Author Archives: Mike Barnard

Wedding Daze

June 2nd, 2007 | by Mike Barnard

American Pie meets Home & Away star wise in this diverting romantic comedy that doesn’t know whether to be naughty


Ten Canoes

June 1st, 2007 | by Mike Barnard

Remember the days when your grandparents used to tell you one of their life stories which rambled on yet was


Robin-B-Hood

May 27th, 2007 | by Mike Barnard

Jackie Chan has tended to make martial arts movies that use every opportunity to bring out the humour and slapstick.


Closing the Ring

May 23rd, 2007 | by Mike Barnard

Simple and effective is all you need to be when the story is right, and with Closing the Ring love,


Zodiac

May 18th, 2007 | by Mike Barnard

The eagerly awaited return of David Fincher brings with it a heavy weight of expectation. Five years since the tense


Suburban Girl

May 15th, 2007 | by Mike Barnard

If the thought of Sarah Michelle Gellar looking at Alec Baldwin and saying “he’s cute” sends you reeling in disbelief,


28 Weeks Later

May 11th, 2007 | by Mike Barnard

The fast moving zombie-like humans are back in a sequel that throws away a lot of early promise by tearing


Charlie Wilson’s War

May 7th, 2007 | by Mike Barnard

Tom Hanks seems to enjoy occupying the moral centre of movies. Stuck on a desert island, lost in space and


Five Across The Eyes

May 5th, 2007 | by Mike Barnard

Finding fresh approaches to horror movies can often reward filmmakers with a hit, surprising and shocking audiences to the point


Curse of the Golden Flower

April 13th, 2007 | by Mike Barnard

It’s been a long time coming but Chow Yun-Fat finally stars in a worthy follow up to martial arts masterpiece



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