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Beyond Clueless
With clips from more than 200 teen movies made in the decade after 1995's Clueless, this lively kaleidoscopic documentary entertainingly traces how America has depicted the teen experience on screen. The film's structure feels a...
Movie Review posted on 22nd January 2015
Mortdecai
Despite a superior cast and terrific-looking production values, this mystery romp is a misfire on every level. The only vaguely entertaining moments come in some snappy wordplay that's presumably all that remains of Kyril Bonfiglioli's...
Movie Review posted on 22nd January 2015
A Week In Movies: Golden Globes Glitter, Oscar Nominations Spark Controversy, Kingsman Premieres In London, New Trailers For Avengers 2, Spy, Fifty Shades And More
Oscar nominations were announced on Thursday and brought the usual flood of reactions, mainly because of notable snubs. Voters opened themselves to charges of both racism and sexism by ignoring black actors and female writers...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th January 2015
'American Sniper' Shows Bradley Cooper's Beefy Side
Bradley Cooper received his third consecutive Best Actor nomination this week, for his role in the awards-season black horse 'American Sniper', directed by Clint Eastwood. The gritty true story is based on the life of...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th January 2015
'Still Alice' Caps Julianne Moore's Amazing Year
Julianne Moore is perhaps the greatest working actress who hasn't yet won an Oscar, but her nomination for 'Still Alice' could very well change that. She's been nominated four times before: 'Boogie Nights' (1998), 'The...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th January 2015
Oscar Nominations Court Controversy
The reaction to this week's Oscar nominations was a loud one, because Academy voters played it so safe in a year when films expanded to explore a diverse array of themes. Throughout 2014, actors and...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th January 2015
Little Accidents
With a strikingly unflinching eye, newcomer Sara Colangelo astutely adapts her 2010 short into an evocative feature, beautifully capturing the impact a series of random tragedies can have on a community. It's gorgeously shot and...
Movie Review posted on 15th January 2015
Testament of Youth
A classic British memoir gets the full costume drama treatment with this beautifully crafted World War I drama, although it never quite transcends the "beloved book" tone, remaining so worthy that it only rarely springs...
Movie Review posted on 15th January 2015
Wild
Reese Witherspoon gives a beautifully stripped-back performance in this epic journey based on the memoir by Cheryl Strayed. The title has a double meaning, as it follows this wild child through the Wild West in...
Movie Review posted on 15th January 2015
American Sniper
Once again, director Clint Eastwood lurks in the background, springing a stunningly atmospheric thriller on audiences when they least expect it. Honestly, for an 84-year-old Eastwood is an astoundingly nimble filmmaker, able to take an...
Movie Review posted on 15th January 2015
Still Alice
For a film about early onset Alzheimer's, this is a remarkably wry, honest and even hopeful drama, anchored by another staggeringly sensitive performance by Julianne Moore. Writing-directing team Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland are known...
Movie Review posted on 15th January 2015
Whiplash
It's hard to think of another film that leaves us quite so out of breath. Adapting his short film, first-time feature filmmaker Damien Chazelle grabs hold of the audience and never lets up, pounding us...
Movie Review posted on 15th January 2015
A Week In Movies: Awards Handed Out In Los Angeles And New York, Plus New Trailers For Ant-Man And The Snoopy And Charlie Brown Movie
In London, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Daniel Huttlestone and Tracey Ullman were on hand for the UK premiere of Into the Woods this week. The film has been a box office hit in...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12th January 2015
Liam Neeson Claims 'Taken 3' To Be The End Of The Story
Every time a 'Taken' movie is released, Liam Neeson laughs about his new status as a leading action movie star and says there won't be a sequel. But the 2008 original was such a surprise...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 9th January 2015
Bafta 2015 Nominations Reveal Secrets Of Awards Season
Friday morning's British Academy Film Awards nominations show the predicted Bafta love for home-grown movies like 'The Imitation Game' and 'The Theory of Everything', but were even more notable for who was missing from the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 9th January 2015
Eddie Redmayne's 'The Theory Of Everything' Beats 'The Hobbit' At The Box Office
The Stephen Hawking biopic 'The Theory of Everything' has claimed the top spot on the UK box office, pushing 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' into second place after three weeks as champ....
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 9th January 2015
Enemy
This may be a thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal, but mainstream audiences should also note that this is an artful film that refuses to tell its story using the usual formula. For some viewers, this psychological...
Movie Review posted on 8th January 2015
The Last of the Unjust
At three and a half hours, this documentary sometimes feels both overlong and far too detailed, but filmmaker Claude Lanzmann knows that this material is vitally important, and by putting it all out there he...
Movie Review posted on 8th January 2015
Taken 3
As with the first two films in this dumb but bombastically watchable franchise, writers Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen seemingly put no effort into writing a script that can even remotely hold water. This...
Movie Review posted on 8th January 2015
Black November
Nigerian filmmaker Jeta Amata clearly feels passionate about the problems in his country, but despite the presence of Hollywood stars the movie is made in a style that will feel amateurish to Western audiences. Obvious...
Movie Review posted on 8th January 2015
Four Moons
With sometimes unnerving honesty, this multi-strand Mexican drama explores male sexuality through stories set at four stages of life (or four phases of the moon). So even if the film feels sometimes overscripted and uneven,...
Movie Review posted on 8th January 2015
Poker Night
This dark thriller is so relentlessly stylish that it's distracting. Refusing to settle down to focus on its intriguing central story, filmmaker Greg Francis whirls around through a series of whizzy flashbacks that layer in...
Movie Review posted on 8th January 2015
The Theory of Everything
An unusual point of view prevents this from ever turning into the standard biopic, but it's Eddie Redmayne's staggeringly committed performance as Stephen Hawking that makes the film unmissable. Based on the book by Stephen's...
Movie Review posted on 2nd January 2015
Foxcatcher
Director Bennett Miller continues to skilfully probe around the edges of true stories with this follow-up to Capote and Moneyball, although this is a much, much darker tale. Actually, it's such an unnerving series of...
Movie Review posted on 2nd January 2015
Big Eyes
Tim Burton combines his sunnier filmmaking style (Big Fish) with his more deranged impulses (Dark Shadows) for this amazing true story about both the nature of art and how easy it is to slip into...
Movie Review posted on 2nd January 2015
The Woman in Black: Angel of Death
It may not be very clever, and the plot may be full of holes, but this sequel's clammy atmosphere is so unnerving that it manages to keep us squirming in our seats. Credit has to...
Movie Review posted on 2nd January 2015
Into the Woods
It's taken a long time for this stage musical to make it to the big screen, and while director Rob Marshall once again fails to give the story a sharp focus (see also Chicago and...
Movie Review posted on 2nd January 2015
Birdman
Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu continues to reject traditional narrative structures with this whizzy, ambitious exploration of celebrity, art and commerce. And the clever casting of Michael Keaton adds another layer of meaning to the...
Movie Review posted on 2nd January 2015
Contactmusic.com’s 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2015
As always, there are far too many sequels, spin-offs, remakes and reboots clogging the cinemas, but some of them might actually be good. Of course, release dates are subject to change...10) Shaun The Sheep Movie...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd December 2014
Contactmusic.com's 10 Worst Films of 2014
Most of these movies feature actors, actresses and filmmakers who really should know better...10) Dumb And Dumber To - After 20 years we had finally forgotten the resolutely unfunny first movie. And now they're back....
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd December 2014
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