Venice 2013: ‘Gravity’ preview
Alfonso Cuarón admirers have been waiting patiently for a new feature from the esteemed Mexican filmmaker for seven years now, his last endeavour the...
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17 October 2024
#LFF 2024: It’s Not Me review
★★★★☆ 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.
10 October 2024
#LFF 2024: Conclave review
★★★★☆ 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.
11 March 2024
Oscars 2024: Oppenheimer sweeps the board
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.
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DVD Review: ‘The Look of Love’
★★☆☆☆ The first offering in a busy year for Steve Coogan – and newly released this week on DVD and Blu-ray – The Look...
Film Review: ‘Kick-Ass 2’
★★☆☆☆ Released back in 2010, Matthew Vaughn’s teen superhero caper Kick-Ass – based on the graphic novel by fellow Brit Mark Millar – went...
DVD Review: ‘Evil Dead’
★★★☆☆ A reboot/rehash/reimagining of Sam Raimi’s 1981 cult horror hit The Evil Dead (so successful at the time as to spawn two manic sequels,...
DVD Review: ‘Boardwalk Empire: Season 3’
★★★★★ The third season of Terence Winter and Timothy Van Patten’s epic Prohibition-era crime saga Boardwalk Empire heads to DVD and Blu-ray this week,...
Film Review: ‘Paradise: Hope’
★★☆☆☆ Bringing Austrian director Ulrich Seidl’s painfully naturalistic Paradise trilogy to a somewhat dismal dénouement, Paradise: Hope (Paradies: Hoffnung, 2013) sees Melanie (Melanie Lenz)...
DVD Review: ‘The Paperboy’
★★★☆☆ Based on American author Peter Dexter’s 1995 pulp novel of the same name, Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy (2012) found itself derided and lauded...
DVD Review: ‘The Host’
★★☆☆☆ Twilight Saga scribe Stephenie Meyer saw another of her teen-friendly novels adapted for the big screen this year with the release of The...
