Sadako 3D Review
It would appear that ‘More, more, more!’ was a phrase oft repeated in the planning stages and on the set of Sadako 3D, a film that could never be accused not attempting to up the ante. From the opening moments the gimmicky and excessive nature of the film is thrust into our faces, as a … 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
Rust and Bone Review
Everything about Rust and Bone (originally De rouille et d’os), Jacques Audiard’s follow up to his arthouse hit A Prophet, should signify a failure not a film that is not only good but actually great. Audiard has managed to pull a magic trick of sorts in weaving a beautiful story from subject matter and difficult … Read more
Lawless Review
Recently retitled Lawless from The Wettest County in the World, the title it originally took from the source novel by Matt Bondurant, the latest from John Hillcoat and Nick Cave is a solidly told tale of moonshiners in depression-era Franklin County and is based on the real life (mis)adventures of the Bondurant brothers. Here played … Read more
The We and the I Review
An almost entirely single location, mostly real time feature seems like a perfect fit for the visual inventiveness of director Michel Gondry and in The We and the I does not disappoint. What is perhaps most surprising though is the way in which Gondry’s use of the film form to manipulate the constraints of the … Read more
Footnote Review
Rivalry in the field of Talmudic studies may not seem like the most compelling premise for a feature film but perhaps the greatest surprise in Joseph Cedar’s Footnote is that the basics of the story, embittered personal politics and family divides amongst Talmudic scholars, is by far the film’s greatest strength. At the centre of … Read more
Polisse Review
Writer, director and actor Maiwenn’s new film, Polisse, is a dramatic feature about a Parisian Police Child Protection Unit that absorbs one in its often difficult and upsetting subject matter but also struggles with its challenging tone. Weaving a variety of overlapping stories together, we are told in an opening title card that these are … Read more
