BFI London Film Festival 2011: ‘360’
★★☆☆☆ Messy, disorganised and far from an ideal way to start a film festival – this statement could as easily be applied to the scenes […]
Blu-ray Review: ‘Amélie’
★★★☆☆ This week sees the cinematic rerelease (ahead of its Blu-ray release on 17 Oct) of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s modern day fairytale Amélie (2001), the film that […]
Film Review: ‘Albatross’
★★★☆☆ Niall MacCormick’s British coming of age drama Albatross (2011) eloquently portays the collision between Emelia, a charming wayward teen played by Jessica Brown Findlay […]
Venice 2011: ‘Texas Killing Fields’ review
★★☆☆☆ Ami Canaan Mann’s (daughter of Michael Mann) debut film Texas Killing Fields (2011) is a run-of-the-mill police procedural, which really has no place this […]
Raindance Film Festival 2011: ‘Tilt’
★★★★☆ Winner of the Best Debut Feature award at this year’s Raindance Film Festival, Viktor Chouchkov’s Tilt (2011) may well be flawed and occasionally cringe-worthy, […]
Film Review: ‘Retreat’
★★☆☆☆ Firstly, don’t be fooled by the UK quad poster (adorned with biohazard insignia) and casting of Cillian Murphy – for better or worse, Carl […]
Film Review: ‘The Greatest Movie Ever Sold’
★★★☆☆ The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011) is the latest documentary from Morgan Spurlock, whose previous films include the light-hearted Super Size Me (2004) and […]
Film Review: ‘Footloose’ (2011)
★★☆☆☆ This week sees 1984 musical drama Footlose return to the big screen, in a brand new adaptation. Directed by Craig Brewer, this modern remake […]
Film Review: ‘Everything Must Go’
★★☆☆☆ Like the life of Nick Halsey (Will Ferrell), the central character round whose mid-life crises Everything Must Go (2010) revolves, the directorial debut from […]
Film Review: ‘Real Steel’
★★★★☆ Everything about Real Steel (2011) reeks of epic failure. The trailer is horrific, Hugh Jackman hasn’t made a decent film since Christopher Nolan’s supremely […]
Film Review: ‘The Three Musketeers 3D’
★★★☆☆ Prepare to swash your buckles, or whatever dashing matinee idols do these days. Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson – and starring Orlando Bloom, […]