Movie Reviews
Review – Filth
Irvine Welsh is an excellent novelist. I went through a phase of voraciously devouring his books when I was a teenager, loving the controversial extremes […]
Review – Eden
I put off watching this DVD because I thought it was going to be like The Seasoning House: ultimately OK, but too much gore and […]
Review – The Body (El Cuerpo)
‘From the producers of The Orphanage.’ This was the sentence that caught my eye on the press release, and which made me send an enthusiastic […]
Review – The Way, Way Back
Duncan is just a normal teenage boy on holiday with his mother, her annoying boyfriend, and his stepsister Steph. Bored out of his mind, Duncan […]
Review – Time Bandits
John Cleese. Sean Connery. Old-school effects. Comedy. I really, really wanted to like this film. On paper, it sounds fantastic: a kid gets suddenly transported […]
Review – Bring Me The Head of the Machine Gun Woman
All the way through this movie, I was trying to work out how to describe it, and the only words I could come up with […]
Review: Kick-Ass 2
Like it or not – the sequel to Kick-Ass is upon us, and with a slightly cheap looking trailer and a director downgrade (apologies to […]
Review: Populaire
When Louis Echard starts interviewing for a new secretary, the quirky and inexperienced Rose Pamphyle isn’t what he has in mind. But Rose’s skills with […]
Review: Plein Soleil
Plein Soleil out on DVD/Blu-Ray
Based on Patricia Highsmith’s classic novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, Plein Soleil follows the story of a glamorous psychopath who manages […]
Review: Vinyl
Punk rock isn’t what it was. That’s the driving concept for the main characters of this movie: a group of ex-rockers who have hit middle […]
Review: The Seasoning House
Angel (Rosie Day), a young deaf and mute girl in the Balkans, sees her mother executed in front of her before being whisked away to […]
Review: Broken
I am always happy to find things to review dropping through my door. Normally these take the form of novels, but today I found a […]
5 Reasons Man Of Steel Disappointed (an alternative viewpoint)
I rather liked Man Of Steel, however, it does seem to have divided audiences… So when I was offered an alternative view point by one […]
Review: Man Of Steel (Spoiler Free!)
Man Of Steel
When I first heard Zack Snyder was directing Man Of Steel, It made me a little nervous. Retrospectively, I’m not totally sure why. I […]
Review: Epic
I was sitting on a bench in the sun, reading a novel and passing the time until the next screening. Suddenly a small green insect […]
