The cult British horror movie The Wicker Man has hit 40. To celebrate its birthday in style, Studio Canal have re-released the movie in selected cinemas across the UK and produced a four disc DVD […]
Film | Ain't Them Bodies Saints – Love Versus the Law
3/5 Stars This second feature film from writer/director David Lowery is a product of the Sundance Institute’s Writing and Producing Labs, a fact which neatly explains the picture’s handful of faults. Ain’t Them Bodies […]
Film | Freeview Flicks of the Week (23-9/09)
There’s always a wide selection of great films available on Freeview. And seeing as staying in is the new going out, TV presents the ideal opportunity to catch up on what you might have missed […]
The Hyde Park Picture House | A Fresher's Introduction
Founded in 1914, the Hyde Park Picture House is soon to celebrate its 100th birthday, a rare feat for an independent cinema, and it’s not difficult to understand its endurance. Newly appointed Observer film […]
Film | Rush laps the competition with its emotional drama
It’s rare that you wish for a film to be longer when it already clocks in at just over 2 hours, but it’s a rare occurrence that happens when watching Rush. Rush is latest from […]
Film | Freeview Flicks of the Week (9-15/09)
There’s always a wide selection of great films available on Freeview. And seeing as staying in is the new going out, TV presents the ideal opportunity to catch up on what you might have missed […]
Film | One Direction – This Is Us
It’s perhaps likely that a lot of you only allowed space in your budget for approximately three or four film trips this summer. Among these trips, the film probably had to be feminist/shot in black […]
Film | Freeview Flicks of the Week (02–09/09)
There’s always a wide selection of great films available on Freeview. And seeing as staying in is the new going out, TV presents the ideal opportunity to catch up on what you might have missed […]
Film | Wadjda – A Remarkable Debut Feature
Wadjda is remarkable. It’s not only the first feature-length film to be made entirely in Saudi Arabia, where public cinemas are currently illegal; it’s also the first from a female director (Haifaa Al-Mansour). [responsive_vid] Wadjda […]
Film | Stories We Tell – A Family Affair
“When you’re in the middle of a story it isn’t a story at all. But only a confusion; a dark roaring, a blindness, a wreckage of shattered glass and splintered wood; like a house in […]
Film | Pain and Gain – A Michael Bay Film That Isn't The Worst Thing Ever
Pain and Gain is a mixed bag of a film. Directed by Michael Bay, and starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Mark Wahlberg and Anthony Mackie, it sees a trio of bodybuilders from Sun Gym, Miami […]
Film | Kick-Ass 2 – Fighting Style
The sequel was never going to live up to the first which was outstanding, but sadly it could have been better. With Jeff Wadlow writing and directing, we do miss out on the talent of […]