The other day, BigpondMovies (they have a mail-based DVD service as well, but I’m only interested in digital downloads) reached my personal tipping point for the amount of content I was actually interested in, so I thought I’d give it a shot. Ten bucks later, I had Kung Fu Hustle and xXx (the Vin Diesel [...]

Just got back from seeing The Brothers Grimm. We saw it Silver Screen at Macquarie Centre. It’s the first time I’ve been to a Silver Screen session, and bluntly, I’m not really impressed. The screen and the seats are big, but the chairs aren’t recliners, they’re fixed-position. This ironically led to some convoluted ways of [...]

I’ll save you the suspense (you’ll need to bring some of your own to the movie) – it’s not terrible! Neither is it particularly unmissable, but it’s at least an different twist on the game’s plot. How does it stack up against other video game movies? Let’s look at Doom in comparison – I’ll rank [...]

Saw Serenity for what’s probably going to be the last time at the movies tonight. While DVDs are cool and all, it’s a pity that movies don’t get trotted out at the cinemas again more often. This time, there was a highly appreciative audience, and larger! (talk about peaking late… word is slow to get [...]

As seen on /., you can now view the first 9 minutes of Serenity, free. Player is Java-based. http://video.vividas.com/CDN1/3929_Serenity/web/index.html tags: Movies

I’ll try to explain it like this: An Audi jumps from a marina, rolls in the air, catches just the right part on a hook suspended from a crane, and then lands, with sod-all damage to the car. Obviously I’m not driving robust enough cars: I must go and buy an Audi. There’s other 100% [...]