Interview: John Malkovich takes to the Barbican stage
Last weekend saw the opening of The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer (2010) starring John Malkovich. Loosely speaking, it is a play that […]
Special Feature: More4 screens ‘Donor Unknown’
Donor Unknown (2010) charts the seemingly unique story of 20 year old JoEllen Marsh and her burning curiosity to know more about her anonymous donor father. After discovering an […]
DVD Review: ‘Miracle at St. Anna’
★★★☆☆ Spike Lee’s last feature film, Miracle at St. Anna (2008), fits perfectly into his catalogue in whilst also challenging his unarguable capabilities as a […]
DVD Review: ‘Cold Fish’
★★★★☆ Depending upon your source, reactions to Shion Sono’s latest opus Cold Fish (2010) has drawn a wide range of divergent repsonses. It has been […]
DVD Review: Season of the Witch
★★★☆☆ Fantasy seems to be Nicolas Cage’s realm as of late. After fiddling with spells and dragons in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010), he is now […]
Special Feature: Ricky Gervais turns 50
This weekend Sky Movies Comedy/HD celebrates the 50th birthday of one of Britain’s best-loved comedians – Ricky Gervais – with a triple bill of his […]
Film Review: ‘Bridesmaids’
★★★★☆ There are two types of main characters in the world of romantic comedies: the protagonist is generally either someone we like to be jealous […]
Film Review: ‘Don’t Let Him In’
★★☆☆☆ British director Kelly Smith’s Don’t Let Him In (2011) is a strange movie. Starting from the title, which echoes that of Matt Reeve’s vampire […]
Blu-ray Review: ‘The Cruel Sea’
★★★☆☆ Based upon Nicholas Monserrat’s 1951 novel of the same name, The Cruel Sea (1953), reissued now for the first time on Blu-ray, follows the […]
DVD Releases: ‘Savage Streets’
I watched Danny Steinmann’s Savage Streets (1984), knowing nothing about it besides what I’d seen in the trailer, with a friend who admitted to “not understanding” […]
Film Review: ‘Hobo with a Shotgun’
★★☆☆☆ With a title that equally works as a synopsis, Jason Eisener’s Hobo with a Shotgun (2011) is an uber-cool and suitably gratuitous homage to […]
DVD Releases: ‘Bored to Death – Season One’
Being asked to review Bored to Death – Season One whilst I am eight episodes into Game of Thrones has meant that I’ve broken my […]
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2011: Alternative roundup
It has been little over half a year since the last Sheffield Doc/Fest, and while the impetus for the move to June was somewhat undermined […]
DVD Review: ‘The Fighter’
★★★☆☆ David O. Russell’s boxing biopic The Fighter (2010) may not have won as many Academy Awards as it would have liked to, but the […]
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2011: Festival roundup
Sheffield Doc/Fest has rightly won a reputation for being one of the most important aspects of the documentary film calendar for industry professionals and fans […]
Film Review: ‘Potiche’
★★★★☆ There are so many reasons to love François Ozon’s latest film, Potiche (2011). It possesses jollity, a strong sense of playfulness and boasts the […]
Film Review: ‘The Beaver’
★★★☆☆ We may only be halfway through the year, but it is my firm belief that the remainder of 2011 will not see a more […]
DVD Review: ‘Paul’
★★★☆☆ Aspiring illustrator Graeme Willy (Simon Pegg) and wannabe sci-fi writer Clive Gollings (Nick Frost) are in geek paradise when they visit Comic-Con in San […]