Lottery Ticket review
(Thu 19/08)
This film is described as a comedy drama and but this label is extremely wide of the mark. The comedy is weak and there is more drama to be seen in the late afternoon line at the local post office when a customer has giv
Enemies of the People- the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia review
(Tue 17/08)
The Enemies of the People are the words the Khmer Rouge used to describe the two million Cambodians who they butchered in the name of patriotism
Vengeance movie review
(Tue 17/08)
Long the feisty David to Hollywood's splashy Goliath fare, Hong Kong action cinema has always intrigued and amazed, where those studio counterpart offerings tend to range from assembly line synthetics to heavy handed go
Middle Men movie review: sex, lies and mastercard
(Mon 16/08)
An irreverent, strictly behind the scenes tabloid peep show about sex without being sexy, Middle Men shines a sleazy, at times satirical spotlight on all those invisible guys out there who make stuff happen in the world,
Scott Pilgrim v The World review
(Mon 16/08)
Scott Pilgrim v The World was first a graphic novel series, then a video game, and now it’s a film. So with the latter being enriched by its predecessors, a most original work could have been created
Eat, Pray, Love review: Goldilocks and the Three Boy Toys
(Fri 13/08)
Pretty Woman meets Ugly American in Eat, Pray, Love, a gender reversal romp in which the woman for a change instead of the womanizing man, gets to be the one with commitment issues.
Gainsbourg review
(Mon 09/08)
Oui, Je T'Aime Gainsbourg
Splice review
(Thu 05/08)
Jolting scares and macabre scenes of changing family dynamics that even Freud would question.
The Expendables Review
(Thu 05/08)
After.Life DVD review: born again Christina Ricci haunts mortuary
(Tue 03/08)
After.Life seems to delve into everything you may or may not have wanted to know about what exactly takes place in your local funeral home's underground mortuary.
Vincere DVD review - Mussolini in love
(Sat 31/07)
Vincere is a story about Lady Ida Delsar’s relationship with Benito Mussolini, set at the beginning of the 20th Century, told with historic authority and played out against a turbulent, political backdrop.
Charlie St Cloud review
(Sat 31/07)
Charlie St Cloud is a character driven drama, featuring characters who have very little character and who spend a lot of time on their boats.
The A-Team Review
(Wed 28/07)
"They are the best and they specialise in the ridiculous"
Cats And Dogs review: The Revenge of Kitty Galore – Spies with tails
(Mon 26/07)
This children’s film has been created in live action, puppetry and computer animation and is set in two worlds – one has talking cats and dogs, the other has regular humans.
SALT review – two new stars are born
(Sat 24/07)
The reason Angelina doesn’t get star billing here is because the film is 99 minutes, 70 of which are action sequences that no A list actor could ever get insurance for.
