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Black Gold (2011)

Black Gold (2011)
Black Gold is a tale of two houses in conflict over oil and ideology, at the brink of the oil boom in the early 20th century. The emirate of Hobeika is headed by the Emir Nesib (played by Antonio Banderas) who views the exploitation of oil as a way of ending his kingdom’s position “as [...]
February 21st, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

The Woman In Black (2012)

The Woman In Black (2012)
The Woman In Black is a supernatural horror movie very much in the traditional style of yesteryear when the company behind it, Hammer, had their greatest success. It’s also an important film for Daniel Radcliffe, hoping to show that he can amount to much more than just being Harry Potter. The fact...
February 21st, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

Head Winds (2011)

Head Winds (2011)
Trouble resolved in Brittany Jalil Lespert is the star of two of my favorite contemporary French films, Laurent Cantet’s 1999 labor union drama Human Resources and Xavier Beauvois’ emotional 2005 policier, Le petit Lieutenant. He’s a powerful actor. At 36,he’s already establishing...
February 20th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

The Muppets (2011)

The Muppets (2011)
“It’s time to play the music.” Nobody was more excited than I was to hear that, at long last, we were getting a new Muppets movie worthy of a theatrical release with great talent behind and in front of the camera. The last great movie featuring the gang was, arguably, The Muppet Christmas...
February 20th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

War Witch (2012)

War Witch (2012)
Set within civil war in Africa, we meet Komona (Rachel Mwanza), a twelve year old girl whose village is destroyed by rebels. After her parents are killed she is forced to join them as a child soldier, living in the jungle and surviving off magic milk from the tree which gives her special powers to [...]
February 20th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

A Royal Affair (2012)

A Royal Affair (2012)
Beginning around 1766 and spanning over several years, A Royal Affair is from the perspective of Caroline Mathilde (played brilliantly by Alicia Vikander) who marries the psychologically unhinged King of Denmark Christian VII (magnificently portrayed by Mikkel Boe Følsgaard). The beautiful young woman...
February 20th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

Home for the Weekend (2012)

Home for the Weekend (2012)
As the title suggests this story centres mainly around one weekend. Two brothers Marco (Lars Eidinger) and Jakob (Sebastian Zimmler) return to their parent’s beautiful house in the countryside after an invite, believing it to be a rare family get together. Their father announces he is selling his publishing...
February 20th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

Postcards from the Zoo (2012)

Postcards from the Zoo (2012)
Lana is abandoned by her father in Jakarta zoo at a young age and so she is raised by the community that lives in the zoo. When Lana is grown up (played by Ladya Cheryl) she continues to live and work in the zoo, gaining knowledge of the animals and being fascinated by the lone [...]
February 20th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

Red Dog (2011)

Red Dog (2011)
Perhaps these days all you need for a knockout film is the Australian outback, a low flying helicopter for swooping fly-by shots over dusty roads, some nostalgic boogie on the soundtrack and a super wide angle lens to catch the red risen dust at sundown. If that is so, stop reading now and see this [...]
February 20th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

As Luck Would Have It (2011)

As Luck Would Have It (2011)
There has been much hype surrounding director Álex de la Iglesia’s previous film The Last Circus (2010), the film winning three awards at the Venice Film Festival and receiving some great reviews from doing the rounds at other festivals. So I was very intrigued by the director’s latest La Chispa...
February 19th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More
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