Cinemaslave podcast among others). (...more...)

Jul 4th 2006 20:20 // Reviews // No comments

Ginger Snaps Back

New reviews have been few and far between on HoC lately (read: nonexistent). This is partly because we've not seen that many new films, but mostly because lately we've been watching lots and lots of TV (CSI, Bones, Lost, Doctor Who, Smallville, etc) and if I was to review every episode of every show I watch none of you would ever forgive me. (...more...)

May 26th 2006 15:43 // Reviews // No comments

Creep

Creep is probably one of the grossest films I've seen in a while, and one of the very few that had me questioning whether I actually wanted to keep my eyes fixed in the general direction of my TV or not. (...more...)

Feb 24th 2006 17:47 // Reviews // 1 Comment

Visitor Q

You've probably all at one time or another seen a particular sort of sappy, sentimental, and usually cynical, US family drama. (...more...)

Jan 8th 2006 13:59 // Reviews // 1 Comment