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★★★☆☆ Fittingly chosen to close the curtain on this year’s revamped Edinburgh International Film Festival, Disney Pixar’s latest Brave (2012) is a Scottish-based fairytale starring the vocal talents of Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson and Billy Connolly. A noticeable departure from Pixar’s usual output, Brave’s childhood fable about the role of girls and women […]
★★★★☆ If you lapped up the first outing of Sylvester’s Stallone’s squad of Expendables then its sequel, the creatively titled The Expendables 2 (2012) won’t be much of a hard sell. Those who were disappointed with the original film might be tempted to give this one a miss – but that would be […]
★★★☆☆ How does a Bourne sequel work without Matt Damon’s titular, superhuman Jason? This is the challenge faced by screenwriter Tony Gilroy, who replaces Paul Greengrass in the director’s hot-seat for this year’s franchise reboot/sidequel The Bourne Legacy (2012). With Jeremy Renner now centre stage as Bourne’s fellow test guinea pig Aaron Cross, […]
Open air cinema season Film4 Summer Screen returns to London’s Somerset House this August (16-27), with regular sponsors American Express® once again showing their support for the UK film industry. Featuring more UK premieres than ever before, with Walter Salles’ On the Road, US comedy The Watch (win tickets here!) and John Hillcoat’s […]
★★☆☆☆ Delicacy (2011) offers the sort of fluffy, predictable cupcake-romance that we’ve come to expect from Audrey Tautou’s recent chosen projects. Officially the tale of a tragic young widow, the story is weirdly dismissive of her turmoil and much less emotionally impacting than something such as 2007’s P.S. I Love You, which features […]
★★★☆☆ The latest release from Metrodome Distribution, the UK specialists in titles which may not catch your eye at the local multiplex, D. Jolbayar and U. Shagdarsuren’s Genghis: The Legend of the Ten (2012) is an authentic Mongolian adventure rich in historical atmosphere. Known throughout history as a feared and ruthless warrior Genghis […]