Archive for the ‘Film Reviews’ Category

The Divide (2011)

The Divide (2011)
After missing out on this movie at EIFF 2011 (fellow Flickfeaster John took that one, and his review is here) I have been wanting to see The Divide for quite some time. Most of the reviews I saw, without reading them in depth, seemed to be positive and I was pleased to see Michael Biehn [...]
May 17th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

Take Shelter (2011)

Take Shelter (2011)
*** Warning ‘ere be spoliers *** Take Shelter has gone round the world to high acclaim, with praise lavished especially on Michael Shannon’s portrayal of the protagonist, Curtis, who starts having vivid dreams and visions about an impending doomsday storm. He’s 35, and his mother turned into...
May 17th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

Dark Shadows (2012)

Dark Shadows (2012)
The viewers who went to see Dark Shadows during its opening weekend almost all agreed on one thing – it was pretty poorly represented by the trailer that came out some time ago. The trailer emphasised the comedy elements and kept things pretty light and . . . . . fluffy. Thankfully, the movie is...
May 14th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Headhunters (2011)

Headhunters (2011)
Mad chase Morten Tyldum is talented. “The Firm meets Blood Simple,” one reviewer wrote. But there are lots more elements than that in the new Norwegian movie Headhunters: they include Hitchcock, Patricia Highsmith, the Bourne actioners, B-Horror, and the coldly elegant style of the “New...
May 14th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

Elena (2011)

Elena (2011)
After the Soviet Union came to an ignominious end in 1991, capitalism moved in. A very few became very rich, while conditions for many (not all) of the rest became worse than before. This is the spectre that makes itself felt through Andrei Zvyagintsev’s Elena, a small-scale drama with large-scale...
May 12th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
The Mission: Impossible movie franchise has been a consistently great source of fun for action fans. The first film had a couple of classic set-pieces, the second film may be the weakest of the lot but still had lots of fun moments and the third film was a blistering return to top form. This instalment,...
May 9th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

The Awakening (2011)

The Awakening (2011)
It’s funny how things work out sometimes. I spent a long time eagerly awaiting the release of The Woman In Black and then ended up very disappointed so then I turned to another British ghost movie that was released recently and I got my hopes up that this one, despite many reviews to the contrary,...
May 9th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

Avengers Assemble (2012)

Avengers Assemble (2012)
I want to start this review with a criticism, which is not directly towards the film, but the decision to change the title for some countries, including the UK. In order to avoid confusion with the classic British spy-fi television series The Avengers, the marketing people have dropped the The and inserted...
May 7th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

Avengers Assemble (2012)

Avengers Assemble (2012)
I would honestly prefer not to use the word ”nerdgasm” – oops! Too late. Well, I’ll use it just this once, then. The Avengers is here – my most anticipated movie of 2012 – and it does not disappoint! I have to hand it to Joss Whedon; the man knows what he’s doing, and he [...]
May 7th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

Café de Flore (2011)

Café de Flore (2011)
Jean Marc Vallée’s Café de Flore is a powerful film about an extraordinary love triangle, that left me feeling inspired on a rainy Monday afternoon. The film tells in parallel the story of two families. Antoine Godin (Kevin Parent) is a DJ based in modern-day Montreal, struggling to come to terms...
May 7th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More
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