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10/05/2012

Dark Shadows

DepBurton Lacks Bite

Tim Burton and Johnny Depp together... again? Who knew? Ok, so they made a great team for the two Ed's...

06/05/2012

The Concert

The word "nice" will just have to suffice.

Twee yes, but a feelgood movie that you'll enjoy if 'Mr Holland's Opus' rocked your dinghy. Predictable, even cheesy at...

04/05/2012

Gainsbourg

Magnifique!

Joann Sfar is a French comic-book artist who adapted his own graphic novel into the 2010 movie, 'Gainsbourg: Vie Heroique.'...

28/04/2012

Contraband

Muggles Smuggle

A cracking thriller, this US remake of of the Icelandic movie 'Reykjavik-Rotterdam' (2008) resets the action in New Orleans and...

28/04/2012

Unknown

UnGroan...

Despite a cracking cast (including Diane Kruger, Frank Langella, Aidan Quinn, and the brilliant Bruno Ganz) this is yet another...

25/04/2012

The Avengers

Wonderful Mr. Whedon :)

We knew he could. We hoped he would. And Joss Whedon did - he delivered a fun, action-packed popcorn-fest with...

25/04/2012

The Avengers 3D

The Wonderful Mr. Whedon

We knew he could. We hoped he would. And Joss Whedon did - he delivered a fun, action-packed popcorn-fest with...

15/04/2012

The American

Ameri-can't

Much like the recent HANNA, this is a movie that tries to be a moody arthouse contemplation of violence and...

15/04/2012

Jack and Jill

If the world is to truly end in 2012 then this movie is justification enough...

As a connoisseur of bad movies, I've put myself through agonies that make root-canal without anesthetic look like kids stuff....

12/04/2012

The Next Three Days

A shadow of its former self...

I loved the French movie 'Pour Elle' ('Anything For Her,' 2008) - a superb example of taut scripting, understated acting...

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