The Hunger Games

Well I thought this was brilliant, I know it was based on a book but I think the idea is fantastic. In an age when reality TV is a big thing and were falling in love with people's on screen personality's, this battle royale film, where the idea of having to kill the others to survive for sport, is genius!

In North America the entire land is traumatised by lack of food. Once a year they lottery off 24 people to fight in a competition to the death, where there is only one winner! The whole idea of the show has been created in order to stop other people being violent due to food shortages across America

At first the contestants are terrified at the thought of what lies ahead, facing each other in a contained woodland, but they are brought to the futuristic metropolitan area in the pre-contest time where they become stars and are groomed to perfection to gain the good thoughts of the public.

Among the contestants is the tough, level-headed Katniss Everdeen (Jenifer Lawrence) aka the star of the show, who volunteered herself in order for her younger sister to be exempt from the competition. It is with her that the twist in the tale happens, she learns that Peeta Melark (Josh Hutcherson) has feelings for her and ratings go off the roof and there is call for a rule change.

I think the idea of the hunger games is fantastic, it was a brilliant film and I think people will really be able to relate to it.

My Rating: 7.5/10

Directors: Gary Ross    Cast: Alexander Ludwig, Elizabeth Banks, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hucherson, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci, Wes Bentley, Woody Harrelson, josh hutcherson

Wrath Of The Titans

There are 3 ways you can tell if a film is good before it comes out. Number 1 the company's who back the film. Number 2 the actors who's name you actually remember, not like the guy with the beard from The Hangover. Number 3 when you go to watch a film but your looking forward to one certain trailer. This is how I felt about Wrath Of The Titans, the second following on from Clash Of The Titans.

It was a cool film! Sam Worthington is more bad ass in this one he hasn't got a shaved head which definitely doesn't suit anyone Greek, but he pretty much just seems to go around battering everyone despite the fact he's only half God! The story line, however, is not brilliant Hades (Ralph Fiennes) captures his brother Zeus (Liam Neeson) and Mr Worthington has to rescue him. All in all the film is plain simply cool and the action sequences are fantastic, Certainly worth a watch!

My Rating: 6/10

Directors: Jonathan Liebesman    Cast: Bill Nighy, Danny Huston, Edgar Ramirez, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Rosamund Pike, Sam Worthington, Toby Kebbell 

21 Jump Street

I think the guys who produced this may have been very drunk and started reminiscing about old classics. This one is a feature length version of the cop show in the late-80s which launched Johnny Depp on his road to success, which might explain his late cameo at the end which I wonder how many millions he got paid to do! A very much immature but lovable film starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill not a mix I would have expected. I wasn't expecting much out of Channing Tatum for a role like this seeing as I can only think of him in the uber chic flick Dear John but he proved me wrong!

Mortal enemies in school, as Jump Street mocks several stereotypes Tatum, the obvious fit for a jock and Hill the nerd, but then classically in a police academy kind of fashion they join forces to help each other out, Hill doing the brainy stuff and Tatum helping him to work out.

It is genuinely a really good comedy, some of things just have you laughing till it hurts. The pair start out their career as cops on bicycle's busting kids for feeding the ducks and rescuing Frisbees from the tree's, how ridiculous is that. After being the worst cops imaginable arresting people without knowing the Miranda Rights, they get sent to high school as under cover cops for being young and stupid, where they must infiltrate a drug ring. In high school, however, they learn things aren't quite the way they remember and Hill ends up being the cool kid, in a very environmentally friendly kind of place where Tatum's guns won't help him out!

My Rating: 8/10

Directors: Chris Miller, Phil Lord    Cast: Brie Larson, Channing Tatum, Dave Franco, Ice Cube, Johnny Depp, Jonah Hill, Rob Riggle

John Carter

Bit of a boring one really it seemed pretty samey and didn't really have anything spectacular. The story, is a bit strange, it reminded me slightly of Cowboys and Aliens, can you really mix the old with the new? An 1860 American civil war hero is transported by a golden amulet to another planet, where he finds himself in a prison amongst Martians called Barsooms, a little farfetched?

Personally I was expecting a little bit more seeing as the movie was coming from Andrew Stanton who brought us Wall-E, Toy Story and Monsters Inc. John Carter did not have the same delights as the these and seemed to lack fun and a storyline you can get your teeth into.

In this story Carter soon finds out he has powers and is able to leap massive distances, yet he becomes captured by Tharks, aka the baddies which is where the main part of the story comes into play, he falls in love with the princess. Predictable!? The civil war happening on the planet between all these races just seems to get in the way, it all becomes a but 'Flash Gordon' with the plastic shining armour. It very much failed to impress me and just reminded me of a 70s sci-fi movie.

My Rating: 5/10

Directors: Asger Leth    Cast: Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Edward Burns, Elizabeth Banks, Genesis Rodriguez, Jamie Bell, Jamie Bell, Kyra Sedgwick, Sam Worthington

Man On A Ledge

Just reading the title of this film makes me giggle, I wonder what its about? This film reminds me a little of snakes on a plane. A bit pointless? Sam Worthington a wrongly convicted ex-cop is out to get his revenge on the people who did him over! His brother Jamie Bell and his girlfriend Genesis Rodriguez plan to steal a diamond from Ed Harris the bad buy, whilst Mr Worthington hangs of a ledge acquiring everyone's attention. As you can tell the story is hard to follow!

This kind of film just reminds me of stereotypes New York's finest stating the obvious and being totally useless! We do, however, get the pleasure of a twist at the end. The film is nothing spectacular but not terrible!

The Devil Inside

Well I was really looking forward to this, the trailer looked promising, there was a bit of hype and controversy, however, it quickly turned out to be the worst films I have ever seen! Completely suspense free, without any sort of real horror in it! For me now it is in the worsening genre of hand held found footage.

The story is pretty much predictable and pretty much identical to almost every exorcism film, a young girl has some sort of demon in here we watch her eat some flies and bend her bones around and then laugh in a deep psychotic voice

This was undoubtedly one of the worst films I have ever seen and most definitely the worst ever horror film I have seen! It does not get my stamp of approval!

My Rating: 4/10

Directors: William Brent Bell    Cast: Evan Helmuth, Fernanda Andrada, Fernanda Andrade, Ionut Grama, Simon Quarterman, Suzan Crowley

The Woman In Black

Is the name of Harry Potter carrying Daniel Radcliffe? In this adaptation of Susan Hill's supernatural thriller Radcliffe seemed blank with no emotion, in a film which sent shivers down my spine and had me clutching onto the arm rest.

The plot suits a perfect ghost story, an old dusty mansion cut off from the world, an innocent lawyer, terrorised village folk, and a haunting woman in black! James Watkins engaging direction style has you watching through your fingertips throughout the film as the turn of every corridor has you jumping on the edge of your seat. For me though Radcliffe hasn't done his acting career any favours, it felt like he was on a first date trying too hard to impress.

My Rating: 7/10 (Daniel Radcliffe's acting doesn't influence the rating)

Directors: James Watkins    Cast: Ciaran Hinds, Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Roger Allam, Shaun Dooley, Sophie Stuckey