Film Review: Focus (2015)
byThe tagline for Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s latest venture advises to “Never lose focus”. While this could be taken as a warning for…
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Film Review: Birdman (2015)
byBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a visceral, voracious film. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu, who wrote the screenplay along with Nicolás Giacobone,…
Film Review: Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
byWe’ve seen Woody Allen do it all before. A cynical older man; an enigmatic and beautiful younger woman; and a picture perfect European setting….
Film Review: The Croods (2013)
byIn all seriousness, what really elevates this movie is the attention to detail and visual splendour we have come to expect from big budget animation. Every hair, eye-twitch, leaf and breeze has been accounted for in this spectacular 98-minute action reel/nature documentary.
Film Review: Movie 43 (2012)
byI’m sure by now the vitriol surrounding Movie 43 will have reached each and every one of you, and I wish I had something…
Film Review: Gangster Squad (2012)
byLos Angeles, 1949. Mobster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) is ruling the city with an iron fist. Police Chief Parker (Nick Nolte) summons war veteran…
Film Review: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
byYoung Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) is left in the custody of his Aunt May (Sally Field) and Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) after his parents…
Film Review: The Help (2011)
byFifty-five years after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus, and forty-five years after the Civil…