★★★☆☆ When it comes to portraying unconventional relationships, French cinema has the market well and truly cornered. Whether it’s the ill-fitting match up of a repugnant older man with his young trophy wife or its splendidly nonchalant approach to threesomes, French cinema seems to […]
★★☆☆☆ All too often it seems, promising films are derailed by a hopelessly lacklustre finale, which is unfortunately the case with Chris Kentis and Laura Lau’s initially atmospheric chiller Silent House (2011) (an English language remake of Uruguayan film La Casa Muda). Showcasing the […]
★★★☆☆ Director Scott Hicks offers UK audiences a highly sentimental adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ novel The Lucky One (2012) this week, starring Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling. Efron plays US Marine Logan, who, after serving three tours of duty in Iraq, is convinced that […]
★★★★☆ Following the critical success of her sophomore feature Father of my Children (Le père de mes enfants, 2009), French director Mia Hansen-Løve returns with the incredibly mature and nuanced Goodbye First Love (2011) – a loosely autobiographical examination of the complex emotions that […]
★★★☆☆ There’s something immeasurably likeable about British-born action mega-star Jason Statham, who has kicked and chopped his way to the top of his game, seemingly with little or no actual acting talent. His latest film, Boaz Yakin’s Safe (2012) (exec. produced by Kevin Spacey […]
