The LONDON FILM ACADEMY Annual Showcase 2013 – politely disturbed kids
If there is a theme to the thirteen short films produced by the 2013 alumni of the London Film Academy it is children looking disa…
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Film Review: THE FLU: How to tell a Korean Pandemic movie from an American one
THE FLU is a big-budget Korean pandemic movie about a strain of avian flu that spreads from a container full of dead illegal immig…
Film Review: THOR: THE DARK WORLD: Rules of a Marvel superhero movie
Im starting to get a little jaded about these Marvel superhero movies. They are following something akin to a formula. Their defin…
Film Review: PHILOMENA: Terrible business, uplifting film
At last, a film for us wrinkle-toes that doesnt involve Judi Dench going to India. Rather PHILOMENA involves Judi Dench going to I…
Titling MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT: The Focus Group
This week, the title of Woody Allens 47th movie was announced: MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT. This strikes me as too similar to MAGIC IN …
Film Review: LE WEEK-END: French letters of a middle-of-the-road kind
LE WEEK-END is, ow you say, a comedy-drama en plein couleurs about an old married couple who confront their excesses when returnin…
Film Review: Machete Kills: yes, but the effects look so fake
The idea of Danny Trejo as a violent uncompromising vigilante action hero, Machete Charles Bronson with a sword - is vaguely amus…
FILM REVIEW: WHO NEEDS ENEMIES: STRUCTURED ABSENCES BUT YOU FEEL MORE IS MISSING
The influence of Quentin Tarantino can be found all over British crime drama, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES, the feature debut of writer-direc…
Transcript: A call to the emergency services from the heroine of HOW I LIVE NOW
Callers to utilities companies will have experienced the auto-answer slow shuffle, during which you select various options to defi…
Film Review: WORLD OF HURT: Pastiche but painful
Fans of the Dude will tell you: youre living in a world of pain. This explains the title WORLD OF HURT, not to be confused with TH…
