★★★★★ Some years ago I studied film at university. On the first day our lecturer told us that for the duration of the course we [...]
★★★★☆ In 1995 my love for David Fincher film’s was born, 20 years old studying graphic design at college.This was the year what I regard [...]
★★★★☆ It is excellent news that the BFI have decided to restore John Cassavetes seminal 1959 classic, Shadows. The film which is largely improvised follows [...]
★★½☆☆ A Gang Story (2011) starring Gérard Lanvin and Tchéky Karyo, is The Godfather (1972) transposed to rural France. Director Olivier Marchal’s thriller is a [...]
★★★★☆ Il Boom (1963) is considered amongst those who know, to be one of cult Italian director Vittorio De Sica’s most underrated films. A blackly [...]
★★★☆☆ It has been a long time since I’ve seen a film where I really had no idea what I was expecting. Aside from having [...]
★★☆☆☆ Women’s fashion magazines have always believed that they can get away with pretty much anything by parading it under the name of ‘art’ or [...]
★★★★★ “The Avengers Assemble is about as good as it gets for an action blockbuster epic” For a long time it seemed like the idea [...]
★★★★★ A magnificent fusion of chilling horror, satirical humour, music and eroticism. The Wicker Tree is a cult masterpiece. Robin Hardy’s long awaited directorial return, The [...]
★★☆☆☆ Ever since its neon spandex clad heyday, professional wrestling or “sports entertainment” as it’s now known, has been used as an uneasy shortcut to [...]
★½☆☆☆ The Ledge, not to be confused with Man on a Ledge (although they have the same basic gimmick of well, a man on a [...]
★☆☆☆☆ Oh, boy, where to start… In reviewing Dream House, there are a few problems that are hard to get around. Firstly, and I’ll put [...]
