Short Takes: June 2012
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY: Deliberately clinical and cold but not always to the benefit of the story. A phenomenal collection of actors doing great work and an intriguing puzzle plot but it’s more simply a good adaptation than something special. SHAME: So much distance from the central figure in this story is effective at times but we’re … Read more
What’s actually wrong with the Weinsteins? Part Two: Escape From Planet Earth
In a series of posts I attempt to tackle the question ‘What’s actually wrong with the Weinsteins?’ and to document instances of their (possibly) negative effect on the film industry. Read Part One here. Written and directed by Tony Leech and produced by Brian Inerfeld, Escape From Planet Earth was set to be a new … Read more
The Paperboy Review
Charlotte (Nicole Kidman) is a lonely woman who writes to a larger number of prison inmates but finds love with one in particular, Hillary Van Wette, played with sweaty intensity by John Cusack, a man who has been imprisoned for killing a police officer. Believing him to be innocent she teams up with writers Ward … Read more
Dracula 3D Review
Back in 2009 there seemed to be a real sense of excitement and anticipation from horror fans who were itching to see Dario Argento’s latest, the portentously entitled Giallo. Then the film screened. It was met with derision, laughter and waves of disappointment and it struggled to find a release in some territories, not helped … Read more