While I may have said this elsewhere...

... it bears repeating. Happy boxing day! Which incidentally is known as St Stephen's day to some. May test cricket enrich all your lives. :-)

SEEN: Exit through the gift shop

This movie was as intelligent and funny as the Expendables was idiotic and boring. Originally, when it came to spending dinero at the film festival, I had to give this one a miss. There was other things to see y'know? Luckily I chose it as the other half of my two for twelve kiwi pesos at the local. Supposedly it is about Thiery AKA Mr Brainwash, a Frenchman in LA who becomes fixated on street art and eventually Banksie. While ostensibly a documentary, it seems more likely it's one gigantic p1$$take. If so, it's one of the best ever.

Big thumbs-up.

SEEN: The Expendables

I was hoping for big dumb fun. Unfortunately, I only got the dumb. There was scope for amusement, you know, like Commando, or a number of eighties action movies I could name. Large portions of it were shot in the dark, at least that's how it displayed on the TV. Action movies aren't so good if YOU CAN'T SEE THE #$%@ING ACTION!? In sum, sheer sh1te.

Recommendation: Avoid.

Seen: Skyline

Dire. Truly dire.

I.

Really.

Mean it.

The only saving grace of this movie was the relatively downbeat ending and maybe the token hispanic guy. Aliens invade earth, they are unstoppable. In fact, not even a foreign operating system can bring them down. 100 long, long minutes then ensue and then you finally breathe sweet freedom.

RECOMMENDATION: avoid.