Film Review: HELI: I didn’t ask for my kid sister to fall for a naive police cadet
Two scenes are burnt on the memory of those able to sit through the Mexican dont mess with a drug cartel drama HELI. The first is …
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Film Review: DOWNHILL: 192 problems but the film isn’t one of them
When someone first told me the title DOWNHILL, I thought they were talking about the movie of Hitlers last days in the bunker. No,…
Film Review: X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST: Garbled title, enjoyable film
My basic qualification for a movie is: show me something I havent seen before. In X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, a character drops a …
Cannes 2014: GENTE DE BIEN: Film Review: Pride and Parenthood
Few Colombian films get distribution in the United Kingdom but I hope GENTE DE BIEN, showcased at the Semaine de la Critique at th…
Cannes 2014 Film Review: IT FOLLOWS – don’t let the apparition catch you
Pictured: David Robert Mitchell (third in) and crew take questions from shell-shocked young crowd at Cannes Cinephiles screening o…
Film Review: BLENDED: Resistance is useless – well, for me anyway
Whatever you think about him, Adam Sandler knows what works. He is a holiday comedian; that is to say in his most recent bunch of …
Film Review: BELIEVE: oh no, not more football!
At the time of writing, Arsenal has just won the Football Association Cup grasping victory 3 goals to 2 in extra time against a do…
Film Review: GODZILLA: does a three hundred foot sea monster need a sat nav?
You have to feel sorry for Godzilla, the three-hundred foot scaly beast with a lethal tail and breath that you wouldnt believe. Th…
Film Review: FRUITVALE STATION: An unlawful shooting, but what is the film really saying?
Anyone going to see FRUITVALE STATION, the Sundance 2013 Award-winning movie written and directed by Ryan Coogler, will know the e…
Sundance London: THE ONE I LOVE: what goes on in the guest house stays in the guest house!
Its difficult to talk about the game-changing second act of writer Justin Lader and director Charlie McDowells THE ONE I LOVE. The…
