Film Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson’s latest is immensely entertaining. With amusing characters and a riveting plot, The Grand Budapest Hotel is one of Anderson’s strongest films to date. New lobby boy Zero trains under the...
View ArticleThe Best Of The Grand Budapest Hotel Characters
As the handsome poster above illustrates, The Grand Budapest Hotel is an embarrassment of riches in terms of characters and the actors that play them. The poster also reminds me a little of Guess Who?...
View ArticleFilm Review: Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Documentary Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles is a comprehensive look at the career of the famed director and actor. Director Chuck Workman’s film seeks to explain why Welles is...
View ArticleFilm Review: Magic Mike XXL
Sequel Magic Mike XXL offers more of the same for fans of the first film. The narrative is slight, but the film delivers dances galore… Three years after he quit stripping, Mike’s furniture business...
View ArticleFilm Review: Terminator Genisys
Arnold Schwarzenegger returns for the latest instalment of the sci-fi action franchise. Terminator Genisys is not a patch on the first two movies, but is an improvement on Terminator Salvation. In the...
View ArticlePreviews: Ant-Man Trailer, Irrational Man Trailer and More
Previews of forthcoming attractions this week include the latest Ant-Man trailer, Irrational Man, Steve Jobs… Ant-Man Trailer Click here to view the embedded video. Here is the latest Ant-Man trailer....
View ArticleFilm Review: Ted 2
Seth MacFarlane’s Ted 2 is an apt follow-up to the 2012 hit comedy. The brand of humour will not appeal to all, but there’s certainly an audience who will find the film very funny. Ted, still working...
View ArticleFilm Review: Song of the Sea
Tomm Moore’s Song of the Sea is a beautifully animated feature. The film certainly charms as it entertains. Saorise lives with her father and older brother Ben at a remote outpost. When the children...
View ArticleFilm Review: Ant-Man
Director Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man is a lot of fun. More humorous than many of the other Marvel films, Ant-Man is an entertaining ride. Recently released from prison, con-man Scott Lang struggle to find a...
View ArticleAnt-Man Press Conference
Last week, director Peyton Reed and stars Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas and Michael Peña sat down for the Ant-Man press conference in London. They discussed influences on the film, how Ant-Man was...
View ArticleFilm Review: Maggie
Henry Hobson’s directorial debut Maggie is a brooding drama with gothic accents. The atmosphere is powerful, even if the film lacks vitality. A disease that turns people into zombies has spread across...
View ArticleFilm Review: Inside Out
Inside Out is a charming animated feature, delivering Disney Pixar’s winning formula at its best. Young Riley is uprooted from her comfortable home and life when her father gets a work opportunity in...
View ArticleFilm Review: Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
The fifth instalment in the franchise, Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation is a formulaic but finely executed action thriller. Ethan Hunt is convinced of the presence of a shadowy organisation known as...
View ArticleFilm Review: The Gift
Joel Edgerton’s The Gift is an atmospheric mystery drama. The film suggests a promising career for Edgerton as a filmmaker. Married couple Simon and Robyn move back to Simon’s hometown for his new...
View ArticlePreviews: Deadpool Trailer, Crimson Peak Poster and more
Plenty in this week’s preview of coming attractions, including the Deadpool trailer, a video for The Martian, the latest Crimson Peak poster and more… Deadpool Trailer Click here to view the embedded...
View ArticleFilm Review: The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Guy Ritchie’s film reboot of 1960s television series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is both stylish and entertaining. The film should satisfy those looking for some cinematic escapism. In the midst of the...
View ArticleFilm Review: Gemma Bovery
Gemma Bovery is a modern adaptation of Gustave Flaubert’s classic novel Madame Bovary. The film is both self-aware and charmingly twee. Martin is a former Parisian who takes over his father’s bakery...
View ArticleFilm Review: Vacation
Belated comedy franchise film Vacation has bawdy humour in spades. The film is passably amusing and sufficiently diverting. With nostalgia for his childhood vacation, grown-up Rusty Griswold tries to...
View ArticleFilm Review: My Scientology Movie
Louis Theroux brings his unique brand of inquisitiveness to John Dower’s My Scientology Movie. In his latest documentary, Louis Theroux takes a look at the Church of Scientology. After his requests...
View ArticleFilm Review: Carol
Based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel, Carol is a sumptuous and engaging romantic drama. Working in a department store in New York, shop girl Therese meets married older lady Carol when the latter comes...
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