Film Review: Into the Woods (2014)
byStrange things happen in the woods. At any given moment in Rob Marshall‘s adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine‘s musical Into the Woods,…
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Film Review: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
byYou know when you have one of those bad days? One where everything seems to go wrong no matter what you do? Well, this…
Film Review: Obvious Child (2014)
byAbortions are probably not the most ideal subject matter for comedy films. But Obvious Child, directed and with a screenplay written by Gillian Robespierre,…
Film Review: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
byCritics barely had time to give any attention to Marvel’s latest offering before it was announced that its second instalment would hit cinemas in…
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…
Film Review: Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
byWhen The Muppets were a big TV hit in the 70s and 80s, one presumes that loyal audiences could skip the odd episode here…
Film Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
byAvengers fans rejoice, there is a new instalment to the successful Marvel Studios franchise and it packs quite a punch. Super soldier Steve Rogers…
Film Review: Lone Survivor (2013)
byThere have been many films about soldiers and war, but few quite as brutally visceral and arduous as Lone Survivor, directed and with a…
Film review: Frozen (2013)
byDisney has never been one to limit its ambitions, and there’s no better evidence of this than Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee’s Frozen – the studio’s latest fairytale feature. The film’s storyline does not shy away from the fantastical.
Film Review: Saving Mr Banks (2013)
byWhen we watch a film, we often lose focus on the complexities and persuasion that it took behind the scenes to get a film even into production. As is the case with the production of Mary Poppins in the early 1960s when Walt Disney finally lured Poppins author P.L. Travers to Hollywood.