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Russian Art House Film 'Leviathan' Goes From Strength To Strength
Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev has long been a favourite with critics and artfilm fans. His astonishing 2003 drama 'The Return' won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, was nominated for a Golden Globe...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 7th November 2014
'Say When' Continues Knightley's Growth As An Actress
Keira Knightley is having a great year, with three performances that mark a clear turn in her career. She's throwing herself into roles with a loose abandon that brings out her own sparky personality in...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 7th November 2014
Interstellar Is A New Genre For Nolan
Over the past 15 years, Christopher Nolan has proven himself as a master of intelligent filmmaking, generally sticking to the psychological thriller genre while mixing in action and brain-bending flourishes. And now with Interstellar he...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 7th November 2014
November Man
Even though it never feels believable, this twisty spy thriller has such a quick pace that it's consistently entertaining. Packed with surprising revelations, the movie makes terrific use of shady American espionage agencies and villainous...
Movie Review posted on 6th November 2014
Interstellar
Brainy blockbuster maestro Christopher Nolan heads into deep space with this epic adventure, which is packed with thoughtful ideas and big emotions even if the plot wobbles badly in the middle. But although it ultimately...
Movie Review posted on 6th November 2014
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Say When [Laggies]
Keira Knightley continues to open up as an actress with this sparky comedy. As in Begin Again and The Imitation Game, she taps into her own lively personality to create a punchy character who's loose,...
Movie Review posted on 6th November 2014
Leviathan
Watching this staggeringly well-made Russian drama is like reading a great novel: it leaves you feeling changed at the end. With echoes of the Book of Job, the rich, complex story is packed with vivid...
Movie Review posted on 6th November 2014
The Case Against 8
This may be a relatively straightforward documentary about a lengthy legal case, but it carries such a powerful emotional kick that it forces the audience to see the bigger picture. For that reason, this is...
Movie Review posted on 6th November 2014
Third Person
There are moments when this three-strand drama almost ascends to the emotional resonance of writer-director Paul Haggis' Oscar-winning 2004 movie Crash. Perhaps even more ambitious, this film is exploring issues of creativity, attraction and grief,...
Movie Review posted on 6th November 2014
A Week In Movies: Interstellar Premieres In L.A. And London, Radcliffe Talks Horns, Film Crews Hit The Streets In London And New York, Longer Trailers For Into The Woods, Paddington And Avengers 2
Christopher Nolan's hotly anticipated sci-fi epic Interstellar held its world premiere in Los Angeles this week, followed by a European premiere in London. The blue carpet events brought out Nolan and his cast, including Matthew...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 2nd November 2014
Mr Turner Gives Timothy Spall The Role He Deserves In Artist Biopic
Timothy Spall is one of those actors who works regularly and is constantly acclaimed by the critics, but he's never been the leading man type. Much of his acclaim has been for roles in ensemble...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31st October 2014
Alexandre Aja's Horns Sends Daniel Radcliffe In A New Direction
As Daniel Radcliffe continues to experiment with movie genres, he has frequently mentioned that he is happiest about his role in the new thriller 'Horns', directed by maverick filmmaker Alexandre Aja. The 36-year-old writer-director has...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31st October 2014
Nightcrawler Offers A New Antihero In Jake Gyllenhaal's Eerily Stunning Performance
Critics are comparing Jake Gyllenhaal to Robert De Niro for his committed performance in the creep-out thriller 'Nightcrawler'. This isn't just because he lost 30 pounds to play the part, or that he injured his...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31st October 2014
Extraterrestrial
A riotous hybrid of alien mayhem and cabin-in-the-woods horror, this movie has a playful tone that makes it thoroughly entertaining. So even if the big emotional beats don't quite work and the plot seems to...
Movie Review posted on 31st October 2014
Horns
With his most stylish film yet, horror specialist Alexandre Aja takes a wildly irreverent approach, packing the screen with rude humour, visual flourishes and spiky characters. But it's assembled in such a rapid-fire way that...
Movie Review posted on 31st October 2014
Mr. Turner
It's no surprise that Mike Leigh would take a distinctly original approach to the celebrity biopic, and this film about 19th century painter J.M.W. Turner is refreshingly unstructured and abrasive. By avoiding the usual formula,...
Movie Review posted on 30th October 2014
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
Shia LaBeouf is well-cast in this freewheeling combination of comedy, romance and action. He plays a scruffy guy with no plans and nothing to lose, lost in a strange culture while falling in love with...
Movie Review posted on 30th October 2014
Nightcrawler
A gently comical undertone makes this thriller even creepier than expected, bolstered by sharp writing and directing from Dan Giloy and an especially clever performance from Jake Gyllenhaal. Comparisons to Taxi Driver have been obvious,...
Movie Review posted on 30th October 2014
Lawrence And Cooper's 'Serena' Takes Its Time Getting To The Screen
Filmed in the Czech Republic more than two years ago, the American Depression-era drama 'Serena' took a long time to get to the big screen, during which time its stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th October 2014
A Week In Movies: Premieres With Brad Pitt And Daniel Radcliffe In London, Maggie Smith And Toby Jones On Set, Trailers For A Vampire Comedy And Two Big Franchise Sequels
The London Film Festival wrapped up this week with Brad Pitt leading a charge through Leicester Square for the red carpet premiere of his World War II tank thriller Fury, accompanied by his crewmates Shia...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th October 2014
Brad Pitt And Co Head Back To WWII With 'Fury'
Now storming through cinemas worldwide after claiming the US box office crown last weekend, the World War II tank-crew thriller 'Fury' is an old-school war movie that attempts to update the genre with a more...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th October 2014
The Way He Looks
From Brazil, this charming teen drama is disarming and engaging as it explores first love and burgeoning sexuality. Winner of a top prize at the Berlin Film Festival, the movie is warm and funny, with...
Movie Review posted on 23rd October 2014
Serena
Gorgeously shot, this period drama has a terrific setting and vivid characters, but is edited together in a jarring way that distances the audience from the situations. As the story progresses, the film also shifts...
Movie Review posted on 23rd October 2014
This Is Where I Leave You
A sparky ensemble helps make this film entertaining even if the plot is simplistic and the themes very tame for a movie that is trying so hard to be anarchic. August: Osage County this isn't!...
Movie Review posted on 23rd October 2014
The Babadook
For her first feature, Australian actress-turned-filmmaker Jennifer Kent creates a startlingly effective horror movie by combining serious scariness with some darkly evocative emotion. Shot in a classical style that doesn't rely on special effects, this...
Movie Review posted on 23rd October 2014
Love, Rosie
Deliberately unstructured, this likeable romantic comedy holds the audience's interest with its strikingly engaging cast and a slick visual style, but the plot is both contrived and underdeveloped. As the filmmakers try out some wacky...
Movie Review posted on 23rd October 2014
Jimi: All Is By My Side
Exploring a year in the life of Jimi Hendrix just before he hit the public consciousness is a fascinating idea, but this biopic misses every opportunity to say something interesting. The filmmakers certainly invest this...
Movie Review posted on 23rd October 2014
Fury
From Training Day to this year's Sabotage, filmmaker David Ayer writes and directs movies about the cathartic power of releasing your inner warrior. And this World War II action thriller is more of the same,...
Movie Review posted on 23rd October 2014
A Week In Movies: Stars Descend On London, While New Trailers Premiere For The Edward Snowden Doc And Films With Shailene Woodley, Jennifer Lopez And Chris Hemsworth
Everyone who's anyone was in London this week for the 58th BFI London Film Festival, which held gala premieres for the likes of Wild (with Reese Witherspoon in attendance), Sundance winner Whiplash (Miles Teller and...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21st October 2014
David Fincher's Gone Girl Holds The Box Office
David Fincher's adaptation of Gillian Flynn's bestselling novel Gone Girl has won the box office for the third week in a row in both America and Britain, a remarkable achievement for a two-and-a-half hour long...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th October 2014
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