Feast of Film

Eek! Are they staring at the end of their film careers? Review to follow once I've actually seen the film. I never bothered to see it - knew it would be a disappointing effort from a group of entitled know-it-all teens.

More than meets the eye... Now this is a moon landing conspiracy theory I can accept. Optimus and team return to battle the evil Decepticons in a phenomenal, action-packed 2+hour marathon. To top it all off, appearances by Buzz Aldrin and Leonard Nimoy ! Oh, yes, there's also Rosie. The plot: Turns out that the moon landing was just a cover for a secret mission to investigate a crashed alien space ship on the dark side of the moon - Buzz confirms this himself. The ship was carrying a very important package and when he finds out, Optimus must get there to save his mentor and former leader of the Autobots - Sentinel Prime. On the other end of the 'importance' scale, Sam Witwicky ( Shia LeBeouf ) is stuck with a presidential medal but no prospects for a job. Though he seems to have stuffed up the relationship with Megan Fox and fallen into a relationship with Carly Spencer ( Rosie Huntington-Whiteley ) - the poor guy. She's an assistant to a super-rich guy played by Patri

With my flight delayed 6 hours in Hong Kong and my colleague's phone dead and thus not contactable, I decided to spend a couple of hours in the cinema - the choices were several, but I chose well enough with this lite faire, the latest in the comic book superhero films that finally delivers a reasonable reason to wear those 3D glasses. The Plot: Test pilot Hal Jordan ( Ryan Reynolds ) is a young man scarred by the death of his father in an x-plane crash before his eyes. He's young and extremely talented, but emotionally crippled by his fears. Bestowed in a flash of green light by a dying alien with a mysterious green ring and lantern, he is set to battle evil (played, in part by Peter Sarsgaard ) using the force - literally - of his will, as translated by the ring. In Summary: Worth seeing to pass just under two hours, and not at all a waste of time - particularly at HK movie prices equivalent to A$10. The muted love story with Blake Lively's character is very poorl