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The Missing Picture
Recounting a personal story of the horrors of Pol Pot's Killing Fields in 1970s Cambodia, filmmaker Rithy Panh finds inventive ways to convey his emotions. But the film's sleepy pacing and artful style make it...
Movie Review posted on 2nd January 2014
Last Vegas
An almost ridiculously strong cast and a witty script by the writer of Crazy Stupid Love make this silly film a lot more entertaining than it should be. As it playfully explores long friendships and...
Movie Review posted on 2nd January 2014
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Based on his autobiography, this film is clearly designed to be the definitive film about Nelson Mandela. And it tells his remarkable story with skill, tracing his life from 25 to 75 while touching on...
Movie Review posted on 2nd January 2014
Lone Survivor
The title kind of gives away the ending of this harrowing true story, which is worth a look despite its tendency to exaggerate the heroics. But it's also an unusually well-made military thriller that throws...
Movie Review posted on 2nd January 2014
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
One of those swoony American dramas that explores life in all its wondrousness, this film will quickly annoy more cynical viewers. But others will find it a warmly inspirational story about breaking out of our...
Movie Review posted on 2nd January 2014
The 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2014
10. The Expendables 3 (Aug) - Hopefully this meathead action romp will be the guilty pleasure of the year. Other muscle-bound, brainless thrills may come from Pompeii (Feb), Tarzan (May) and Hercules (Aug).Read more about...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th December 2013
The 10 Worst Films of 2013
10. A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III - Charlie Sheen exploits his bad-boy image in this fractured comedy in which he plays a paranoid idiot who thinks his ex is trying to...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th December 2013
10 Best Films of 2013
10. Behind The Candelabra - Sadly consigned to TV in America, this Liberace biopic's lavish production design deserves to be projected on the biggest screen possible. As do great performances from Michael Douglas, Matt Damon...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th December 2013
Mariah Carey Draws Negative Backlash For Accepting Cash From Angolan Dictator
Mariah Carey reportedly picked up $1 million to perform for the Angolan dictator Jose Eduardo dos Santos.The 43 year-old belted out her hit songs last Sunday (Dec 15th) for the dictator in a two-hour concert...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 21st December 2013
A Week In Movies: Stars court awards attention at premieres, while Bieber hits the red carpet and several new trailers arrive
Two big premieres this week were more about raising awards-worthy awareness than launching a movie. Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin and Juliette Lewis were all on hand for the August:...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20th December 2013
Is 'Walking With Dinosaurs' The Best Bet For Kids At The Cinema This Christmas?
Things are a bit thin at the cinema for kids this Christmas. The only new release for the holidays is the 3D adventure Walking With Dinosaurs, which is oddly aimed at very, very young viewers...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20th December 2013
The Legend Continues, But Was 'Anchorman 2' Worth the Effort?
It's been nine years since we first met Ron Burgundy, as inhabited by Will Ferrell in 2004's Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. The film wasn't a massive hit when it opened, but over the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20th December 2013
Robert Redford's 'All Is Lost' Heralds The Year of The One-Man Show
It's been years since we've had a good solo adventure, and now two come along at once. With Gravity still in the box office charts, All Is Lost is just arriving in cinemas (read our...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20th December 2013
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The Past [Le Passé]
Like his award-winning drama A Separation, this French drama from Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi is packed with complex characters who have detailed, full lives. And the connections between them are so layered with meaning that...
Movie Review posted on 19th December 2013
Moon Man
With a simple story and a huge amount of imagination, this gentle animated adventure feels like a blast of fresh air when compared to entertaining but formulaic Hollywood studio animation. Based on the children's book...
Movie Review posted on 19th December 2013
Walking With Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie
The filmmakers make a serious mistake by aiming this educational epic at very young children, because they've undermined the considerable skill and artistry that have gone into making it. An astoundingly trite script overflows with...
Movie Review posted on 19th December 2013
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
This lively and engaging documentary may be set out like an informercial, but it teaches us about the drug trade with a pungent sting in its tail. The emphasis is on how America's War on...
Movie Review posted on 19th December 2013
All Is Lost
After the award-winning Margin Call, writer-director J.C. Chandor shifts gears completely for this fiercely detailed one-man survival drama. And Robert Redford gives the performance of his life as a sailor stranded at sea in the...
Movie Review posted on 19th December 2013
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
It's been nearly 10 years since we first met Ron Burgundy, and this sequel is just as random and silly as expected. It's also more like a series of referential gags than an actual movie...
Movie Review posted on 19th December 2013
What a Year for Benedict Cumberbatch: What's Next in 2014?
British actor Benedict Cumberbatch winds up his most successful year yet by playing the iconic dragon Smaug in Peter Jackson's epic fantasy adventure The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second film in the Tolkien-inspired...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th December 2013
Is 'Saving Mr Banks' too 'Disneyfied'?
The new Disney movie Saving Mr Banks opened in America on Friday (Dec 13), and audiences are enjoying the story of how Walt Disney courted P.L Travers to get her to sign over the rights...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th December 2013
American Hustle is Ready For the Oscars With Precursors Sewn Up
A late entry to the 2013 awards race, David O. Russell's American Hustle is emerging as a force to reckon with. The film reunites Russell with Christian Bale and Jennifer Lawrence, who both won Oscars...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13th December 2013
A Week In Movies: SAG and Globe nominations, the stars hit Europe, big sci-fi trailers debut...
As we move properly into awards season, films are jostling to be the frontrunner. This week saw nominations announced by the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild, two key awards in the run-up to...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13th December 2013
Floating Skyscrapers
There's a startlingly honest tone to this difficult Polish drama, which confronts issues of sexuality and machismo in complex ways. And even though it's rather bleak, the story is involving and even compelling as the...
Movie Review posted on 12th December 2013
Fill the Void
With honesty and sensitivity, this Israeli drama takes us into an unfamiliar subcuture, letting us experience aspects of life in an Orthodox Jewish community that we've probably never even imagined before. It's a strong story...
Movie Review posted on 12th December 2013
Interior. Leather Bar.
With layers of meaning, this offbeat documentary by James Franco and Travis Mathews (I Want Your Love) provokes viewers as we watch its ideas challenge the people who are on-screen. The central issue is artistic...
Movie Review posted on 12th December 2013
Inside Llewyn Davis
The Coen brothers have a wry twinkle in their eyes as they take us on a lyrical journey with a hugely likeable musician for whom success is only barely out of reach. It's also an...
Movie Review posted on 12th December 2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
With wittier action and a few more sharply defined characters, this second episode in Peter Jackson's trilogy is more engaging than the somewhat over-packed An Unexpected Journey. Once again, the key to enjoying the film...
Movie Review posted on 12th December 2013
American Hustle
David O. Russell deploys his deranged genius to explore the real events behind Abscam, cleverly focussing on the inter-relationships rather than the details of the elaborate sting operation. So under the wild 1970s hair and...
Movie Review posted on 12th December 2013
A Week In Movies: Wonder Woman is coming, Walker's Hours hits American cinemas, and a glimpse of the next Spider-man
The big story this week is that Wonder Woman will make her long-awaited big-screen debut in the upcoming Batman vs Superman movie starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill. Israeli actress Gal Gadot has nabbed the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 6th December 2013
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