TV Recap: Orphan Black S03E07 “Community Of Dreadful Fear And Hate”
byThis week’s episode of Orphan Black is like a bright pink Macaron, top and bottom are firm and have good texture, but the filling may…
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Film Review: The Imitation Game (2014)
by“Sometimes it is the people no-one imagines anything of who do the things no-one can imagine.” Thus is the theme for director Morten Tyldum’s…
Film Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
byPeter Jackson‘s The Hobbit series has thrown almost everyone into mutually exclusive camps: the haters and the indifferent. For what is essentially a bit…
Film Review: August: Osage County (2013)
byAugust: Osage County features great opportunities for actors, and thankfully a cavalcade of brilliant actors breathes life into these intricate and multi-layered characters. There really isn’t a weak link in the cast, but Streep, Roberts and Cooper deserve to be singled out. Not far behind them are Martindale, Nicholson and Cumberbatch.
Film Review: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
byIn Jackson’s view, it seems nothing is done unless it is done to excess and this dizzying flurry of action may be exhausting for some. However, it is nothing if not a spectacle and leaves me eagerly waiting for more.
Film Review: The Fifth Estate (2013)
byUnlike the Australian telemovie Underground: The Julian Assange Story, which saw unknown actor Alex Williams take the title role, The Fifth Estate gives Assange’s awkward persona to British flavour-of-the-month Benedict Cumberbatch.
Film Review: Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)
byWith a name like Into Darkness, one may be expecting more elements of evil and anarchy. Don’t get me wrong, there is plenty of rampant destruction aboard the latest Star Trek vehicle, but darkness does not seem to be the proper definition. The words “Into Darkness” could really be replaced by the words “sacrificial” and “loyalty”.