Blu-ray Review: ‘Underground’
★★★★☆ In 1928, at the tender age of just 28 years, British director Anthony Asquith was already a driven and passionate filmmaker – exactly...
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12 July 2019
Film Review: Vita & Virginia
★★☆☆☆ Compared to many authors, Virginia Woolf has fared relatively well on screen. Eileen Atkins’ one-woman stage show, A Room of One’s Own, that...
11 July 2019
Film Review: Only You
★★★☆☆ IVF remains a rarely discussed topic in cinema, even though millions of people go through it each year, which makes Harry Wootliff’s debut...
25 July 2018
Film Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp
★★★★☆ Bring It On director Peyton Reed returns with Marvel sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp, a heartfelt family comedy in which the peril lies...
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Film Review: ‘Made of Stone’
★★★☆☆ There’s no denying that Shane Meadows’ latest film, The Stone Roses: Made of Stone (2013) – which details the impact of the Manchester-based...
Film Review: ‘009 Re: Cyborg’
★★☆☆☆ Based on Shotaro Ishinomori’s 1960s Manga comics, Kenji Kamiyama’s 009 Re: Cyborg (2012) transforms its source into a visually lavish, if thematically and...
DVD Review: ‘Smashed’
★★☆☆☆ James Ponsoldt’s sophomore feature Smashed (2012) stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul, and ambitiously attempts to portray the tragedy of alcohol addiction...
DVD Review: ‘The Sessions’
★★★☆☆ Based on a true story, Ben Lewin’s emotive new US drama The Sessions (2012) follows the heart-felt journey of Mark (John Hawkes), a...
DVD Review: ‘A Portrait of James Dean’
★★☆☆☆ Sumptuous looks and an enticing central subject may be enough to attract audiences to Matthew Mishory’s A Portrait Of James Dean: Joshua Tree,...
Film Review: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’
★★★★☆ Opening to a heart-racing chase sequence upon a rather volatile, volcanic planet, the tone for J.J. Abrams’ summer sci-fi sequel Star Trek Into...
DVD Review: ‘Midnight’s Children’
★★★☆☆ Based on the Booker Prize-winning novel from controversial author Salman Rushdie, Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children (2012) makes a bold but ultimately unfulfilled attempt...
