100 Discs of Christmas #9 – Role Models (2008)
Similar to many comedies currently pouring into cinemas at the moment, this is ridiculously crude…
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100 Discs of Christmas #8 – Jindabyne (2006)
From watching the opening few minutes of “Jindabyne”, Ray Lawrence’s third directorial work, you could…
100 Discs of Christmas #7 – Capturing Mary (2007)
Capturing Mary was broadcast on BBC TWO during the Autumn of 2007, part of two…
100 Discs of Christmas #6 – Dance With a Stranger (1985)
Miranda Richardson seems to show off her considerably wide range of acting talents with every…
100 Discs of Christmas #5 – A Single Man
Adapted from Christopher Isherwood’s novel and directed by Tom Ford, this is about a British…
100 Discs of Christmas #4 – Ed Wood (1994)
Tim Burton’s masterpiece, ahead of Edward Scissorhands and Big Fish, is the hilarious and touching…
100 Discs of Christmas #3 – Hilary and Jackie (1998)
As I have been playing the cello for many years, the name Jacqueline Du Pre…
100 Discs of Christmas #2 – Frost/Nixon (2008)
Michael Sheen and Oscar nominee Frank Langella are on remarkable form as the title roles…
100 Discs of Christmas #1 – Mansfield Park (1999)
Mansfield Park as told by Patricia Rozema is a little different to Mansfield Park as…
Review: Anna Karenina ★★★☆☆
After a foray into the world of the action thriller with 2011’s Hanna, director Joe…
Archive: The Life Before Her Eyes is a good film let down by an awful twist
Because I am strange and get very obsessive about the world of cinema, I sometimes…
Review: Brave ★★★★☆
Disney and Pixar have set the bar so high with their animated offerings, it’s hard…
Film Comment: Catfish – Fact or Fiction?
Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, two documentary filmmakers from New York, decided in 2010 to…
DVD & Blu-Ray: Headhunters ★★★★☆
Meet Roger Brown. Roger is a highly successful recruiter, or headhunter, and it is fair…