Film Review: GOD’S POCKET – isn’t that a song by Elvis Costello?
Compare and contrast: Christina Hendricks in GOD'S POCKET (2014) and Barbara Hershey in PARIS TROUT (1991), both adapted from nove…
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Film Review: DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES: Apes together? Wrong!
For reasons best known to himself Caesar (Andy Serkis), leader of an evolved group of apes, wears war paint, a red line between hi…
Get out of ma swamp - Scotland and Protected Accent Status
In two months time, the residents of Scotland will get the opportunity to vote to break away from the United Kingdom. A four hundr…
Film Review: BOYHOOD: 12 Years A Rave!
I dont know whether BOYHOOD, the twelve-year labour of love from writer-director Richard Linklater and his dedicated, patient cast…
Film Review: EDGE OF TOMORROW – is this the most under-rated film of the summer?
Since box-office is everything, there is no accounting for taste. 22 JUMP STREET eclipsed A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST at the…
An encounter from the back of the stalls with David Gordon Green
The pre-release post-screening Question and Answer session is something of a common occurrence for cinemagoers living in London. W…
Film Review: TRANSFORMERS – AGE OF EXTINCTION – a re-boot is not the answer
The fourth film of the TRANSFORMERS trilogy (gag copyright: Douglas Adams) AGE OF EXTINCTION sees the remaining Autobots large ro…
Event Review: Shorts On Tap: ‘Nature of the Beast’, 3 July 2014, Cafe 1001, Brick Lane, London
Londons premier short film showcase sorry, Portobello Film Festival - Shorts On Tap opened its doors on 3 July for a screening of…
Film Review: KEEPING ROSY: Oh my word, the cleaner is dead
For my generation, Steve Reeves will always be Hercules, but in 2014 Hercules is being played by two actors, one of whom has the s…
Preview: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2: The Empire Strikes Back of animated sequels
I remember when they didnt make sequels to animated films. DUMBO, PINOCCHIO, even the ones with numbers in like SNOW WHITE AND THE…
