Film Reviews

Share A MONSTER IN PARIS: On General Release Friday 27th January With Pixar and Disney perching proudly at the top of the animation heap, wings spread like omnipotent birds of prey, is there any room left for the little guy?  Certainly – smaller films like Persepolis, The Illusionist and the recently Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita have conclusively... [Read more of this review]

Share What's that coming over the hill...?!INTRUDERS:On General Release 27th January Stylish and atmospheric, this is a well-written and carefully shot psychological thriller which, despite promising start, suffers from a tragic lack of the goosebump factor. Intruders is an anti-fairy tale set in both Spain and England, with the story constantly... [Read more of this review]

Share THE GREY (15): On General Release Friday 27th January Having vented unparalleled amounts of psychotic aggression against humanity in Taken and Unknown, Liam Neeson has decided to take on Mother Nature herself.  But while the teaser trailer seemed to portray The Grey as “Wolf Fighter 2000”, it’s actually a measured and disquietingly poignant... [Read more of this review]

Share THE DESCENDANTS (15): On General Release Friday 27th January Alexander Payne is a director who doesn’t make films very often but it’s wise to pay attention when he does.  His last effort was the sublimely brilliant Sideways in 2004, a wine-fuelled examination of middle age, failure, regret and loss which was a masterpiece of character-driven... [Read more of this review]

Share X:NIGHT OF VENGEANCE (1*): On General Release Friday 20th January Sex, gratuitous violence and the relentless, misogynistic abuse of women are what’s on offer in this abhorrent Australian thriller directed by Jon Hewitt. X: Night of Vengeance focuses on the seedy underworld of prostitution, bent coppers and drug trafficking, trampling right... [Read more of this review]

Trailers

Share Woody Harrelson plays an LAPD cop with his own code of justice. But when he gets caught beating a suspect, he finds himself in a personal and emotional downward spiral as he struggles to take care of his family, and fight for his own survival. It features a cracking cast including Robin Wright, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Foster and Steve Buscemi.... [Read more of this review]

Share Here’s the new trailer for Streetdance 2. There is a plot but it’s largely irrelevant isn’t it? If you’re interested in this kind of movie, then who needs plot? It’s all about ridiculous dance moves and contorting you body into the shape of a pretzel and on that level, it looks like it’s going to deliver.... [Read more of this review]

Share We’ve been spoilt for choice these past two weeks with some great trailers from The Dark Knight Rises, The Raid, The Hobbit and Wrath Of The Titans. Well, this is just the final dusting of icing before Christmas, the trailer for Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel, Prometheus. There’s still much unanswered as the trailer doesn’t... [Read more of this review]

Share It’s about time that we had some brutal kick ass action and The Raid delivers that in spades. It takes place in the slums of Jakarta where an elite police unit is tasked with storming a supposedly impenetrable safe house for the world’s most dangerous criminals. But when they have their cover blown, the lights are cut off and all... [Read more of this review]