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!! Also, be sure to check out my other blogs www.sydneytable.com and http://www.orble.com/total-randomness/ 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)

Introverted Sally Hurst has just moved in with her father Alex and his girlfriend Kim when she realizes that their sprawling estate holds its fair share of secrets. Ascending to the depths of the house, Sally gains access to a secret lower level that has lain undisturbed for nearly a century, when t...

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What a waste of two hours this one was - bloody appalling. It's the big hyped Navy Seals film starring real life Navy Seals in an action jammed gun fest that will supposedly make COD players cream their pants. What you really get is some decent cinematography with a bunch of card board cutouts w...

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A young lawyer, struggling with work after the death of his wife, is sent to a remote village to settle the estate of a deceased eccentric woman who owns an English manor. The village residents want him to leave as they are trying to conceal a deadly secret. But he refuses, and soon discovers that t...

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Sacha Baron Cohen is an idiot. He has the most twisted sense of humour and chooses only to make the films he would like to see. He is a film shock jock and gets off by going too far. Dear Sacha, PLEASE stick to things like HUGO, your acting is amazing but your own sense of humour is in requirement o...

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OK this one deserves a return to trailer of the day or week. It is B Grade killer sharks film and made me laugh and get excited. Mainly because it stars my favourite Australian actor Xavier Samuel - I love love love him. But come on - a giant 12ft great white killing people in a supermarket a...

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This week we have some amazing trailers and they all have a gangster feel, expect the family drama comedy The Old Life of Timothy Green. I love the look of all these films but there is a clean winner for me that stands out from the rest. Bring on KILLER JOE!! As usual big thanks to Trailer Addict...

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When Miron's beloved wife Tanya passes away, he asks his best friend Aist to help him say goodbye to her according to the rituals of the Merja culture, an ancient Finno-Ugric tribe from Lake Nero, a picturesque region in West-Central Russia. Although the Merja people assimilated into Russians in the...

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About bloody time is all I will say! My love for Burton has slipped over the last few years with some extremely mediocre films but this time he is back in a film I would describe as a cross between Death Becomes Her (not a Burton directed film) and Edward Scissorhands (minus the scissors )). ...

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Slowly becoming a regular reviewer on Salty Popcorn Anna headed into this one in my place as, yet again, I can't be everywhere at once and work is keeping me very busy ). I have a general theory about Australian film that I realise is simplistic but is increasingly being proved true - that i...

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A former elite agent (Statham) takes on a two-tier mission rescue a Chinese girl who has been abducted by the Triads, then use a highly desired safe combination to outwit the Russian Mafia, corrupt NYC officials, and the Triads themselves. It looks good, it looks action packed and it's stam...

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OH MY GOD - this week's trailers gave me a filmgasm - there are so many action films and amazing action films coming out this year and the popcorn seatfillers are going to be out of control. It was so hard to put these in a list of favourites as the top three trailers are equally as exciting. ...

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What a great week of trailers. We have films from Soderbergh, Cronenberg and Johnathon Dayton (Little Miss Sunshine) and then we have films starring Robert Pattinson (in his best role to date), Antonio Banderas, Paul Dano, Channing Tatum and uber hunk Alex Pettyfer ) Win win!! So here is my top ...

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A suspenseful and gripping psychological thriller, Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin explores the factious relationship between a mother and her son. Tilda Swinton, in a bracing, tour-de-force performance, plays the mother, Eva, as she contends for 15 years with the increasing malevolence o...

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OK, so we have yet another found footage movie that was originally due for cinematic release a bit over a year ago. Then the film was pulled with the explanation it would be held back to earlier this year. Then I find it on the shelves at the DVD store on the weekend and thought I would give it a vi...

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Peter Berg produces and directs Battleship, an epic-scaled action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. Inspired by Hasbro's classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Lt. Alex Hopper, a Naval ...

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I have been slacking off on my trailer of the day, week and month thing - you can thank my job for this. Getting up at 430am most mornings really demotivates me ) So I thought I would try and post a weekly trailer "best of post" and include all the trailers I have liked for the week. As alwa...

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The Lucky One is another hopeless romantic story from author Nicholas Sparks - seriously this guy has one formula - recreate in a better format every Mills and Boone novel his mother ever read. He had a huge hit with The Notebook and then Message in a Bottle, Nights in Rodanthe, A Walk to Remember, ...

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The 3D-CGI feature Dr. Seuss' The Lorax is an adaptation of Dr. Seuss' classic tale of a forest creature who shares the enduring power of hope. The animated adventure follows the journey of a boy as he searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To...

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Here goes my second attempt at writing this article after getting to the last sentence and seeing Safari reload every page and delete everything - my article went down as quick as the bloody Titanic - devasted!!! But this time I will write it while playing the soundtrack - ok - minus Celine Dion - j...

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Big thanks to Anna for attending and reviewing this one - I would very much like to watch this right now with a bunch of Easter eggs, a bottle of wine and a nice comfy couch - oh well - will have to wait two more weeks. Thanks again Anna! French. Romance. Chocolate. I don't know about you, b...

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Trailer of the Week: BAIT 3D	TOP 5 Trailers of the Week - ALL INCLUDED	SILENT SOULS: A Review	DARK SHADOWS: A Review
WISH YOU WERE HERE: A Review	GIVEAWAY: 10x Double Passes to Jason Statham's SAFE	Top 5 Trailers of the Week - ACTION EXPLOSION	Top Trailers of the Week
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN: A Review	APOLLO 18: A Review	BATTLESHIP: A Review	TOP 5 Trailers of the Week - ALL INCLUDED
THE LUCKY ONE: A Review	DR SEUSS'S THE LORAX: A Review	TITANIC 3D: A Review and Trivia	ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS: A Review