After a VERY long break the X-Files are back with a new mystery case. Will it still have that X files feel that we once love or this is just another flop? On our big screens this week so read on… Warning spoilers!

You can watch “The X-Files: I Want to Believe” as a sci-fi thriller or as a romantic tragedy, but it works much better as the latter: Former FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) — though I’ve no idea why I’m using their first names; no one else ever does — are one of the great screen romances.

Through the ups and downs of the nine-season TV show (it went off the air in 2002), the two actors forged a chemistry so palpable you could almost see it lighting up the space between them. Both characters were cool and cerebral; each drawn to the other’s intelligence, yet repelled by a crucial difference exemplified in this movie’s title. Mulder believed in the paranormal because he wanted, badly, to believe in it; Scully, the skeptical doctor who dwelt in facts, wanted to believe but couldn’t.
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The Dark Knight is on our big screens in Singapore, its touted to be the best series in the Batman movies. I couldn’t miss this so I had to watch it. Warning spoilers!

There is so much buzz for The Dark Knight, it seems impossible to escape. I think even Osama bin Laden has heard about this movie. Seriously, the hype is that big.

So, does the movie live up to this hype? Unlike Iron Man earlier this year, which was pretty darn cool but seemed a bit anticlimactic after all the hype leading up to it, The Dark Knight absolutely delivers a riveting film with tons of action but not at the expense of plot or character. And it is a huge step up from Batman Begins.
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Hell yeah! Hellboy is back in town! Showing on our big screens this week, Hellboy is back with more action and awesome creatures. Will you wanna miss it? Warning spoilers!

The original movie showed tremendous potential, the character of Hellboy was flat out fantastic, needing only a better story, preferably one with fewer random, badly CGI’d tentacles, to roam around in. Hellboy II: The Golden Army delivers that, along with more of the charming, growling, cigar-chewing character depth which made Hellboy so damn engaging to begin with.

Director/writer Guillermo del Toro is going to get a lot of the credit, but it’s Ron Perlman, the guy under Hellboy’s red makeup, who makes this universe work. His performance is once again, nothing short of Oscar caliber.
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Wedding Daze will be on our big screens this week. It has Isla Fisher in it! A movie to fall in love with, with its unique story line. Read on. Warning spoilers!

This film’s sharp and funny script is somewhat undermined by a barrage of American Pie stupidity. So much so, that it feels like a wannabe sequel, right down to the leading man. But it’s actually better than that.

Even a year later, Anderson (Biggs) is struggling to recover from a disastrous wedding proposal. His straight-talking best friend Ted (Weston) keeps pestering him to snap out of it, so on a whim Anderson proposes to the first woman he meets, the bubbly diner waitress Katie (Fisher). And she says yes. Now they have to decide if this is such a good idea, and meet each other’s extremely lively parents. This includes Katie’s jailbird dad (Pantoliano), who is somewhat determined to walk his baby bear down the aisle.
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Hancock officially released in Singapore today Will Smith is in this movie, should be a blast wacthing him. Usually he’s performance is really good so read on… Warning spoilers!

Flashy and funny, but extremely uneven, this superhero action comedy lets its gifted cast stroll through a series of ill-defined characters. But it still keeps the audience entertained.

Hancock (Smith) is a lowlife drunk and Los Angeles’ resident superhero, causing extraordinary collateral damage as he catches criminals and rescues people in danger. No one likes him, so when he saves PR guy Ray (Bateman) from an oncoming train, Ray thanks Hancock by giving him some image-improvement advice. But there’s a long way to go, starting with Hancock facing up to the laws he’s broken. Meanwhile, Hancock gets to know Ray’s wife (Theron) and son (Head), and as he comes out of his alcoholic blur, he might even learn something about his mysterious past.
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