DIRECTORS: Bobby and Peter Farrelly NOW FOR THE REVIEW… It’s stupid. Of course it is. Hell, the name of the film is Dumb and Dumber To; if you go in expecting high art after knowing what it’s called, we honestly don’t know what to tell you. This is a stupid, silly and...
DIRECTOR: Shawn Levy NOW FOR THE REVIEW… The second of two trilogies concluding this Christmas, the Night at the Museum films have had their ups and downs with its plotting and humour, but have always managed to keep that sense of fun for the sake of their younger...
DIRECTOR: Peter Jackson NOW FOR THE REVIEW… This will be a review that, much like the Hobbit films, will be divided into separate parts. The first shall analyse the third and final film in the trilogy, subtitled The Battle of the Five Armies (changed late in the game...
DIRECTOR: Kevin Macdonald NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Exploring the depths of our many oceans has always been a fascinating topic for filmmakers, and over the years we’ve gotten some classic examples of underwater chaos like Das Boot, Crimson Tide and 20,000 Leagues Under The...
DIRECTOR: Christopher Smith NOW FOR THE REVIEW… With Christmas just around the corner, families everywhere are starting to put into their DVD players all of their favourite holiday-related films, from Elf to The Snowman to Arthur Christmas to whatever incarnation of A...
DIRECTOR: Jason Reitman NOW FOR THE REVIEW… What the hell has happened to Jason Reitman? It seems that after his multi-Oscar nominated Up In The Air, the filmmaker and son of Ivan (Ghostbusters) has not been reaching up to the standards set by that film, or earlier...
DIRECTOR: Theodore Melfi NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Even though St. Vincent has absolutely nothing to do with the Christmas holiday, nor is it even set around that time of year, there’s something about it that has all the qualities of a classic Christmas film. We’re not...
DIRECTORS: Simon J. Smith and Eric Darnell NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Just reading that above short description of the plot should tell you everything you need to know about The Penguins of Madagascar and how it puts the “mad” into that last word of the title. Perhaps...
DIRECTOR: Paul King NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Cynics needn’t fret, and purists of Michael Bond’s most famous contribution to British popular culture don’t need to panic: Hollywood has been fairly kind to Paddington Bear. Despite the endless controversy from the departure of...
DIRECTOR: Tommy Lee Jones NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Say whatever you want about Tommy Lee Jones and his notoriously prickly personality, but the guy knows how to make a pretty decent flick, as is the case with his sophomore directional feature The Homesman. As a director,...