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: Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
byBilled as a love story released just in time for Valentine’s Day, Fifty Shades of Grey is anything but. Beginning as Twilight fan fiction,…
Film Review: Seduced and Abandoned (2014)
by‘I look back on my life and its 95% running around trying to raise money to make movies and 5% actually making them. It’s…
Film Review: Only God Forgives (2013)
byPremiering at this year’s Cannes Film Festival to initial boos, Refn and Gosling’s second joint effort has proven divisive amongst audiences. You can’t deny Refn’s style has a distinctive formality to it, which is very attractive to look at.
Film Review: The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
byDecisions, the possibility of unforeseen, and devastating consequences resonating long after they are made, are the focus of director Derek Cianfrance’s new film The Place Beyond the Pines, written by Cianfrance, Ben Coccio and Darius Marder.
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: Blue Valentine (2010)
byBy James Madden. Viewed 15.12.10 Brutally honest, daringly confronting and devastatingly beautiful are words that attempt to describe writer/director Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine, but…