Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson gives quite an affecting performance in the forgettable, often-preposterous Snitch.
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REVIEW: Drift (2013)
Drift is a solid, if safe, surfing drama.
REVIEW: Evil Dead (2013) – 2nd Opinion
Evil Dead is hardcore horror and an impressive technical feat.
REVIEW: Evil Dead (2013)
It’s certainly violent, no question, but that’s about all it has going in favour.
REVIEW: Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Star Trek Into Darkness is a cosmic fireball of epic proportions. It’s fun to watch but it’s mostly just empty space dust.
REVIEW: Drift (2013)
Drift is a film that is superb on the water but a little wobbly on dry land.
REVIEW: Spring Breakers (2013)
Spring Breakers is one of the most potent pieces of satire and filmmaking to hit the screen so far this year.
REVIEW: The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) – 2nd Opinion
For the second time, Derek Cianfrance shows us his love of cinema’s loners and outcasts via the ultimate It kid of now, Ryan Gosling.
REVIEW: Broken (2012)
Broken takes a toxic suburbia and tenderly examines the fallout.
REVIEW: The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
After a superb first half you could probably walk from the cinema satisfied with The Place Beyond the Pines. It’s a shame to forsake that satisfaction by witnessing a well laid plan completely fall apart.
REVIEW: Cinema Jenin: The Story of A Dream
Cinema Jenin is an enlightening documentary account of a tightrope evasion of political, cultural and economic obstacles to resurrect a decrepit Palestinian cinema.
REVIEW: Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Olympus Has Fallen is the stupid, dark fantasy of backward white trash America that needs another domestic threat to trigger war.
REVIEW: THERESE DESQUEYROUX (2012)
THERESE DESQUEYROUX is an early feminist suffrage text, except instead of the heroine suffering it’s the audience.
REVIEW: Iron Man 3 (2013)
The tie-ins to The Avengers and the Marvel Universe add a layer to the story’s context and hero, but Iron Man 3 remains a competent stand-alone adventure.
REVIEW: Iron Man 3 (2013)
…a finale that’s so spectacular a health warning should be issued for dislocated shoulders from excessive fist-pumping.
REVIEW: Iron Man 3 (2013)
Iron Man 3 is a domestic espionage thriller. It’s a cocktail of everything great about the previous Iron Man films through the sensibility of the seasoned 80s wunderkind.
REVIEW: Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
This is a Vulcan difficult film to fully explore without spoiling; however I embraced the challenge. At the end of Star Trek (2009) we left the crew of the Enterprise “boldly going where no one…
REVIEW: Mercy
Set in the beautiful northern Norwegian town of Hammerfest, covered by periodic complete darkness and light, Mercy is an engrossing slow-burn drama fraught with moral quandary (guilt is a more relevant virtue than the eponymous one, however) and domestic melodrama.
REVIEW: Spring Breakers (2013) – 2nd Opinion
… even if you beautifully film someone furiously masturbating into a plastic bag you’re still filming someone furiously masturbating into a plastic bag. That’s what Spring Breakers is: a pretty wank.
REVIEW: Spring Breakers (2013)
Spring Breakers won me over because it dared to be different and indulge all-in on a wholly unique sensibility.
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FIVE STAR FILMS #44: The Leopard (1963) by Lee Zachariah
Exactly fifty years ago, The Leopard won the Palm D’or at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, and this is why. Read more →
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FIVE STAR FILMS #43: Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
So now on to some reasons WHY Singin’ in The Rain (co-directed by greats Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen) is so beloved … Read more →
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FIVE STAR FILMS: Kern Saxton (director of Sushi Girl) – Apocalypse Now (1979)
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FIVE STAR FILMS #42: Before Sunset (2004)
Before Sunset is an incredible film on every level, impeccably written, directed and acted, and it is embarrassing to admit that I only watched it for the first time just this month. Contrary to my belief, it proved to be even better than Before Sunrise, a film I would also award five stars. Read more →
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