Film Review – Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
Matthew Vaughn looks to recreate the obnoxiously impertinent spirit of Kick Ass with Kingsman: The Secret Service, another Jane Goodman-penned...
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Film Review – American Sniper (2014)
Notching up 160 confirmed kills during the Iraq War, US Navy SEAL sniper, Chris Kyle became something of a celebrity....
Film Review – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Peter Jackson’s decision to revisit Middle Earth has been, at best, one of mixed fortunes. With the gargantuan burden of...
Film Review – Third Person (2013)
Interweaving multiple narrative strands has previously stood Paul Haggis in good stead. The director’s 2004 hit Crash took several storylines...
Film Review – The Hunger Games: Mockinjay Part One (2014)
It is a dark time for the rebellion. District 12 lies in ruins in the aftermath of Capitol reprisals following...
Film Review – Set Fire To The Stars (2014)
The first of Dylan Thomas’s notorious spoken-word tours of the USA, upon which the late poet allegedly spent the bulk...
Film Review – Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2013)
Miguel Arteta’s loose adaptation of the Judith Viorst book is palatable enough, even if it does rapidly descend into little...
Film Review – The Babadook (2013)
Jennifer Kent’s directorial debut, The Babadook, is an unnervingly taut and psychologically tense exploration of post-traumatic distress and maternal despair....
Film Review – Annabelle (2014)
Haunted dolls or puppets are usually a pretty easy sell for horror, despite the fact they are plainly not scary....
Film Review – The Equalizer (2014)
The plot is flimsier than Manchester United's defence and Denzel Washington's titular avenger has less depth than a LIDL mince...
Film Review – Magic In The Moonlight (2014)
It appears that Woody Allen is firmly entrenched in the ‘grand tour’ phase of his career. The writer/director’s output over...
Film Review – The Boxtrolls (2014)
Stop-motion specialists, Laika are quickly crafting a nice little niche for themselves, not just as heirs to Aardman’s hand-crafted animation...
Film Review – Sex Tape (2014)
In the world of pop culture debauchery and perverse criminality, never has a film been timelier. Even as the most...
Film Review – Mystery Road (2013)
In the heat of the Queensland sunshine, Ivan Sen unearths the dark heart of provincial Australia with Mystery Road, a...