http://www.movietrain.net/ Fresh critical film reviews by a young English blogger. An opinionated analysis of popular movies and indie/art-house feature films. Explores plot, themes, characters, performances, soundtracks and film technique. The film are assesses movies in the context of what makes a successful cinema or DVD experience. en Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:15:00 GMT Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:15:00 GMT info@movietrain.net info@movietrain.net http://www.movietrain.net/ted-review/ Two stars have been born - Ted and writer/director Seth MacFarlane. We know who MacFarlane is - think of the madness behind Family Guy and The Cleveland Show. In Ted... http://www.movietrain.net/ted-review/#comments http://www.movietrain.net/ted-review/ Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:15:00 GMT http://www.movietrain.net/dark-knight-rises-review/ Seven years ago, Nolan changed the way we looked at superheroes. Batman Begins arrived as a thought experiment: what would a modern vigilante, a haunted orphan bent on a mission... http://www.movietrain.net/dark-knight-rises-review/#comments http://www.movietrain.net/dark-knight-rises-review/ Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:48:00 GMT http://www.movietrain.net/savages-review/ Films are like puzzles. Ideally, each aspect of a film is like a particular piece that links together to create one beautiful piece of art. Many times though the pieces... http://www.movietrain.net/savages-review/#comments http://www.movietrain.net/savages-review/ Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:17:00 GMT http://www.movietrain.net/thats-my-boy-review/ Lowbrow comedy goes subterranean in "That's My Boy," a product of the Adam Sandler movie factory unpolluted by a trace of ambition or wit. This film forgets that good comedy... http://www.movietrain.net/thats-my-boy-review/#comments http://www.movietrain.net/thats-my-boy-review/ Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:13:00 GMT http://www.movietrain.net/chernobyl-diaries-review/ Most good horror movies are rich with subtext. You could read "Psycho" as an Oedipal parable, say, or George Romero's "Dawn of the Dead" as a sendup of voracious consumerism... http://www.movietrain.net/chernobyl-diaries-review/#comments http://www.movietrain.net/chernobyl-diaries-review/ Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:37:00 GMT http://www.movietrain.net/ice-age-4continental-drift-review/ We've had three movies to get to know what to expect from the Blue Sky Studios' world of prehistoric animals and this instalment delivers the regular natural disaster and the... http://www.movietrain.net/ice-age-4continental-drift-review/#comments http://www.movietrain.net/ice-age-4continental-drift-review/ Sun, 08 Jul 2012 15:59:00 GMT http://www.movietrain.net/the-amazing-spiderman-review/ Who would have thought a Spider-Man film without Mary Jane Watson, Norman Osborn, and J. Jonah Jameson would end up being the web-slinger's definitive adventure? With Marc Webb's The Amazing... http://www.movietrain.net/the-amazing-spiderman-review/#comments http://www.movietrain.net/the-amazing-spiderman-review/ Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:47:00 GMT http://www.movietrain.net/afterschool-review/ Afterschool starts off with a montage of Youtube clips that we're all familiar with. A cat playing a piano, Saddam Hussein being hung, a father making his baby laugh. We're... http://www.movietrain.net/afterschool-review/#comments http://www.movietrain.net/afterschool-review/ Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:59:00 GMT http://www.movietrain.net/snow-white-the-huntsman-review/ Starring Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Claflin and Bob Hoskins Written by Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock and Hossien Amini Directed by Rupert Sanders 2012's second reinvention of... http://www.movietrain.net/snow-white-the-huntsman-review/#comments http://www.movietrain.net/snow-white-the-huntsman-review/ Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:16:00 GMT http://www.movietrain.net/brave-film-review/ Brave is a 200 million dollar animation film about a redhead tomboyish Scottish princess Merida, and is the first ever heroine centric Pixar creation. It is expected to open well... http://www.movietrain.net/brave-film-review/#comments http://www.movietrain.net/brave-film-review/ Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:42:00 GMT http://www.movietrain.net/rock-of-ages/ Rock of Ages, the new comedy starring everyone and their mami (Seriously, the all-star cast includes Diego Boneta, Julianne Hough, Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Alec Baldwin), opens in theaters... http://www.movietrain.net/rock-of-ages/#comments http://www.movietrain.net/rock-of-ages/ Sun, 24 Jun 2012 14:27:00 GMT http://www.movietrain.net/madagascar-3-europes-most-wanted-review/ If you love relentless action, neon colors, hilarious music numbers ('I Like to Move It') and lots of fur flying around, then Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is an ideal... http://www.movietrain.net/madagascar-3-europes-most-wanted-review/#comments http://www.movietrain.net/madagascar-3-europes-most-wanted-review/ Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:30:00 GMT http://www.movietrain.net/battleship-review/ The film follows a character named Alex Hopper (Kitsch). In the beginning Hopper is mainly a screw up, getting in trouble with the law and not having any real direction... http://www.movietrain.net/battleship-review/#comments http://www.movietrain.net/battleship-review/ Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:01:00 GMT http://www.movietrain.net/wanderlust/ Wagging a limp dick at a host of up-to-the-minute issues, Wanderlust manages to feel current, and relatively funny, without ever becoming particularly pointed, resulting in a floppy but satisfactory middlebrow... http://www.movietrain.net/wanderlust/#comments http://www.movietrain.net/wanderlust/ Sat, 16 Jun 2012 19:12:00 GMT http://www.movietrain.net/21-jump-street-review/ Directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord Story: Police recruits Schmidt and Jenko (Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum) have known each other since high school, when they were in opposing social... http://www.movietrain.net/21-jump-street-review/#comments http://www.movietrain.net/21-jump-street-review/ Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:42:00 GMT