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50/50 (2011)

50/50 (2011)
Cancer. The big “C”. It’s not usually the first thing you think of as being central to a comedy movie but it’s the dark tumour at the centre of 50/50, a film from director Jonathan Levine that’s actually inspired by the real life experience of screenwriter Will Reiser (and...
January 17th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

Shame (2011)

Shame (2011)
In his long-awaited second feature, what does Shame has in common with Steve McQueen’s brilliant debut Hunger? Not only do both films feature an astounding performance by Michael Fassbender, but they also explore the damaged human body: one film explores it through hunger, and the other through sexual...
January 16th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

Legend Of The Millennium Dragon (2011)

Legend Of The Millennium Dragon (2011)
In a way, I almost feel bad for a little movie like Legend Of The Millenium Dragon. It’s a perfectly adequate little movie and should please kids and undemanding fans of anime but it’s nothing special. Not everything has to be special, of course, but it certainly helps when competing in a...
January 16th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

J. Edgar (2011)

J. Edgar (2011)
Open hate, repressed love At the end of Clint Eastwood’s biopic about J. Edgar Hoover (played by Leonardo DiCaprio), an aged Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer) labors into a dark bedroom full of curios and then slumps down and weeps over the swollen white albatross of a body. It’s his longtime companion,...
January 16th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Coriolanus (2011)

Coriolanus (2011)
First-time director Ralph Fiennes has certainly set himself a challenge. Not only has taken on Shakespeare, never a straightforward prospect for conversion to celluloid, but one of the less well-known tragedies at that, and one notably short of famous scenes and quotable quotes. He’s also modernised...
January 16th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Lions For Lambs (2007)

Lions For Lambs (2007)
When Lions For Lambs was released in cinemas I saw a few clips that piqued my interest. Great acting, that’s all I saw, just great acting. So I was surprised to find that the movie then quickly dropped off the radar for most people. No awards, no lively discussion about it, no real attention paid...
January 14th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

Bulworth (1998)

Bulworth (1998)
In 1998, Warren Beatty directed, co-wrote (with Jeremy Pikser) and starred in this enjoyable satire that revolved around one brilliant, yet unbelievable, idea: one day a politician might not care about his career any more and just start telling the truth. We know it’s never going to happen but...
January 13th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

Mother and Child (2009)

Mother and Child (2009)
Annette Bening, Naomi Watts and Samuel L. Jackson are all outstanding in Rodrigo Garcia’s interweaving drama of women in search for motherhood. Three unconnected stories are told with sincerity and affection in modern day Los Angeles, each following its own course and meeting in a powerful fateful...
January 13th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

The Ides Of March (2011)

The Ides Of March (2011)
There’s really no end to my admiration for George Clooney, a man that I have been accused of having “a big man-crush on” and I have never really denied it with any enthusiasm. He’s a very good actor in the right roles, he’s turned into an excellent director and he puts himself...
January 13th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More

Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)

Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)
Jim Carrey needs to have a word with himself, or his agent. Because he’s been off his game for a while and needs to find his way back. I actually really liked I Love You Philip Morris but he then goes and undoes his good work by starring in something like A Christmas Carol. Or [...]
January 13th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More
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