Film
The Cold Light of DayFriday, 16 March 2012Wall St trader's hol slightly spoiled when his family is kidnapped. Well he did choose Spain. Government conspiracy thriller. Dir: Mabrouk El Mechri. Cast: Bruce Willis, Henry Cavill, Sigourney Weaver. Trailer: Read more... |
Titanic 3DFriday, 16 March 2012Kate and Leo go down with the ship, this time in glorious 3D. Read more... |
EdgeFriday, 16 March 2012Low-budget British film tells of a series of lonely people all staying in the same snowbound hotel. Limited release. Dir: Carol Morley. Cast: Maxine Peake, Paul Hilton Read more... |
Bill Cunningham New YorkFriday, 16 March 2012
If you’re the kind of person who appreciates auto-recommendations based on previous purchases, then perhaps I could do worse than begin this review by saying:” If you liked The September Issue, you’ll simply love Bill Cunningham New York.” There are... Read more... |
21 Jump StreetFriday, 16 March 2012
Those of a certain age will remember the television series 21 Jump Street, a huge hit for the then fledgling Fox network in America. It ran from 1987 to 1991 and starred Johnny Depp. The titular address was where he worked as an undercover cop, one... Read more... |
In DarknessFriday, 16 March 2012
The world has heard of Schindler’s Jews, who were saved from the gas ovens by the patronage of an enlightened German industrialist. Socha’s Jews are not quite so celebrated. There are number of reasons for that. For a start, many fewer Jews were... Read more... |
DVD: The Hourglass SanatoriumFriday, 16 March 2012
The Hourglass Sanatorium tells the surreal story of a man’s visit to a dilapidated medical institution where his ageing father is being held in suspense between life and death. From start to finish, the film portrays a dream world in which time is... Read more... |
ContrabandThursday, 15 March 2012
I always used to avoid any film that had Mark Wahlberg in it, because he seemed to have the acting skills of a park bench. Then I saw The Departed - because you have to see Marty's movies - and thought he was brilliant as the astonishingly foul... Read more... |
North Sea TexasTuesday, 13 March 2012Girl in love with handsome young neighbour enters realm of fantasy. Belgian. Dir: Bavo Defume. Cast: Jelle Florizoone, Eva Van Der Gucht, Mathias Vergerls, Thomas Coumans. Trailer: Read more... |
Mirror MirrorTuesday, 13 March 2012Snow White updated and a heavy dusting of post-modern irony. Dir: Tarsem Singh. Cast: Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Sean Bean, Nathan Lane. Trailer: Read more... |
Le HavreTuesday, 13 March 2012Elderly French shoeshine man takes pity on an African stowaway who arrives by cargo ship. Dir: Aki Kaurismaki. Cast: Andre Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Blondin Miguel, Elina Salo, Evelyne Didi. Trailer: Read more... |
La Grande IllusionTuesday, 13 March 2012Re-release of Jean Renoir's 1937 masterpiece which tells of French prisoners of war trying to escape in the Great War. Dir: Jean Renoir. Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo. Trailer: Read more... |
