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CINEMATRIX - by LuckyWill

Cinematrix is movie goer central bringing everything from the Big Screen to your screen.

I Came, I SAW, I Conquered

November 14th 2010 14:19

Hi all,

I recently went to watch Saw VII on the Big screen, the last of the Saw saga. The violence was probably the most gruesome of the 7 films and once again the story twisted back in on itself to try and lend greater meaning to an already significantly stretched plotline. But you know what, I really enjoyed it.

The opening scene is both graphic and suspenseful, the twists are unpredictable but well connected to the original films and it didn’t seem like too much of a stretch to join the dots as the other films mistakenly attempted.

The film continues the tale of its rogue detective as he seeks vengeance on Jigsaw’s wife after she tried to knock him off in the previous film. We are also introduced to a new batch of weapons, traps and seemingly innocent victims. This time around a man named Bobby Dagen, a jigsaw survivor, is at the centre of the story as he counsels others who have been through his ordeal, but it seems jigsaw isn’t quite done with him yet, nor is he done with other survivors dating right back to episode 1 of this series.

One of the staples of the first Saw films was that unpredictability in the plot. I would either have no idea where it was going or if I did, I turned out to be wrong. Unfortunately that was lost for a couple of the films in the middle but I can safely say its back. I thought I had figured out the ending of Saw 7 and in a way I had but the writers were back to their best and royally screwed my theory in the end.

Its fun its suspenceful and its gruesome, what more could you want?

4 bloodied corpses/ 5

Now in watching this film, being the end of an era, it got me thinking of my own story and how that will end. I recently got a new job as the Assistant Editor of a Rugby League Magazine here in Australia. For those interested in the sport its called Rugby League Player Magazine and it is an awesome job. I now find myself writing a lot for the mag and the freedom I once got from publishing here on Cinematrix is something I no longer need. This site has helped me a lot, and given me an outlet to showcase my work so now I am going to step aside and let someone else take the reigns.

Its been an awesome ride and for most people you may neither notice, nor care that I’m gone, but for those who do read my work and enjoy it, thanks for reading and if only for my own peace of mind I would like to sign off.

Thanks for everything readers

Ciao

Will Luckman

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PREDATORS – Prey for Mercy

September 15th 2010 15:48

Many would have been doubtful of this film given the gradual decline of this once mighty franchise over the years but with Predators heading to DVD very soon, those who were unwilling to waste a movie ticket on it before would be well advised to give it a chance. Rarely is a sequel actually better than its predecessor but in this instance Predators puts up a damn good fight.

The story follows the adventures of a collection of murderers, soldiers, gangsters and cons who are literally thrown into an alien game preserve to be hunted down by a new breed of predators. From what I understand, these predators have very little in common with those we know and love from previous films and the two species don’t particularly get along either. While they look similar, one breed is bigger and better designed for hunting than the other; lucky for us this Predator2.0 species is the one running the preserve just to make things that little bit harder. Teams of these predators scour the universe in search of its greatest hunters and warriors and bring them here to not only test their skills against them but also to learn their styles and adopt the most useful strategies. The humans’ mission is a simple one, survive, but that in itself is made as difficult as possible by their hosts resulting in an epic guerrilla style war.

Now I honestly thought that a Predator film without Arnie would just be a terrible flop; I mean, if Arnie struggled to defeat just one, who else would even stand a chance against a whole squad of them? Arnie had muscles so big that each one required its own gym membership and he was still weak in comparison with the ugly assassins. But there is more to fighting than just strength as heir to the Predator empire, Adrien Brody, proves. At first glance his spindly physique appears no match for his ferocious adversaries but as the film wears on his actions reveal him to be far more ruthless and dangerous than first thought and one of his final shirtless scenes reveals that the man packs quite a lot of muscle beneath his unflattering attire. Unlike Schwarzenegger’s bulky, powerful approach, however, Brody is much trimmer and ripped. He even throws in a little shot at the critics, acknowledging that he may not be THAT strong “but I am fast” he says.

The effects, the suspense, the characters and the flow of the film are awesome. It has a great ending with a surprising twist and best of all it actually tries to match the style of the first instalment. We spend half the film just waiting to see the predators and when we do finally see them they do not disappoint. As I said earlier, we even meet a new species and learn a little more about these mysterious invaders.

It has that same familiar feel of the original only, I think, better. I hesitate to give it 5/5 simply because I know I have seen better films than this but at the same time I had no problems with it either. It was fun, engaging, suspenseful; the characters were interesting; the story made sense; it looked fantastic and the twist was completely unexpected. On that not I give it 4.5 ugly mother f’ers/ 5.

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TWILIGHT ECLIPSE - Dracula's Legacy

July 21st 2010 02:39

Oh my god, never in the long and illustrious blood-sucking history of cinematic vampiredom did I think this moment would come. Not since those pioneering days when the ghastly old Count Dracula first bore his jagged bright red fangs to the eyes of his horrified victims, invoking in them a fear from the far reaches of their soul they never knew existed only to be manifested in the form of an ear-piercing scream.
It would have seemed impossible amongst these ferocious examples of soulless assassins that they could ever lose that killer instinct but the day has finally come when a vampire seems…boring

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Shrek Forever Aftermath

June 28th 2010 03:58

The fourth and final instalment of the jolly green giant’s adventures was delivered with its usual dose of hilarity and heart but it certainly felt…different.

The basic gist of the plot is that Shrek (voiced by Mike Meyers) is leading the perfect life. He has a loving wife, Fiona (Cameron Diaz); 3 beautiful kids; a comfortable home and a host of adoring friends headed by Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas). The problem is that Shrek is an ogre, a creature renowned for its solitude and menacing personality, so “the good life” isn’t really something he’s all that accustomed to. Feeling trapped and emasculated, Shrek turns to a strange magician named Rumplestiltskin for a taste of the life he left behind; to be a real ogre again for just one day; but oh what a day. Unfortunately for Shrek, Rumplestiltskin has a habit of exploiting the fine print on his contracts and when our hero signs, he finds himself thrust into a world where he was never born and time is against him to fix it. Shrek must race to reunite his friends, beat the bad guys and woo his princess all over again before his problems become far more permanent

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KICK-ASS Certainly Does

May 2nd 2010 18:00

I have been waiting a long time for this one to come out and I must have seen every clip and trailer posted on the net in the lead up to its release. By the time Kick-Ass hit the screens I thought I had a pretty good idea about the story line. That was of course until I actually saw the film and it was nothing like I expected. In a good way of course.

The online video teasers paint the picture of a funny action film about a kid who decides to try his hand at being a superhero and meets some cool friends along the way. Kind of like Mystery Men but with a little more violence and language. Now for the most part it was funny and it was violent and obscene; however, unlike Mystery Men, much of the storyline itself is actually very serious and things get pretty hardcore in a few places and quite suspenseful. The action is awesome, the jokes are surprisingly funny and the actors do an excellent job in bringing their characters to life. It is a great film to watch

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Mad if you Miss it

March 7th 2010 19:03

Johnny Depp has taken on so many varying roles over the years and Mr Versatile seems to nail them all but none so much as the bearded oddball, Captain Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. It was during the third instalment of this saga, At World’s End, that Captain Jack finds himself in Davy Jones’ locker; a supernatural labyrinth where absolutely anything is possible. Never has Depp looked so at home as his fanciful hallucinations finally offer up an environment where he can truly let loose. But alas this is only for a few minutes of the film.

Well much to the delight of audiences, Depp has returned to that place of madness and chaos and this time he has extended the visit to a feature length fantasy. Swapping treasure hunts for tea parties; his latest outing as the Mad Hatter in Disney’s Alice in Wonderland is delightfully insane and, as usual, another perfect fit for the actor. The film is about a world where the unimaginable is everywhere and reality is somewhere else. Where out of place is right at home and weird is wonderful. As Alice so aptly puts it in the 1951 version “Everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn’t and contrary wise, what it is it wouldn’t be and what it wouldn’t be it would

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AVATAR TOPS THE LOT

January 7th 2010 16:37

James Cameron’s multimillion dollar blockbuster 3D epic adventure, AVATAR, is a visual feast the eyes will be dying to gorge themselves on.

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The Box - Think Outside and Think Fast

November 11th 2009 12:02

As you may have noticed from the trailer, the Box is about, strangely enough, a box, which is delivered to a young couple in America in 1976. The owner is a strange, disfigured old man named Arlington Stewart (Frank Langella) who delivers the device. It is plain black, with a single red button on top and comes with a creepy proposition. Push the button and 1 million dollars will be yours on the condition that 1 person you don’t know will die. Either way, when you are done the box will be reset and the offer presented to someone else.

What would you choose

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DISTRICT 9: Not Since ET Was An Alien So Loveable

September 16th 2009 03:12

There are many secrets in District 9 and I don’t want to begin by giving any of them away. The film is a semi-documentary style sci-fi thriller that skilfully combines nail biting suspense with short but impressive action sequences and, most importantly a plot that really makes you feel for and take interest in the characters in a way I have not seen since Slumdog Millionaire

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KNOWING: Its Not WHAT You Know...

August 20th 2009 13:25

It's who you know.

Knowing is a mildly suspenseful film much like Armageddon, The Day After Tomorrow, The Core and other such films predicting Earth’s destruction through some impending disaster; however, while the action, at times, is as good as the aforementioned films, the tempo is never quite as swift

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