Kevin Corrigan Interview: On Bujalski’s ‘Results’, working with Terence Malick and a Monty Python photobomb
It’s more than likely that you’ve seen a film with Kevin Corrigan in it. You might not have registered, recognised or identified him, but there’s a good chance he was … Continue reading
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) review
**** Director: Joss Whedon Duration: 141 minutes (US) Shrouded in secrecy and keenly anticipated in a manner that could only be described as fervent, Age of Ultron bears the fruits … Continue reading
Fast & Furious 7 (2015) review
Mission Improbable? It doesn’t take Ed Miliband in a leadership debate to give a ‘hell yeah’ to that question. Fast & Furious 7’s not just Ludicris, but ridiculous too. ***1/2 … Continue reading
Interview: “It should be worth more than that” – Roger Ebert doc filmmaker Steve James speaks out
“I think that really does a huge disservice to film criticism and to film…. It should be worth more than that” In 1994, when filmmaker Steve James was merely 29 … Continue reading
Life Itself (2014) – Documentary on the late, great Roger Ebert arrives on DVD
**** Director: Steve James Duration: 120 mins (US) By Greg Wetherall (@gregwetherall) Is it an essential requisite that anyone who dare elect themselves as a professional critic must be in … Continue reading
Virgin Mountain (2015) – Berlin Film Festival 2015
Director: Dagur Kari Duration: 94 minutes (Iceland/Denmark) **** Considerably overweight and out of love. Cruelly bullied by the brutes in the work place and showing signs of arrested development at … Continue reading
As We Were Dreaming (2015) – Berlin Film Festival 2015
Director: Andreas Dressen
Duration: 117 mins (Germany/France)
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Although powerful in certain sections – a wonderful collision between parent and his son’s recalcitrant company is compelling, as is a nightclub gun scene – it more often than not leaves the viewer looking at their watch almost as much as the screen.
Knight of Cups (2015) – Berlin Film Festival 2015
Director: Terrence Malick Duration: 118 minutes (US) ** ‘Wake up’. ‘WAKE UP!’ It’s not often that a recurring line spoken about the human consciousness is equally appropriate as a shallow … Continue reading
The Square (2013)
**** Director: Jehane Noujaim Duration: 108 minutes (Egypt/USA) Oscar shortlisted documentary on the uprising in Egypt; a revolution that gave a gravitas to social networking, whilst simultaneously evidencing history in … Continue reading
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom (2013)
**** Director: Justin Chadwick Duration: 139 minutes (UK/South Africa) In light of recent events, there is a rather large shadow cast over the release of this film. In some sense, … Continue reading
All Is Lost (2013)
***** Directed: J.C. Chandor Duration: 106 minutes (US) Alone, adrift and in dire need of salvation. This is not a presumptuous and damning indictment on any reader of this piece, … Continue reading
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
*** Directed: Adam McKay Duration: 119 minutes (US) Comedy films, especially modern comedy films, face the eternal dilemma; how to stretch an exciting premise and/or characters into a feature length … Continue reading
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug (2013)
**** Director: Peter Jackson Duration: 161 minutes (US/New Zealand) To those who are excited and invested in the series, it is time to dust down any anticipation. The wait is … Continue reading
Homefront (2013)
*** Directed: Gary Fleder Duration: 100 minutes (US) Our hero, Jason Statham, is a normal man (albeit an ex-DEA agent) just trying to get through his day. Having moved out … Continue reading
Carrie (2013)
** Directed: Kimberly Peirce Duration: 100 minutes (US) What a Carrie-On Remakes, remakes, remakes. Is there a reason for them to exist other than to enable cash registers to sing … Continue reading
Gone With The Wind (1939)
***** Dir: David O’Selznick Duration: 233 minutes (US) Gone With The Wind (1939) is a film easily defined by statistics. It is oft-quoted that if box office receipts were adjusted … Continue reading
Soho Cigarette (2013)
** Dir: Jonathan Fairbairn Duration: 99 minutes (UK) Style Can’t Keep This Cigarette Alight. Anyone who is able to wade through the muddy waters and obstacle-strewn walkways of the film … Continue reading
Rush (2013)
**** Dir: Ron Howard Duration: 123 minutes (USA/Germany/UK) A retelling of a famously bitter and volatile rivalry. Has Ron Howard evaded caricature in this high-octane biopic of sorts? Niki Lauda … Continue reading
A Field In England (2013)
*** Dir: Ben Wheatley Duration: 90 minutes (2013) (UK) Tripping across the countryside. Fighting can be a drug. But so can mushrooms. Ben Wheatley takes a turn down the sublime … Continue reading
Pacific Rim (2013)
*** Dir: Guillermo Del Toro Duration: 131 minutes (2013) (US) A screaming cacophony of mayhem and destruction. Ear plugs may be needed for this confrontation, as monsters and robots collide. … Continue reading
Monsters University (2013)
***** Directed: Dan Scanlon Duration: 110 minutes (2013) (US) Pixar bring back Mike and Sulley for a journey retracing their college days. It is a trick that enables pratfalls, truculence … Continue reading
It’s Such A Beautiful Day (2012)
* Dir: Don Hertzfeldt Duration: 62 minutes (2012) (US) Wasted talent and wasted time on unnecessarily grim animation feature where the techniques and execution of the animation are the only … Continue reading
Gimme The Loot (2012)
**** Dir: Adam Leon Duration: 79 minutes (2012) (US) Escapades a-plenty in this refreshing shaggy dog tale and debut from Adam Leon. Could the mainstream studios wake up for a … Continue reading
Robot & Frank (2012)
*** Dir: Jake Schreier Duration: 130 mins (2012) The shape of things to come? Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid for the new millennia? A meditation on old age, dependency and … Continue reading
Broken (2012)
**** Dir: Rufus Norris Duration: 90mins (2012) How much misery can one audience take? This belligerently sombre drama will depress even the most hardened Eastenders fans. Be prepared. A simple … Continue reading
Django Unchained (2012)
*** Dir: Quentin Tarantino Dur: 154 mins (US) When the lights are burning bright and you think they are stars – turns out it is merely electricity lighting up the … Continue reading
Life of Pi (2012)
**** Dir: Ang Lee Duration: 127 minutes (US) (2012) Life of (the) Pi(ous); adaptation of the ‘unfilmable’ book. Can visual ingenuity mould an engaging tale? Or is this merely a … Continue reading
Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
**** Dir: Peter Jackson Duration: 159 mins (US) Carry On Camping. The epic 1st part of this new Tolkien trilogy. Seeing as Peter Jackson is ‘doing a Lucas’, is this his Phantom … Continue reading
Review: Sightseers (2012)
**** Dir: Ben Wheatley Dur: 88 mins (UK) ‘If you should go down to the woods today….’ Comedic highs and bludgeoning blows in this rampaging caravanning holiday. The caravanning … Continue reading
Review: Crossfire Hurricane (2012)
*** Dir: Brett Morgan Duration: 118 mins (2012) Can you sometimes get exactly what you want? The Rolling Stones turn the clock back on 50 years and open up the vaults. … Continue reading
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