Pasha's Film Reviews Etc.

7/10 William and Tovar are two mercenaries in search of the black powder - a weapon worth more than gold. As they reach The Great Wall of China they get dragged into a war between humanity and lizard like creatures that terrorise the planet every sixty years. Will our friends find the more noble way to implement their amazing fighting skills, or will greed and selfishness prevail? The trailer of THE GREAT WALL undersells the movie in my opinion, presenting us with another explosive fantasy feature with CGI monsters and bloodless "epic" battle sequences. What it delivers in the end is a very detailed and highly inspired spectacle. The world created in THE GREAT лWALL is  very much alive with inventive designs of weapons, armour and mechanics. This film had been made with love and pride and it is carried through every frame. The film is concise, precise and simple in its moral, as any fairy tale should be. The message is delivered without preaching, the action se...

10/10 Michele has a full life. Too full in fact. She runs a successful computer games company, her son has just moved in with his pregnant girlfriend, her Botox-ed mother is about to marry a man the age of her grandson and her down on his luck, writer ex husband demands her attention like never before. Not to mention her love affair with her best friend's partner... things get even more complicated when she is attacked and sexually assaulted at her home... To everyone's surprise Michele  does not report it. She carries on as if nothing had happened... but the accident opens some old wounds. And when the mystery stalker comes knocking again she is ready. ELLE is a perfect example of suburban noir which is so popular these days. Michele is a curious character. She is a practical and confident woman who enjoys life immensely. The assault, however, makes her face some unfinished business. There's a perfect explanation for Michele's inner strength, that m...