Silent House (2011)

I hated this movie. Well, I hated the first hour, at any rate, and when I realised it had no intention of trying to get better, I walked out. I was not the first person in the screening to do so. The film is, in its way, technically ambitious, the whole thing ostensibly a single [...]

April 30th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Goodbye, First Love (2011)

Honest look at early passion Hansen-Løve’s first two films tackled subjects like family dissolution, addiction, and suicide. Her delicate, intelligent, naturally cinematic treatment of such challenging material has established her, at 30, as one of today’s best young French filmmakers....

April 30th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2011)

Wow. If you are at all interested in mythologically based fantasy, with plenty of magic, demons, comedy, romance, kung fu and senses-shattering special effects of the highest magnitude, you quite simply gotta see this movie. It is cute and beautiful and full of grand spectacles. Just jaw-dropping. It...

April 29th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Avengers Assemble (2012)

Superhero fans of the world, it’s the movie event you’ve been waiting for. The Avengers cometh to make an all mighty good time ruckus, suited and booted without a hair out of place, supercharged for 2 hours of fan boy and girl entertainment. They have taken your faith and patience and turned out...

April 23rd, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Damsels in Distress (2011)

Healing the world with dance and a nice soap scent What’s happening with Whit Stillman? The distinctive East Coast preppie auteur hasn’t made a movie in 13 years, and I’m not sure if he has lost his touch or I’ve forgotten how to tune in to him. Perhaps both. I absolutely loved...

April 23rd, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Hotel Lux (2011)

The ways in which the modern-day Germans deal with the atrocities committed by the Nazis in WWII can be complicated. Most Germans are very ashamed of what happened, and this is manifested in many different ways, ranging from refusal to talk about it and to searing soul-searching about its causes. But...

April 21st, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Lockout (2012)

Lockout, starring the always watchable Guy Pearce, is the sci-fi B-movie guilty pleasure of the year. Produced by Luc Besson and directed and written by a pair of first timers, Irish lads James Mather and Stephen St. Leger, who inject a whole lot of love of 80′s action films into this compact...

April 20th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

La Grande Illusion (1937)

*** Warning ‘ere be spoilers *** Jean Renoir’s La Grande Illusion was first released in 1937 as storm clouds were once again gathering over Europe. Rightly considered to be a cinematic masterpiece, La Grande Illusion is a powerful and provoking look at the senselessness of war. The title itself...

April 20th, 2012 | DVD Reviews, Feature | Read More

Transit (2012)

Starting with a quick armed robbery, Transit really sets off at a pace it tries to keep up until the very end. It doesn’t quite manage it but it has a good go. After the armed robbery comes the hard part – avoiding the cops and getting away with the loot – so the four [...]

April 20th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Hugh’s The Man: Top 10 Hugh Grant Movies

Oh yes, I know how dangerous this endeavour could be. My reputation could be in tatters and all respect that people had for me could disappear instantly. Thankfully, I always go by the assumption that I have no reputation or respect from others anyway. Thinking in that way means that I never feel worried...

April 19th, 2012 | Feature, Top Ten | Read More

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