
DVD Review: ‘Shaolin’
★★★☆☆ On the crossroad between a martial arts epic and a spirituality-rich melodrama comes Benny Chan’s Shaolin (2011), starring Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, Bingbing Fan […]
★★★☆☆ On the crossroad between a martial arts epic and a spirituality-rich melodrama comes Benny Chan’s Shaolin (2011), starring Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, Bingbing Fan […]
★★☆☆☆ Directed by Hal Ashby, written by Oliver Stone and starring the Dude himself, Jeff Bridges, 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) should equate to […]
★★★☆☆ To coincide with the DVD release of his sophomore effort Heartbeats (2010) comes the re-issue of Xavier Dolan’s breakthrough film I Killed My Mother […]
★★★☆☆ French-Canadian writer, actor and director Xavier Dolan took the festival circuit by storm back in 2009 with I Killed My Mother (also rereleased on […]
★★★★☆ “The circus is tough and beautiful” says Tino, the ringmaster and central character of Aaron Schock’s documentary Circo (2010), charting the ups and downs […]
★★☆☆☆ Third Star (2010) is a film which had great potential as a showcase for British talent, starring Tinker Tailor Solider Spy’s (2011) Benedict Cumberbatch, […]
★★★★☆ This week sees the Blu-ray rerelease of Peter Jackson’s fourth New Zealand-based feature Heavenly Creatures (1994), starring Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey. The film […]
★★★☆☆ A revisit to the haunted house genre of old, Insidious’ (2010) theatrical release earlier this year was met with high expectations with James Wan […]
★★☆☆☆ Spanish filmmaker Guillermo del Toro appears to have a lot of spare time on his hands at present. After ducking out of the director’s […]