Certainly unexpected, co-directed by the man who swore he’d never work with Hollywood again, Sin City is a gritty, violent film noir retelling of the comic book series of the same name. Perhaps the greatest filming of a comic book ever. 5/5 not for the squeemish.

Collecting the film versions of “Sin City”, “The Big Fat Kill” and “That Yellow Bastard” the film FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY is a unique experience. Digitally filmed and altered to look as much like the comic panels as possible this movie takes no liberties with the stories and art fans Frank Miller’s Sin City have come to love. Though love for such a violent topic as Sin City is a weird connection.

Sin City is not for everyone… it’s black and white (with colour added for effect in very few scenes) and violent as hell. With stellar acting from all involved, Bruce Willis as the retiring cop, the enticing Jessica Alba as the ever alluring Nancy Callahan.

“Skinny little Nancy Callahan. She grew up. She filled out.”

Benicio Del Toro as crazed, over the edge Jackie Boy, Clive Owen as the unlucky Dwight McCarthy, and Mickey Rourke IS Marv. Honourable but confused Marv.

Rounding out the cast is a plethora of Hollywood top picks, and Rutger Hauer (again). Many folks credit Robert Rodriguez for this movie, but in my eyes this is Frank Miller thru and thru, and I see Robert Rodriguez only as Miller’s mentor in the art of filmmaking. As with any CGI/Digital film there are parts of this I didn’t like – most specifically a scene involving Marv and a car which ended up being so over the top it pulled me out of the story. But as a fan of the comics I can not give this adaption anything but top score.

The film is much more to my envisioning of the Batman. I’ve always been more fond of the dark and gritty hero vs. villain stories – a place where Mr Freeze and his like does not fit in. And luckily this is a film that quickly lets you forget the atrociousness that was Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. In my book it trumps Batman and Batman Returns aswell.

Evan is a troubled youth with a troubled past. To get by he forced himself to blackout bad memories from an early age, and at adolescence these memories come back to haunt him. Remembering these memories also allows him to revisit his past and alter it and his life. 4/5

Played by Ashton Kutcher, Evan soon realizes that you should not mess with time – as he repeatedly goes back in time to “fix” events and do right by his friends.

The Butterfly Effect is an effective science fiction time traveller film – that looks at the darker side of time travel and what it can do. There are two versions of this film about and the ending of the Director’s Cut is truly depressing and logical – and so far from your typical happy-go-ever Hollywood movies; no wonder the Theatrical release had an alternate more audience-pleasing ending.

If you can suspend you disbelief and enjoy science fiction with a bit of mystery and horror chances are that The Butterfly Effect will suit you just fine.

For some reason the film’s love interest, dully played by Birds of Prey’s Ashely Scott, ends up in jeans, boots and a bra… that’s nicely done just stepping out of bed if you ask me – and I think there really was no reason for that beyond tempting the male-teen audience.

This isn’t the kind of movie you really award a star rating, but I guess it would earn 3 buckets of popcorn .

“What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?” – Rob

The characters and actors are great, and the photography well done. This film just was there, it didn’t make a point out of it self, it made a point of the story. I went into this thinking this would just be an all out comedy, and boy did I miss my spot. This movie really touched me, and I’m glad I didn’t miss it.

It’s not a very serious movie, and I don’t think it was meant to be, but it puts its finger on some of the quirkiness surrounding religion today. As Rufus says, “don’t stifle a good idea with belief.”

The film is excellently directed by Christopher Nolan, and though it is a bit hard to get into at first, being all scenes are played in “reverse” order it really works out great. As a viewer you know how it ends, but not why. And that’s the beauty of it, it keeps you guessing right through the credits and even after. Was everything as easy as that?

Some memories are best forgotten. Not this film though, check it out.

It might come off as an all out action movie, but this movie is really a tragic love story. If you try to follow the story too hard you will fall off, it is after all a six volume epic comic crammed into a film just around 2 hours long. But if you kick back and enjoy it will sweep you along. Sure, some of the villains are unclear, and we don\’t know everything that goes on. But we do know that Jinha loves Sullie, Sullie loves Jinha, and their love can never be. And on top of this, everyone wants the Bichun secretes, and Jinha needs to avenge the murder of his parents.

This movie was based on the comic “Dark Town” by Kaja Blackley, and it’s definitly a movie you’ll either lover or hate, my only suggestion is to watch it with an open mind without any expectations!