Film Review

What We Did On Our Holiday (Review)

DIRECTORS: Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Starting off as a pale big-screen imitation of their popular sitcom Outnumbered, directors Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin end their first feature film What We Did On Our Holiday in a very unexpected place...

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The Riot Club (Review)

DIRECTOR: Lone Scherfig NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Of all the adaptations of plays in recent months, including August: Osage County and Jersey Boys, director Lone Scherfig’s The Riot Club – adapted from the play Posh by Laura Wade, who also provides the screenplay – actually...

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A Walk Among The Tombstones (Review)

DIRECTOR: Scott Frank NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Most people feel that the on-screen reputation of Private Detective Matthew Scudder – crime author Lawrence Block’s most famous character – was tarnished by the little-seen but universally-despised Jeff Bridges vehicle 8...

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Pride (Review)

DIRECTOR: Matthew Warchus NOW FOR THE REVIEW… In an age where gay culture and attitudes toward homosexuals are stronger than ever, Pride may come as a shocking reminder that only thirty years ago gay people were not only vilified but considered as the lowest of scum...

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The Boxtrolls (Review)

DIRECTORS: Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Laika Animation came into the public eye so strongly with their first stop-motion family-horror Coraline, and continued their brilliant method of storytelling and memorable characters with ParaNorman....

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The Guest (Review)

DIRECTOR: Adam Wingard NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett are perhaps known in the film world as primary horror directors, with their previous collaboration – last year’s You’re Next – in particular displaying the genre conventions we...

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Sex Tape (Review)

NOW FOR THE REVIEW… “Sex, sex, sex, that’s what they always think about, isn’t it?” Never has a Monty Python quote (from Life of Brian, in case you’re wondering) rung more true for a high-tier comedy like Sex Tape. Why? Because the main characters in this movie never...

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Million Dollar Arm (Review)

DIRECTOR: Craig Gillespe NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Sports movies, like romantic-comedies, have a formulaic structure which if done right can have a good effect overall on its audience. Famous examples such as The Mighty Ducks and Rocky may stick to it like glue, but there...

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Lucy (Review)

NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Have you ever imagined what the director of The Fifth Element would do if he sat around his living room getting high on whatever second-rate substance he can find, and then in his drug-induced state decided to put on copies of Limitless, The Tree...

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