Will we hear the people sing… in MINDBLOWING 3D?

You may not think that a documentary about the 2008 banking crisis is particularly thrilling popcorn fodder. You might think that watching Russell Crowe do some exploding or Adam Sandler fall over might satiate your entertainment valves to a greater extend than watching men with ties say words like “subprime loans” and “credit default swaps”. And you’d be wrong. So wrong. Inside Job is utterly brilliant. A flabbergasting explanation of the global economic disaster, it demands your attention and frankly, if you don’t watch it I’ll be ashamed of you. Though after watching this, I’m not sure I’ve got any shame left to give.

Turns out she knows all the bad words.

Unpredictable, unsettling and sometimes excruciating viewing, Tirza is nevertheless a deeply affecting account of one man’s descent into despair. Seeming at first to be a simple tale of a father’s search for his lost daughter, Tirza quickly becomes an uncomfortably dark exploration of parenthood, sexuality and the need to feel wanted. Director Rudolf van den Berg’s confident handle on the many layered plot means that we never lose faith in the story, however much we begin to question our increasingly unreliable narrator…

It’s a bit of a different direction for Lois Lane, but…

A touching tale about a man navigating his way through conflicting relationships, He’s My Girl is an unexpected, quietly charming and exceedingly Parisian love story. There are perhaps a few too many loose ends left hanging for it to be a truly satisfying watch, but there’s no question that this is an extremely classy alternative to your Nora Ephron-type fodder.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt isn’t wearing a suit.

A searing, ironic and deeply unsettling expose of modern society and the values it trumpets; it could be that the seminal Just Go With It succeeds in unpacking the dark issues of our control state that George Orwell’s 1984 failed to address. Or else I just paid ten pounds for an guided tour of Adam “I’m young, I SWEAR IT” Sandler’s wank bank. Tricky.

To infinity and MUPPETS

Jeff Bridges’ apparently immovable jaw leads a beautifully crafted three-hander in the Coen Brothers’ True Grit. A confidently gentle pace and sparse backdrop means the focus of this Western re-make is always on the shifting central relationships rather than action- and though this may make for slightly frustrating viewing for shoot-em-up-ride-em-off lovers, the payoff is well worth the (slightly) clippety-cloppety ride.