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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
DIRECTORS: Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Nine years is an awfully long gap between a movie and its sequel, especially for something as high profile as Sin City. Of course there were certain complications along the way for director Robert...
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...
DIRECTOR: Steven Quale NOW FOR THE REVIEW… In 1996, director Jan de Bont brought us a thrilling display of special effects – which, for the time at least, were pretty damn impressive – with Twister. Unfortunately, more time was spent on the uninteresting, irritating...
DIRECTOR: Michael Dowse NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Straight off the bat, if you’re looking for something that completely reinvents the romantic-comedy genre then your search goes on because you won’t find it with What If. As much as it desire to distance itself from the...