The Master: A ‘landmark American movie’
The Master poster The background Following the critical success of 2007’s There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson premiered his latest cinematic venture, a gripping tale of a burgeoning cult in post...
View ArticleAnna Karenina: Critics divided over Wright’s bold new vision favouring style...
Keira Knightley as Anna Karenina. Photo Credit: Working Title Films. The background Joe Wright’s eagerly anticipated reimagining of Anna Karenina stars Keira Knightley, Jude Law and Aaron Taylor...
View ArticleTom Hanks-starring Cloud Atlas is pretty bananas (in a good way)
Tom Hanks, tub-thumping for Cloud Atlas. Photo credit: wvs http://flic.kr/p/d8rx9o The background David Mitchell’s critically acclaimed (and Booker Prize shortlisted) novel Cloud Atlas is a far...
View ArticleThe Sweeney isn’t a patch on the original TV show, says the critics
Ray Winstone and Den Drew, stars of The Sweeney. Photo credit: Filmstalker http://flic.kr/p/9w4Z2p The background The Sweeney is a cinematic remake of the beloved seventies TV show starring Dennis...
View ArticleTrue stories, literary adaptations and dog-napping: Toronto Film Festival so far
Ben Affleck’s Argo premiered at Toronto. Photo Credit: Warner Bros. The background The Toronto International Film Festival has become widely recognised as the most important film festival after...
View ArticleTo Rome with Love: Critics agree it’s far from Woody Allen’s best, but is it...
Alec Baldwin and Jess Eisenberg in To Rome With Love. The story Like many of Woody Allen’s recent films, including Midnight in Paris (2011), Vicky Christina Barcelona (2008) and Match Point (made in...
View ArticleDredd 3D: A deliciously dark Judge Dredd adaptation
Dredd 3D billboard poster. Photo credit: Graeme Pow http://flic.kr/p/cZ25cJ The background Sylvester Stallone took a stab at the comic book hero back in 1995 and audiences were left yearning for a...
View ArticleWill Compliance be the most disturbing movie ever?
The accused worker in Compliance. The background Compliance, directed by Craig Zobel, is based on a true story. So how could it make eight people walk out during a showing? When it premiered at...
View ArticleComing soon: The best new films to see this autumn
Venice favourite Something in the Air. Photo Credit: Palace Films The Master: Wherever you look in Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest, The Master, there’s a contender for a Best Actor Oscar. The film...
View ArticleUntouchable: Smash hit French film opens in UK, critics divided
French smash hit Untouchable. Photo Credit: Flickr. The background Last year, French film The Artist stormed the Oscars, and the Golden Globes, and Cannes and pretty much anywhere they were handing...
View ArticleLooper is stellar sci-fi fare; highly enjoyable and deeply confusing
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Looper. Photo Credit: Sony Pictures The background Here comes the plot, so pay attention: time travel exists in the future. Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a looper; a hit man...
View ArticleKilling Them Softly: Conventional mob story told unconventionally
James Gandolfini in Killing them Softly. Photo Credit: The Weinstein Company. The story Andrew Dominick’s Killing them Softly is based on the 1974 book Cogan’s Trade by George V. Higgins. It is the...
View ArticleMovie review of Breaking Dawn – Part 2. It’s Head Popping Fun
That poor mountain lion never stood a chance against the new bloodthirsty vampire Bella! This heroine flies across forests at lightening speed: barefooted, in stylish make-up and a tight blue...
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