In the week before Halloween every year we can rely upon getting a nasty little trick or treat from Lions Gate Entertainment in the form of the latest addition to the Saw franchise. It’s now up to Saw VI, and unless you’re an avid Saw fan, and have been following the spiteful games of Jigsaw, […]
Can a pair of 3D glasses save a film – and a film franchise – from death? Err…no. There’s only so much cheesy dialogue and hammy acting that an audience can stomach, despite the great three-dimensional special effects. And when the film’s producer is on record as saying the whole idea is on the nose, […]
Strap yourself in for a jaw-dropping performance from Tom Hardy as he completely inhabits the role of Britain’s most notorious prisoner in this highly stylised piece of mischievous cinematic vaudeville.
Aged 19, Michael Peterson robbed a post office in 1974 and has spent most of the 34 years since behind bars. Changing his name to […]
Riding the perverse line between bizarre, awkward and darkly funny, this award-winning film follows the strange antics of three siblings brought up by their misguided parents in complete isolation from the rest of the world.
In space – at least at the movies – things are never what they seem, and in this moody, brooding low-key sci-fi feature, director Duncan Jones makes the most of the eeriness and solitude of long-distance separation to explore some very poignant themes of memory and existence. It’s a thoughtful and carefully paced debut feature, […]
When Patricia Clarkson comes on the other end of the line, there’s absolutely no mistaking the voice. “Hi, I’m fine” she says with that deep husky tone that has become the trademark of her extraordinary career – particularly over the last six years. After being crowned the darling of independent cinema in 2003 with key […]
It doesn’t pay to judge a book by its cover. Fighting is a good case in point. The screenplay reads like a dozen other films just like it. Shawn McArthur (Channing Tatum) is a boy from the sticks who has moved to New York with some heavy family baggage and few prospects. Two-bit hustler Harvey […]
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