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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World movie review
(Thu 19/07)
With the premise of a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, the unlikely pairing of Steve Carell and Keira Knightley sees Seeking a Friend for the End of the World fall a little flat of what is expected when it comes to ... Read more

The Five-Year Engagement review - Jason Segel shines with natural comedic charm
(Mon 25/06)
The Five-Year Engagement manages to be both funny and charming in equal measures, with Jason Segel stealing the show in this witty and romantic comedy.... Read more

Snow White And The Huntsman review: Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron vamp it up
(Fri 01/06)
Penned as a 'breathtaking new vision of a legendary tale,' Snow White and the Huntsman lives up to its tagline in style and aesthetic impression, but suffers from a slightly loose and confused narrative.... Read more

Jeff Who Lives At Home review
(Thu 17/05)
Jeff Who Lives At Home is the new movie from the Duplass brothers, the designated drivers of the Mumblecore movement, and it succeeds in delivering an emotionally rewarding cinematic journey. ... Read more

Jeff Who Lives At Home review
(Thu 17/05)
Jeff Who Lives At Home is the new movie from the Duplass brothers, the designated drivers of the Mumblecore movement, and it succeeds in delivering an emotionally rewarding cinematic journey.

Juan Of The Dead review - Alexis Diaz de Villegas stars as supreme Slacker survivor
(Sun 13/05)
Juan Of The Dead succeeds with imaginative zombie killing set pieces, but also scores large with the satirical bite it aims at Castro and his crumbing regime.

Haywire movie review - Soderbergh lacks style and substance
(Sat 04/02)
Haywire is Steven Soderbergh's 25th feature as director, and the story follow's a globe trotting former Marine on a mission to clear her name and flush out a double agent.

Big Miracle movie review
(Thu 02/02)
This is an adventure rescue story about whales, native Alaskans, news reporters, tree-huggers, politicians, oil executives and seafaring Russians.

Worlds Apart film review
(Thu 12/01)
Worlds Apart is fast-paced and revealing and each moment that captures a human tragedy paints a picture of politics at its most inhumane.

Best Film Releases for 2012
(Mon 26/12)
It’s been a year of sequels and prequels and no doubt, 2012 will be full of them too. We at Purple Revolver take a look at some of the most exciting film releases we can look forward to for 2012.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo movie review
(Wed 21/12)
This is a compelling murder mystery set in the heart of one of the most dysfunctional families in cinematic history, all of whom seem quite normal compared to the girl with the dragon tattoo. She is totally bizarre but a

Young Adult movie review
(Sun 04/12)
This is a dark comedy starring a truly dysfunctional heroine and is a perfect addition to the litany of Bad Girl movies that have hit our screens this year. As long as you can put up with yet another Pretty Girl befrien

The Iron Lady review
(Sat 26/11)
Relevance and truth are sacrificed in the name of the upcoming Oscars and what we actually get is Meryl Streep playing a role Helen Mirren was born for.

The Artist Movie review
(Sun 20/11)
This silent movie seems self-indulgent, pretentious and has a serious case of the Emperor’s New Clothes.

Thinking Film Club: movies and discussion in Liverpool
(Fri 18/11)
The Thinking Film Club aims to give the audience a relaxed platform to discuss modern film with fellow film lovers.

Happy Feet 2 Movie Review
(Mon 14/11)
The visuals are spectacular (if you like 2½ D), and most of the music will have you dancing in your seat, but the story is dismal and the characters drag us from one non-event to another

Small Voices: The Stories of Cambodia's Children movie review
(Wed 02/11)
Their tales are desperately sad but these charming little ones have so much hope their stories are uplifting and they enchant us right to the very end.

Margin Call movie review
(Mon 17/10)
Eric is ‘let go’ by the Wall Street firm where he has worked for 17 years.

What's Your Number? movie review
(Wed 28/09)
This uninspiring romantic comedy plods from one superficial moment to the next, telling us nothing we haven’t been told before and showing us nothing we haven’t seen. The concept is weak, the humor banal and the lea