Film Review: 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE: Wooden ships; wooden acting more like
It is possible to be over-saturated with sepia blade-and-balderdash dramas. Zack Snyders 2006 film 300 begat the television series…
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Film Review: 3 DAYS TO KILL: Formule Besson no longer delivers
The recent films of writer-producer Luc Besson (TAKEN, TAKEN 2, THE FAMILY) illustrate a particular formula. Take a no-longer box …
The Oscars 2014: Photo-diminshed
The 86th Academy Awards were just a tiny bit dull. Thank goodness I had a coffee machine in my hotel room. After last years host S…
Latimer Industry Talk: Eight Lessons from Tim Story and Will ‘Power’ Packer – Camden Collective, 26 February 2014
Timothy Story and William Power Packer are the esteemed director-producer team behind the hit movie, RIDE ALONG. Doing the promoti…
Film Review: THE SPECTACULAR NOW: no, live for the future
If there were any justice in the world, THAT AWKWARD MOMENT wouldnt be advertised on buses and rest rooms. (Rest rooms how can yo…
Film Review: THE LEGO MOVIE: a not so inevitable blockbuster
I hadnt built up many expectations for THE LEGO MOVIE, the first film to be inspired by a childs toy since MEC-CARNAGE, Roman Pola…
Film Review: NYMPHOMANIAC VOLS I AND II: not obscene, rather an obsolescence
It is a brave film reviewer who writes off the talents of a once-bold auteur. On the basis on NYMPHOMANIAC, a four-hour, eight-cha…
Film Review: TOM AT THE FARM: why grief should be a private thing
Canadian French Language cinema is undergoing something of a renaissance. Its been a while since Denys Arcand made a movie, but th…
Film Review: THE MONUMENTS MEN: I could do without the lecture
If you ever wanted to compare the tastes of British and American audiences, you need look no further than the British reaction to …
Film Review: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY: what’s the deal with the safe deposit box?
Great performances in a lousy film, was the comment overheard as I left the Curzon Cinema in Mayfair after a Sunday matinee screen…
