Steamboy - An anime set in Victorian England, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. Thankfully, it’s nowhere near the incomprehensible mess that Akira was (Otomo’s best known film,) but it’s not a total success either.
The visuals are just totally lush. The blended 2D and 3D scenes work really well, and steam age technology is intrinsically cool. I’m [...]
The Descent was just great, and you should see it as soon as possible.
It’s a proper schlock-horror genre movie, and all the better for it. A group of female friends, with various hidden grudges and issues, go exploring an uncharted cave. You can write the rest of the plot for yourself. There’s none of the [...]
Batman Begins: First off, it’s the best Batman film by a country mile, but that sounds like damning it with faint praise. It’s much darker than the others, with no comic relief at all, but it still feels a bit reigned in. I don’t know whether it was to keep a low-ish age rating, but [...]
The Sin City movie is all kinds of awesome. If you haven’t seen it yet you will do so with no further delay.