Film Review: ‘Sucker Punch’
★★☆☆☆ Zack Snyder is not a director who does things by halves. One needs look no further than his previous three offerings, 300 (2006),...
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12 April 2023
Film Review: Raging Bull
★★★★★ A sporting biopic unlike any other, Martin Scorsese’s astonishing masterpiece Raging Bull is surely one of the greatest cinematic achievements of all time. Although many rightly claim it to be the greatest sports movie of all time, Raging Bull’s praise should not merely be confined to one genre, as it is unquestionably one of the finest pieces ever committed to film.
26 November 2013
DVD Review: ‘The World’s End’
★★★★☆ Marking the third and concluding instalment of Edgar Wright’s Cornetto trilogy, The World’s End (2013) serves up a superb concoction of sharp dialogue...
30 September 2013
DVD Review: ‘The Walking Dead: Season 3’
★★★★☆ Having seemingly taken on board the various criticisms levelled at season two for its lack of action and, at times, pedestrian pacing, AMC’s...
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DVD Releases: ‘Skyline’
Having prepared myself for a huge budget, Hollywood-friendly, man vs. aliens epic, I found myself somewhat dumbfounded at the bizarre results offered up by...
DVD Releases: ‘Brighton Rock’ (1947)
The British gangster genre is not one which I have ever afforded much time. Whilst Hollywood has led the way in regards to gangster...
DVD Review: ‘Leap Year’
★☆☆☆☆ A depiction of intense loneliness and psychosexual torture, Michael Rowe’s minimalist debut feature Leap Year (Año bisiesto, 2010) raises many a difficult question with regards to...
DVD Releases: ‘Despicable Me’
In an attempt to establish themselves as genuine rivals to the sublime Pixar, Universal Pictures offers up its debut 3D animation in the form...
DVD Review: ‘Mary and Max’
★★★★★ In recent years, the output of clay animation films has been somewhat disappointing given the enormous increase in CGI animation films from Hollywood....
DVD Releases: ‘Black Dynamite’
Ever since Scary Movie was released back in 2000, the art of “spoof” has taken a brutal and savage mauling. Having set in motion...
Film Review: ‘The Portuguese Nun’
★☆☆☆☆ As a film that has been met with almost unanimous critical praise, I am still wondering whether it was in fact Eugene Green’s...
