DVD Review: ‘As I Lay Dying’
★★★☆☆ You have to hand it to Hollywood polymath James Franco. He certainly seems unfazed when it comes to the challenges he sets himself....
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5 December 2020
Film Review: Falling
★★★☆☆ The multi-hyphenate Viggo Mortensen can now add director to his list of creative endeavors with Falling, an austere familial drama which he also...
30 April 2020
Film Review: Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy
★★★★☆ At an age when, for most, a trip to the bathroom would count as the most strenuous task of the day, ex-pat champion...
17 October 2019
Film Review: Mystify: Michael Hutchence
★★★★☆ A delve into the relatively short life of charismatic INXS frontman Michael Hutchence somehow feels long overdue. Perhaps because he was foremost a...
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Blu-ray Review: ‘Porky’s’
★★★★☆ The Star Wars of smut-tinged coming-of-age comedies, Bob Clark’s Porky’s finally gets a new high-definition lease of life this week courtesy of cult...
DVD Review: ‘8 Minutes Idle’
★★☆☆☆ The latest offering to emerge from Bristol’s iFeatures micro-budget funding scheme, which also saw Polish-born director Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s impressive Flying Blind (2012) secure...
Film Review: ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’
★★★☆☆ Eschewing the swinging sixties espionage vibe of Matthew Vaughn’s predecessor, returning director Bryan Singer has crafted an altogether darker, dystopian and decidedly more...
DVD Review: ‘Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark’
★★★☆☆ Younger generations will undoubtedly associate the music of celebrated American jazz performer Nat King Cole with the annual, high-end department store Christmas adverts...
Film Review: ‘Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey’
★★★☆☆ The fast-track to rock superstardom is an alluring proposition for the fame-hungry X Factor generation, and the trajectory of Ramona S. Diaz’s entertaining...
Film Review: ‘The Canyons’
★★☆☆☆ One of the of the most intensely scrutinised films to emerge out of Hollywood for some time, The Canyons (2013) finally arrives in...
DVD Review: ‘Klondike’
★★★★☆ The Discovery Channel have staked their claim in the world of big budget television with the handsome and well-acted historical adventure Klondike (2014)...
