Film Review: Ben Is Back (2018)
byBen Is Back is a personal film for its writer and director, Peter Hedges. While not based on any one true story, it is…
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Film Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
byDragging out the final chapter has now become commonplace with film adaptations of YA novels. But with the latest instalment of The Hunger Games…
Film Review: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
byDespite slightly overstaying its welcome with a running length of two and a half hours, Catching Fire is rarely anything less than entertaining and engaging. As was the case with its predecessor, the film stands as one of the better efforts in terms of cinematic adaptations of popular young adult fictions series.
Film Review: Performance (2012)
byFeaturing stellar performances of some of Hollywood’s best loved veteran actors, Performance tells the story of a world renowned string quartet The Fugue, whose 25-year long collaboration looks set to come to an end when veteran cellist Peter (Christopher Walken) is diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
Film Review: The Master (2012)
byFreddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) a WWII veteran turned drifting vagrant, wakes up on the ocean-liner of Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a writer and…
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)
byJust managed to get my hands on a copy of HBO Doc’s I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale. The short documentary is…