Category: Reviews
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Oldboy Review
“The publicity building up to the release of Spike Lee’s contentious remake of Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy was less than favourable, with a copyright dispute over a poster design bringing in some undesirable exposure, while the impassioned fans of the original cult favourite seemed somewhat apathetic to Lee’s endeavour to trespass over such glorious territory”… Read More >
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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Review
“Though death, by its very nature, is a remorseful, tragic affair; when someone like Nelson Mandela had lived a life so full and so inspirational, sometimes the only way to respond is to celebrate their wondrous achievements, and it’s a notion that is explored in Justin Chadwick’s biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”… Read More >
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Lone Survivor Review
“When directors are involved in both critical and commercial flops, it’s always vital that they return with a far more accomplished film for their next project, so all eyes are on Peter Berg to see if he can successfully move on from Battleship with his latest picture Lone Survivor”… Read More >
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Kill Your Darlings Review
“Following on from the Harry Potter franchise, all eyes are on Daniel Radcliffe as to what his next move will be, and whether he’ll find himself on the Hollywood scrapheap of other typecast, famous child actors, or if he’ll continue to prove himself a force to be reckoned with in world cinema”… Read More >
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Review
“Tom Clancy’s popular, literary creation Jack Ryan has been brought to the big screen before. Having been portrayed by a series of actors such as Ben Affleck, Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin, the latest Hollywood A-list star to tackle the eponymous role is Chris Pine”… Read More >
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Inside Llewyn Davis Review
“Inside Llewyn Davis is breathtaking cinema of the very highest order, and can consider itself to have been robbed at the forthcoming Academy Awards, gaining such little recognition”… Read More >
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Delivery Man Review
“Cinema can make you believe a whole range of surreal, supernatural things. Be it flying elephants, talking pigs, or houses floating in the sky. However Ken Scott’s Delivery Man, (which is actually a remake of his very own film Starbuck, that came out no less than three years ago) takes it just a step too… Read More >
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American Hustle Review
“As enjoyable and compelling this may be, it’s not quite the exceptional spectacle you may be led to believe”… Read More >
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All is Lost Review
“Gravity recently took the world of film by storm with its tale of an astronaut stranded alone in space, and All is Lost achieves much the same thing – except about 70 miles further below”… Read More >
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12 Years a Slave Review
“following on from the ingeniously and devastating pictures Hunger and Shame, the British director now tackles slavery, bringing the incredible memoirs of Solomon Northup to the big screen”… Read More >
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