Edward Hogg does a very good job in a difficult star role as Ed, a northerner working as a London call-centre salesman, bored out of his mind and pretty much burnt out at 32. A […]
A bit of a do about nothing, Populaire still has style, wit, charm and kitsch appeal – plus loads of 1950s French retro look and atmosphere. Likeable films are rare enough, so let’s relish this […]
Vampires again – good! – and from Neil Jordan, the director of Interview with the Vampire – good! – but oh so very serious – bad! Byzantium is lovingly done but it’s not really very […]
It’s the near future, 2022 actually, violence and unemployment are eradicated, and everybody’s happy, except that on one night of the year, The Purge takes place. For 12 hours everyone has a free pass – […]
Making his fourth Spanish language film, Viggo Mortensen plays identical twin brothers, an old stock situation for a thriller plot, and a slightly creaky one too. But, never mind, Viggo’s just the man to give […]
So Peter Jackson finally gets to film The Lord of the Rings sequel in 2012, after several years of pre-production hell that saw the original director Guillermo del Toro out on his ear after three […]
The Matthew McConaughey renaissance continues with this, quite probably his best ever performance, as a spectacularly grungy-looking fugitive hiding away alone on a Mississippi isolated island after killing the husband who was abusing his lover. […]
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