Film Review: Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
byAfter seeing eager fans waiting to board the Transformers ride at Universal Studios, Michael Bay decided he wasn’t ready to give up on his metal-shredding…
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Film Review: How to Train Your Dragon 2 3D (2014)
byHaven’t dragons just come roaring back into vogue lately? Smaug. Godzilla. Daenerys has three. Even the latest Bond flick (Skyfall) got into the act with…
Film Review: The Twilight Samurai (2002)
byA conversation by Nick Alexander, Scott Halligan & Joanna Di Mattia (27/5/14) Synopsis: Seibei Iguchi (Hiroyuki Sanada), a low-ranking samurai, leads a life without…
Film Review: Yojimbo (1961)
byYojimbo (1961) is probably legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s most accessible film for modern audiences. By his standards it is relatively short, full of…
Film Review: Frank (2014)
byIn this eccentric comedy, Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), a struggling musician, joins a weird music band led by Frank (Michael Fassbender): a man who always…
Film Review: The Rover (2014)
byIt has been four years since David Michôd’s auspicious debut feature film Animal Kingdom was released, but now he is back with The Rover,…
Film Review: 13 Assassins (2010)
byMidway through Takeshi Miike’s 13 Assassins (2010), a man in a tavern jokes, ‘These days, swords are only good for cutting radishes.’ It might…
Film Review: Omar (2013)
by“You can’t become a freedom fighter by just watching”. Taking at its heart the Israeli/Palestine conflict, Omar focusses on its title character (Adam Bakri),…
Film Review: Gardening With Soul (2013)
by“If you can’t live with love and in love and keep your love going for people regardless of what’s going on, it’s not worth…
Film Review: Maleficent (2014)
byLong debated is the genesis of evil: is one born evil or can one become evil? With Disney’s new film Maleficent the answer is…