Incoherent and inconsistent, this martial arts action-adventure spectacular from master Hong Kong director Hark Tsui is yet another disappointing outing for actor Jet Li, with 3D unable to add anything extra special to the wuxia genre. The action is dominated by wire work – with characters spinning and jumping impossibly as they fight it out […]
Both the title and the top billing of Robert de Niro and Monica Belluci are somewhat misleading in this three-part portmanteau film, comprising separate comic tales of love and lovers – all with a distinctly Italian flavour.
If recently you’ve had that unnerving sensation that the world is more than a little unsettled, that there is some end-of-the-world force looming, then you will understand the sentiment of this tale of a man battling the demons of his mind. Michael Shannon turns in a performance worthy of an Oscar nomination in this independent […]
Joe Cornish reckons - at 42 - he’s old. “I’ve left making my first feature film so long – until I’m in my dotage really. Let’s face it, I’m going to be dead pretty soon.” It’s the kind of self-deprecating humour that the well-mannered, well-spoken English comedian, writer, television-presenter (and now ageing film director) is […]
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