Alex Gibney, the Academy Award winning director of Taxi to the Dark Side (2007), has returned with another hell-fire of controversy documentary in Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, a revelatory and…
Review
REVIEW: Warm Bodies
Warm Bodies constructs the Frankenstein like zom-rom-com that isn’t as grotesque as the idea sounds. It’s humorous, sweet and has unexpected depth that superbly elevates it well above the genre bending gimmick it could rest…
DVD REVIEW: Fourth State (2012)
Seek it out if you are after a bite-sized conspiracy tale but it may leave you hungry for more.
REVIEW: GI Joe: Retaliation (2013)
It’s simply dumb.
REVIEW: Sound City (2012)
For those about to rock, we salute you.
REVIEW: Rust and Bone (2012)
Schoenaerts and Cotillard hold their own when they are apart but are superb together. The two actors genuinely interact with each other as soul mates.
REVIEW: MAMA (2013)
Mama creeped into local cinemas with little more than a ghostly howl. It’s a shame. Not only is it one of the most affecting and terrifying horror films in recent years, it’s one that will stay with you like a vengeful spirit long after the credits have rolled.
REVIEW: A Good Day to Die Hard
In reference to a fifth addition to the action franchise, the big question on everyone’s mind should be Why? For what reason or necessity is there a fourth sequel to a film released twenty-five years…
REVIEW: A Good Day to Die Hard
A bad omen at the start of any film is when main plot details are dropped by a news report and in the opening seconds of A Good Day to Die Hard there’s a news…
REVIEW: Hyde Park on Hudson
The 1939 visit of King George VI (Samuel West) and his wife, Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman), to the American President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s (Bill Murray) country estate in Hyde Park, New York, was a media…
REVIEW: Warm Bodies (2013)
The zombie-fanatic crowd will love it; everyone else needn’t bother.
REVIEW: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is genuinely terrible.
REVIEW: Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
What happens when you farm one of the single most medium defining feats of cinema for an indulgent, passionless, CGI laden, plot less, money grabbing prequel? You get the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy…oh and it’s…
REVIEW: Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai 3D
It’s 17th century Japan and peace-time hits hard for displaced ronin (rogue samurai) wandering throughout the landscape. When a scrappy ronin requests to commit suicide (hara kiri) in the domain of a prestigious lord, the…
REVIEW: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
The world of Las Vegas magicians is ripe for parody but The Incredible Burt Wonderstone feels like a joke that has been waiting to be told since the 1980s and they’ve mangled the punch line…
REVIEW: I Give It a Year 2nd Opinion
I Give it a Year is so obsessed with how clever it thinks it is that it completely sinks the romantic comedy pirate ship it sets forth to be. Nat (Rose Byrne) and Josh (Rafe…
REVIEW: Sister (2012)
Sister, co-written (with Antoine Jaccoud) and directed by Ursula Meier (Home), is about the lengths a hardened youngster is willing to go to maintain that much-desired family foundation. Set against the mighty beauty of the…
REVIEW: Jack the Giant Slayer
Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, X-Men), working with a team of screenwriters (including regular collaborator Christopher McQuarrie, Jack Reacher), brings to the screen a new mammoth-budget 3D version of the fairy tales ‘Jack the Giant…
REVIEW: Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
The fairytale ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ gets a CGI/3D makeover with Jack the Giant Slayer. Along for the climb up the beanstalk is Bryan (Xmen and The Usual Suspects) Singer; writing contribution of Oscar winner…
REVIEW: Trance (2013)
Filmmaker Danny Boyle’s Trance is a descent into an alluring and unreliable mind. It’s thrilling, beautifully vivid and yet another reason to worship at the alter of Boyle (Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire). Simon (James…
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FIVE STAR FILMS
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FIVE STAR FILMS #45: Roman Holiday (1953)
Roman Holiday certainly deserves its place in the canon of great classic films, and is an absolute treat to experience. Read more →
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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)
Kern Saxton, the writer, producer, editor, director and star of 'Sushi Girl' sat down with Graffiti With Punctuation to share his pick for a Five Star Film. Read more →
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FIVE STAR FILMS: Thomas Keneally (Booker Prize Winning Author) Fargo (1996)
TK: "I think that 'Fargo' is a superb film." Read more →
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Alicia Malone’s Cannes Diary: Day 7
“And too much of your butt? Impossible!” I said [to Matt Damon], because I’m shameless.
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Alicia Malone’s Cannes Diary: Day 6
As my friend’s alarm clock signalled the start of another Cannes day, I tentatively opened my eyes, scared to feel the presence of a hangover. There was none, and I was relieved that I had enough sense to stop after a few glasses of champagne last night, which was flowing freely at the Weinstein party.
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Alicia Malone’s Cannes Diary: Day 5
It’s amazing how the weather can affect your mood. Walking out into the sun this morning, seeing the rain cleaned streets sparkle in the sun, I almost wanted to kick up my heels, pull out some jazz hands and possibly break into song. If only I could sing.
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Alicia Malone’s Cannes Diary: Day 4
After yet another pain au chocolat for breakfast, I walked through some relentless rain, cursing my giant umbrella. Here in Cannes, the smartest guys are the umbrella sellers posted on every corner.
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Alicia Malone’s Cannes Diary: Day 2
Waking with a start, my tired eyes struggled to focus. Wait, where am I? I asked myself, and… am I late for something?