Salty Popcorn

Welcome to Salty Popcorn - my site dedicated to expressing my opinion on films. Most of the reviews I read in the paper make me angry that they are either all so negative or I completely disagree with them. So now it's my turn. I hope you enjoy it and if you do sign up for updates on the left hand side. Thanks for stopping in!! PLEASE NOTE: My scoring of films is now based on an "Out of 10" score. The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)

I SHALL NOT GIVE UP - WATCH IT QUICK - AFTER THE AD The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders. The trailer was released at Comic Con and is a long one. I...

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I had been so keen to see this film since I first heard about. I really enjoy Katherine Heigl in romantic comedies and I like Ashton for a few reasons, one of which is his acting ) Pity this film falls flat on pretty much everything it offers. Fail!! Spencer Aimes is just your average, under...

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It was a quiet weekend in the outback so three uber cool horror films hooked up for a threesome. There was Wolf Creek, there was Hostel and then there was The Descent. The spawn from this horrific frivolity was The Loved Ones. In order to avoid a ghostly figure in the road, high school senio...

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THE GOON is a comic created by Eric Powell in 1999 and follows Goon, a muscled up enforcer for mobster Labrazio. Goon battles zombies, monsters and the supernatural. This trailer was released at Comic Con and while, originally, David Fincher optioned to direct I can find no proof that he actually di...

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"Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides" captures the fun, adventure and humor that ignited the hit franchise - this time in Disney Digital 3D. In this action-packed tale of truth, betrayal, youth and demise, Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz), and he'...

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Six years ago previously, a NASA probe returning to earth with samples of an alien life form, crashed over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear, and half of Mexico was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain "the crea...

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I could have written my usual larger reviews but this film appears to have had a review written by every man and his dog on the WWW - it has become review overkill. Annoying that the U.S. got the film one week early and apologies I have not read anyone else's review but did not want to view the film...

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It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expand...

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I am stoked to see Dwayne Johnson finally doing a film that is not made for kids. Tooth Fairy - I mean, COME ON!!!! This guys is built for action and it is action we want to see him in. I still think they could have made him a new Terminator. This is only a teaser trailer but still it looks ok. It's...

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Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) is an unrepentant criminal, the de facto leader of a group of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves in stealing what they want and getting out clean. With no real attachments, Doug never has to fear losing anyone close to him. But that all changed on the gang's latest ...

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Besides the mega huge Knight and Day out this week in Australia there is also the "not overly marketed" THE RUNAWAYS starring Dakota Fanning and that vampire wolf tramp Kristen Stewart. It is the story of The Runaways - an all girl rock band from the late 70's that started the career of Joan...

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The Social Network follows Mark Zuckerberg, who created Facebook in 2004 at Harvard during his sophomore year. It now has over 400 million members worldwide. Eisenberg will play Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Timberlake will play Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder who became Facebook's foundi...

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Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) is an expectant first-time father whose wife's due date is a mere five days away. As Peter hurries to catch a flight home from Atlanta to be at her side for the birth, his best intentions go completely awry when a chance encounter with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay ...

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This looks awesome but then so has every trailer for a film M Night Shyamalan has been involved in. He has produced this one and this is more reassuring than him directing. He is a walking film disaster in my opinion. But still, that being said, I still like the look of this trailer. The prem...

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I saw this a film a few months ago at a media night out in the city with a great friend of mine Karin. When I first saw the trailer I thought B grade funny action with Cruise and Diaz - this could go either way. And I have to say I absolutely loved it! An action-comedy centered on a fugiti...

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If you are one of the 2 people in the world that missed Avatar or miss it too much on the big screen it is coming back to Cinemas this August. To see my review and watch the trailer clickety click HERE Twentieth Century Fox and James Cameron announced on July 8th that AVATAR SPECIAL EDITION ...

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Life seems idyllic for Marisa (Jacinda Barrett) and her son, Jack (Tom Russell), until a poor performance at a school soccer match ends with Jack in hospital and Marisa trying to find her husband, David (Richard Roxburgh), who is interstate at a conference. In fact, David is planning to leave Maris...

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I really like that when making Grindhouse they had fake trailers before it and they liked the look of this one so much they decided to make the feature. Now I really want to see the gay priest movie with Toby Maguire and Robert Downey Jnr from prior to Tropic Thunder. ) I have included Satan's Alle...

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I have been very keen on seeing this one ever since Bryn from Horrorphile saw it at the Sydney Film Festival - you can suss out his review of the film HERE. I have mentioned this a few times of late and will say it again. Xavier Samuel is one of my favourite Australian actors after starring in two b...

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WARNING THERE IS A MAJOR SPOILER IN THE COMMENTS - DO NOT READ THEM UNLESS YOU KNOW THE STORY CONVICTION is the inspirational true story of a sister's unwavering devotion to her brother. When Betty Anne Water's (two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank) older brother Kenny (Sam Rockwell) is ar...

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Trailer of the Day: THOR MODIFIED - NEW VERSION ATTACHED	Killers (3/10)	The Loved Ones (9/10)	Trailer of the Day: The Goon
Trailer of the Day: Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides	Trailer of the Day: MONSTERS	A Very Brief Review of Inception	Trailer of the Day: HOWL - James Franco as Allen Ginsberg
Trailer of the Day: FASTER	Trailer of the Day: The Town	The Runaways (7/10)	Trailer of the Day: Full Length THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Trailer 2 of the Day: Due Date - HYSTERICAL	Trailer 1 of the Day: DEVIL	Knight and Day (8/10)	For the 2 People in the World Who Missed Avatar - it is Coming Back
Trailer of the Day: Matching Jack	Trailer 2 of the Day: Machete	Trailer 1 of the Day: The Loved Ones	Trailer of the Week: CONVICTION Sam Rockwell, Hillary Swank