Eleanor Reviews

**** Best friends Dale and Tucker escape to the woods to renovate an old wood cabin and relax with a few beers. At the same time, a group of college kids descend upon the wood for a camping trip, but when Dale and Tucker rescue one of the party from drowning, the peaceful holiday descends into blood shed.   This hilarious horror-comedy plays upon all the clichés and tropes we know from countless horror films: a cabin in the woods; a group of gormless, good-looking college kids; a tale of a previous grisly murder; and hillbillies, and cleverly subverts them. Hillbillies Dale and Tucker (Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk) are not the murderous, deranged individuals of Deliverance and others of the same ilk, rather ordinary working men wanting to escape on holiday and decorate their newly acquired holiday home. In a twist of fate, it's the college kids who have the murderous side, aiming to rescue their friend, Allison (Katrina Bowden), by whatever means necessary. Cue impaling,

***** For the first eleven years of Riley’s life, she has been happy, all thanks to Joy. However, when her family decide to move to San Francisco, Riley must learn to cope with the increased activity of the other voices in her head: Sadness, Anger, Disgust and Fear. It is rare to come across a film as innovative and compelling as Inside Out ; the pure creativity and originality on display here further cements Pixar’s reputation as a studio at the top of its game. The premise of the story appears a daunting one, and a topic that did not, for me, translate well in the trailer, but I urge you not to be perturbed and to seek this out. Inside Riley’s head, inside all our heads, is a Headquarters, wherein five emotions live: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust and Fear, all characterised by various vibrant colours and forms. Joy (voiced by Amy Poehler) has been used to being in charge in Headquarters, overseeing Riley’s Core Memories and Personality Islands, but in moving house, Ril

***/**** (3.5 stars) DVD Release Socially awkward and abused by his alcoholic father, Andrew feels as though he’s finally been accepted when he and two other boys develop strange powers after finding an unidentified object. With so many super-power films to choose from, and a never-ending line of heroes to cheer on, it’s refreshing to come across a film that looks at the negative sides of these powers, and the effect it can have on individuals, in this case a group of three young men. At the heart of the story is Andrew (an excellent Dane DeHaan), a social outsider with a troubled home life. As his powers develop, he grows in confidence and starts to enjoy himself – he is the ultimate sympathetic character, given a chance at redemption but thwarted by his age and emotions. Given that the main characters are high-schoolers, their aims are based far more on their sexual desires and immediate pressures as opposed to notions of saving the world, which is indeed refreshing,