Category: Reviews
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A Royal Night Out – Review
V.E. Day has only recently been explored in cinema, in the Oscar winning drama The King’s Speech, as the entire feature builds up towards the big night, and King George’s prominent and celebrated speech to the British public. But what we know somewhat less about, is what his daughters got up to on that very… Read More >
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The Age of Adaline – Review
Lee Toland Krieger’s ambitious, enchanting The Age of Adaline is a dark fairytale of sorts, a magical, twisted endeavour that is surrealistic and fantastical. However it’s the filmmaker’s inability to revel in such a notion which proves to be at the film’s detriment, as despite being a unique, absorbing feature, here’s a title that’s too… Read More >
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A Little Chaos – Review
“the sort of film that perfectly fits the bill on a lazy Sunday afternoon”… Read More >
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Suite Francaise – Review
“An all-star cast and a sweeping wartime story should have been the stuff of little gold statuettes. However, the fact that this well-meaning but ultimately mediocre romance didn’t even get a look in, should speak volumes…” Read More >
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10.000 Km – Review
Whether you know it or not, love is one of the grand constants of cinema; our relationships with characters, our investment in a film’s story, and even our perception of morality is all tied up in the L word, and how the tricky thing meddles with everything it touches. But it’s still something that can… Read More >
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Fifty Shades of Grey – Review
“the film’s narrative is a somewhat more traditional, romantic tale – so if director Sam Taylor-Johnson can extract that from the page, and use it to build a film around, it could turn out to be quite good, right?” Read More >
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The Theory of Everything review
“both characters are wonderfully crafted. Imperfect, flawed, and human”… Read More >
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What If Review
“In spite of the myriad of issues within this underwhelming romantic comedy, there is a humour that exists, which derives predominantly from the awkward, uncomfortable nature of our leading duos’ conversation”… Read More >
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Only Lovers Left Alive Review
“this flick ensures that there’s still life in the old vampire genre yet” Read More >
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The Invisible Woman Review
“Having tackled Shakespeare in his directorial debut, Coriolanus, esteemed filmmaker Ralph Fiennes has now tried his hand at exploring the life of Charles Dickens, as he delves into the illegitimate relationship the much celebrated wordsmith had with a young girl named Nelly”… Read More >
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