Articles + Quotes on Film & TV

Have only just finished watching this film, and I have to say, I was sincerely and very much impressed by it all. First things first, Saoirse Ronan is probably one of the better actresses of her age. She has more skill and talent in bringing a character to life better than most well known actresses I can think of, some twice her age. All this talent is apparent in her portrayal of Hanna, a girl raised by her father Erik Heller (nicely portrayed by Eric Bana, also proving his considerable worth in this film) in the wilds of the north to be an assassin. It starts off as brutal and intense, and keeps up this pace throughout the entirety of the film. The supporting cast includes Jason Flemyng, Olivia Williams (looking a bit like Lena Headey in this), Tom Hollander, looking quite weird with blonde hair but also proving his range as an actor and course Cate Blanchett. Ms Blanchett playing a psycho bad ass CIA agent is something else entirely and she does it with style. The film is d...

Yes, I know this film was released in cinemas and later on DVD a while ago, but since the majority of reviews on it were negative in the extreme, I decided to play it safe and wait for it come onto Foxtel. Because of my limited expectations, thanks to the aforementioned negative reviews, I quickly assumed that this film would be quite awful. Imagine my surprise then, to find it was quite entertaining. True, the people portraying plague victims looked quite disgusting and there were a few moments when I watched the film behind closed eyelids, but aside from that, it wasn't a bad way to spend an hour and a half. In amongst the action scenes and bits of horror, there were moments of humour, which kept it from getting too dark. It was directed by Dominic Sena, probably best known for Gone in Sixty Seconds, which also had Nicolas Cage playing the main character. The rest of the main cast: Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Stephen Graham, Ulrich Thomsen all bring their bare ...