Cloverfield (DVD)

At Rob's leaving party his friend Hud has been asked (by Rob's brother Jason who's girlfriend Lily had asked to do it) to film little goodbye messages from all his friends, to give to Rob as a leaving present. Amongst the other guests at the party is Rob's secret love interest Beth, who leaves early. After a desperate answer phone message from Beth, when a monster start's attacking New York the group of friends run not only for their safety, but to try to make it to Beth's place to try to rescue her. The characters are all played by actors and actresses with limited work prior to this. Whilst some of them have quite a few credits to their names, with quite a ...  Read the complete review

Hollywood's latest disaster movie is a film with a twist. Abandoning crystal clear graphics for a camcorder-style yarn, it tells the story of a group of New York yuppies gathering to say goodbye to a friend who is going travelling. When the city comes under attack, and buildings start blowing up and falling down, its not clear right away the cause. Rob, Jason, Marlena and camera-man Hud trawl through the mass destruction in search of Rob's secret love Beth, adding a tiny bit of dimension to a tale that is almost envisioned entirely from one character's point of view. As they come face to face with the perpetrator, all hell breaks loose, and they have to ...  Read the complete review

I've never done a review like this before, so please tell me what you think. Most of the films I end up reviewing involve me raving about them, the fact that I enjoyed them immensely... this review will not be the same. I started to write this after I came home from the cinema but just couldn't finish, the film was still making me feel dizzy and sick, so had to give up... until today. I've seen on some American films, where people go to the cinema and end up clapping at the end if the films great or booing if it's terrible, I myself have never seen that happen in any cinema I've been to. Until today. We walked into the foyer of the cinema to go ...  Read the complete review

Oh, there's always one isn't there? One person that isn't going to like what is the movie of the year, if not the decade. What is Cloverfield as a movie? - A movie you leave the screening talking about - A movie you check the internet for opinions on the minute you're home - A movie that, even when you're tucked up in bed shutting your eyes, you still question But what is Cloverfield, the movie, not? - Any good Didn't see that one coming. Believe me, I am the biggest Lost fan going and the one reason behind me wanting to watch this movie was one name - JJ Abrams. Nothing else mattered. I'm just hoping I spelt the ...  Read the complete review

Wow!!! There was so much hype behind this film and no one actually had any idea of what was going on or what it would be like! But I loved it. It is supposed to be filmed on a hand held video camera and although rather hard to get used to at first (would advise not sitting too close to the screen to avoid motion sickness!) - it soon feels like you are sitting at home watching any family holiday video. But this one is frightening! It seems so realistic and the worst bit is when by 'complete accident' the camera points towards an explosion and catches a glimse of the 'monster' that is destroying the city. That looks real and feels real and it is done ...  Read the complete review