Author Archives: Mike Barnard

Death Race

September 15th, 2008 | by Mike Barnard

In the near future, convicted criminals get the chance to earn freedom by taking part in Death Race: a series


After.Life

September 10th, 2008 | by Mike Barnard

Christina Ricci struggles to understand whether she is dead or alive in nervy thriller After.Life which tries hard to spin


Dead Snow (Død snø)

August 31st, 2008 | by Mike Barnard

Breathing life into the filmic undead, Norwegian writer/director Tommy Wirkola has produced a tongue-in-cheek zombie movie which revels in clichés


Step Brothers

August 29th, 2008 | by Mike Barnard

Will Ferrell fans must be getting tired of watching their hero on the big screen. With every movie he stars


Tokyo Gore Police

August 3rd, 2008 | by Mike Barnard

Mutants with chainsaws for arms and crocodile-like jaws for legs go head-to-head with a police force intent on wiping them


Embodiment Of Evil

July 28th, 2008 | by Mike Barnard

Forty years is a long time to wait for the conclusive part of a cinematic trilogy, but that’s exactly the


Hancock

July 4th, 2008 | by Mike Barnard

Will Smith just can’t make a subtle leading man – every film the American superstar takes centre stage in, it’s


The Machine Girl

May 19th, 2008 | by Mike Barnard

If Evil Dead’s Ash had a young female Japanese cousin, she would probably be The Machine Girl. Sporting a machine


Frost/Nixon

May 17th, 2008 | by Mike Barnard

When a British talkshow host with few credentials to his name outsmarted a U.S. President known to be guilty of


Charlie Bartlett

May 16th, 2008 | by Mike Barnard

Charlie Bartlett is a troubled teenager. A rich kid too smart for his own good, the honest-faced Charlie (newcomer Yelchin)



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