Browsing: Film
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel ★★★★☆
It is not uncommon to hear people moan that older actors, particularly women of a…
Project X ★☆☆☆☆
The Blair Witch Project, Cloverfield, Paranormal Activity, Chronicle, The Devil Inside…there have been a lot of so-called ‘found footage’…
Film Comment: Why on earth did Kidman and Cage say yes to Trespass?
This ludicrous home-invasion thriller from Joel Schumacher failed miserably at the cinema. It isn’t hard…
DVD & Blu-ray Review: Drive ★★★★★
The moment the Risky Business-style retro pink credits appear above a glittering night-time Los Angeles…
DVD & Blu-ray Review: Resistance ★☆☆☆☆
This incredibly boring film, adapted from Owen Sheers’s novel, attempts to show us what life…
DVD & Blu-ray Review: Sucker Punch ★☆☆☆☆
I am not lacking in experience when it comes to sick movies. I’ve sat through…
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ★★★☆☆
A workable version of the dramatic thriller, but does not reach the heights of the superb 2009 Swedish-language version.
Red Tails ★★☆☆☆
After an arduous two decades, executive producer George Lucas and director Anthony Hemingway finally get…
J. Edgar ★★★☆☆
Although snubbed in the Oscar nominations, Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance as the controversial FBI head J.…
New film Project X proves that misogyny is still alive and thriving in modern Hollywood
Pathetic new teen-movie Project X is released by Warner Bros. Pictures this week. The film…
The Descendants ★★★★★
The trailer wrongly presented The Descendants as a quirky commercial for Hawaii featuring George Clooney.…
DVD Review: Animé Legends: Cowboy Bebop Remix
Anyone who’s seen Joss Whedon’s cult space western hit Firefly ought to know the appeal…
A Reflection on the 84th Academy Awards
If you ask any of my friends and family, they will tell you how unbearable…
DVD & Blu-ray Review: Sleeping Beauty (2011) ★★★☆☆
Novelist Julia Leigh’s directorial debut is a strange and uncomfortable drama that is both beautiful…