DVD Review: ‘The Patrol’
★★★☆☆ In starkest contrast to Peter Berg’s bombastic and bloody Lone Survivor (2013) (also released in UK cinemas earlier this year), ex-soldier Tom Petch’s...
★★★★☆ A swift but singular filmmaking self-portrait, Leos Carax’s It’s Not Me reflects on the French auteur’s 40-year directorial career, as well as his many cinematic – and canine – influences.
★★★★☆ Ralph Fiennes approaches top form as a spiritually and morally-conflicted cardinal during a Vatican Conclave in Edward Berger’s gripping, oft-humorous follow-up to the multi-Oscar-winning All Quiet On the Western Front.
The winners of this year’s 96th Academy Awards were announced earlier this morning at LA’s Dolby Theatre. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was the big winner on the night, scooping seven Oscars in total including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr.
★★★☆☆ In starkest contrast to Peter Berg’s bombastic and bloody Lone Survivor (2013) (also released in UK cinemas earlier this year), ex-soldier Tom Petch’s...
★★★☆☆ Nominated for the Caméra d’Or prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, Everardo Valerio Gout’s multi-layered Mexican crime drama Days of Grace (Días...
★★★☆☆ Personal battles against mental illness have long been the mainstay of cinematic drama, with countless deserving Oscar winners (and an even greater number...
★☆☆☆☆ If you were one of the many rubbed up the wrong way by Michael Hoffman’s lightweight yet likable crime caper throwback Gambit (2012)...
★★★★☆ Cementing itself as one of the best British offerings of the year thanks to a tour de force solo turn from Tom Hardy...
★★★☆☆ Touted in some quarters as one of the best British chillers of recent years – whilst more fervent supporters have heralded it as...
★★☆☆☆ With the eyes of the world fixed on Brazil ahead of this summer’s World Cup, animated sequel Rio 2 (2014) swoops into cinemas...
★★★★☆ Wrenched out of the earth and roundly dusted off for an overdue theatrical and dual format rerelease, Ted Kotcheff’s nightmarish Antipodean anomaly Wake...