If you’re looking for a director who can completely erase stuffy, old British boredom, you don’t have to go any further than Guy Ritchie. And so giving him the reigns to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous Victorian detective seems like something of an inspired gamble. With Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law taking the roles of Holmes and Watson, and Canadian starlet Rachel McAdams playing a deliciously villainous love interest, the cast is as strong as the source material, but we’ll have to wait until Christmas to see what’s inside the packaging.

~Matt + Nat

James Cameron definitely made the most of nearly 15 years and 300 Million dollars making Avatar, because it looks and feels completely unlike any movie ever. Maybe it’s the tasteful use of 3D technology, maybe the striking resemblance the CG characters have to their human actor equivalents, or maybe it was the fact that an entirely computer generated world actually felt REAL for the first time ever, but Avatar definitely knocked us both out… what about you?

~Matt + Nat

We were both impressed with what this sequel was able accomplish over the first film in the Twilight franchise. With better action, better acting, and better direction all around, New Moon gave both Nat as a Twilight veteran, and Matt as a noob, much more than we were expecting.

PLUS – Click here to take a look at our review of Twilight from last year!

~Matt + Nat

Maybe it’s because Matt is such a Spaghetti Western fan. Maybe it’s because Nat was so taken by Christoph Waltz deliciously evil performance. Maybe it’s simply the incredible 2.5 hours of brilliant film making. But one way or another, we both loved Basterds more than any other Tarantino we’ve ever seen. The Midnight Screening was completely packed, and the crowd was into every word. What about you? We hope you get a kick out of our review, but what did you think of Inglourious Basterds?

~Matt + Nat

Quentin is bringing us something the world hasn’t really seen in theatres since the 70′s — a spaghetti western style World War II movie set in Nazi Germany behind enemy lines. With Brad Pitt… that part’s new. With a great cast of international talent, at least three languages and more Nazi scalping than you can put in a single movie trailer, it looks like Tarantino’s latest is a sight to behold. At least, that’s what the folks at the Cannes Film Fest thought. What about you? Let us know what you’re expecting! Another piece of genius from the world’s biggest movie fan? Or a disappointing over-the-top action movie from a screenwriter whose greatest asset lies in dialogue?

~Matt + Nat

Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp have brought us what might be the most significant modern Sci-Fi movie, but have definitely made one of the best movies of 2009. With great characters, an amazing alternate reality, plus social commentary and action to spare, District 9 is a must-see film for geeks and movie-lovers alike!

~Matt + Nat

We’ve been looking forward to this one since the very first “For Human Use Only” bus shelters started popping up in our city, and the early teasers made this look like a sci-fi film the likes of which we’ve never seen. Oozing with social commentary, this human/alien segregation story is placed in South Africa, where the wounds of apartheid are still healing. We can’t wait to see what Producer Peter Jackson and first-time Director Neill Blomkamp have to offer with District 9!

~Matt + Nat

If you have a chance to track down a theatre playing this award winning Korean Vampire film from the Director of Old Boy, you will not be disappointed. Graphic and visceral in every way, Thirst, or Bakjwi, blew our minds with the realism that the story was grounded in, and the depths to which the characters could sink.

~Matt + Nat