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Archive: The Deep End is a rich and multilayered piece of filmmaking
A woman believes her 17 year-old son has murdered a man. She covers up the…
Film Comment: Why I Didn’t Really Care For The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight’s flaws left Chris Dibsdall yearning for something more.
Film Archive: The Hills Have Eyes II is a dire, offensive piece of work
I love horror films, providing there is evident skill and purpose to the horror. But…
Film Archive: Code Unknown is Michael Haneke at his most uneasy and manipulative
Michael Haneke is the king of uneasy cinema. This film, from 2001, is one of…
Review: The Dark Knight Rises ★★★★★
It has been seven years since the reboot of the Batman franchise and four years…
Film Archive: Exorcist II: The Heretic is a fascinating, strangely addictive, failure
Sometimes the films that don’t work – the failures, the hit-and-misses, the ones that never…
Review: Magic Mike ★★★★☆
Astonishingly prolific director Steven Soderbergh keeps on threatening to give up filmmaking for good. It’s…
Blu-ray and DVD review: And Then Came Lola ★☆☆☆☆
This disastrous romantic comedy is loosely inspired by the far superior German film Run Lola…
Film Comment: Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man left me yearning for the darkness of Raimi
Although decent, this remake fails to live up the dark tensions provided by Raimi’s 2002 film.
Review: A Royal Affair ★★★★☆
Fresh from Denmark, historical drama A Royal Affair tells the true story of a scandal…
Review: Katy Perry: Part Of Me ★★★☆☆
Since the release of Michael Jackson’s concert-documentary movie This Is It in 2010, the genre…
Review: The Amazing Spider-Man ★★★☆☆
After a mere ten years, Columbia Pictures and Marvel decided it was time for a…
Review: Killer Joe ★★★★★
Killer Joe is a furiously brilliant, astute and hypnotic film.
Film Comment: Who should play Fifty Shades’ Christian Grey?
Whether you think it is brilliant popular fiction, a guilty pleasure, or just gutter trash,…