Our hero, Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) stands statuesque and heroic on a windswept battlefield. Shrouded by an American flag, he stares into the far distance determinedly. The poster for American Sniper certainly does nothing to […]
How influential have the ideas of Blade Runner been since its original release?
Blade Runner may well be the most influential flop of all time – studio meddling with the initial cut resulted in a compromised picture that attempted to offset its glacial philosophizing by inserting a jarring voiceover from […]
The Homesman demonstrates Tommy Lee Jones on a late career hot streak
Understated and hopelessly pessimistic, The Homesman falls squarely in the recent trend amongst westerns for quiet introspection shot through with savage violence harking back to Clint Eastwood’s 1992 Best Picture winner, Unforgiven. Hilary Swank plays […]
Jake Gyllenhaal delivers his finest performance yet in Nightcrawler
Jake Gyllenhaal has, almost unnoticed, risen through the ranks to become one of the greatest American actors working today. Following a duo of fantastic performances last year in Enemy and Prisoners, Nightcrawler’s anti-hero Lou Bloom might be […]
The Babadook is easily one of the best horror movies of recent years
The Babadook will scare you, but it might not do so in the way you expect. As a ‘monster in the closet’ flick, it is easily the equal of recent favourites The Conjuring, Sinister and […]
Film | ’71 – controversy is avoided entirely in this intense thriller
Image: Crab Apple Films In his first feature film as a director, Yann Demange has created an intense thrill ride through the hellish urban heart of Belfast during The Troubles of the early 1970’s. With […]