Articles Posted in the " Film Reviews " Category

  • Friends With Benefits

    Meg Ryan/Julia Roberts/her from Grey’s Anatomy and their earnest search for romance is looking even less fashionable then ever, and Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake completely agree. Ignoring Love and Other Drugs in their hurry to take off all their clothes, our two lust-birds instead opt for some No Strings Attached sex in this, Will Gluck’s latest fast-talking comedy. While you’ve undoubtedly seen Friends With Benefits before, it is nevertheless well worth the ever-present sense of deja vu.


  • Page Eight

    Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Michael Gambon and the sainted David Hare, all working together? Marvellous. Page Eight rises above its dreadful trailer to provide a vivid and sensitively nuanced peek into the reality of modern intelligence-gathering.


  • Eating

    This is, according to the handy subtitle, Henry Jaglom’s “very serious comedy about women and food”. Except it’s not; in fact, the term ‘comedy’ has never been so grossly misused. Quite honestly, it’s an utterly depressing commentary on eating disorders. Which is perfect for those looking for some sort of diet companion DVD…


  • Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D

    A decade after the initial Spy Kids movie, here we have some new tricks on a very old dog. Spy Kids: All The Time in the World has not only jumped on the 3D bandwagon, but has also taken a stab at innovation. It’s employed the use of scratch-n-sniff cards. While they may not smelll like what they’re supposed to, they’re at least a refreshing distraction to what’s happening on screen. Don’t risk taking a whiff.


  • One Day

    One Day, the bestselling novel by David Nicholls, is a wonderful piece of work. Utterly romantic, it has drawn both male and female readers to it like flies to a honeypot. Did you get that? Both genders loved it. That’s worth a literary award in itself. But what of the movie adaptation? Well, in a very rare state of affairs, I’m completely torn between loving it and loathing it…


  • Conan the Barbarian

    So. Much. Manliness. Conan has returned in this Marcus Nispel remake to avenge lost loves, roam round without the aid of clothing and most importantly, participate in a spot of horse abuse. Behold the 113 minute presentation of the gunshow.


  • Jane Eyre

    Period drama has been done and overdone; often stuffy, soppy and starring Keira Knightley playing the same role (with her eyebrows and little else). Thankfully, Cary Fukunaga’s Jane Eyre manages to avoid these period pitfalls.


  • A Lonely Place To Die

    Julian ‘Rise of the Footsoldier‘ Gilbey has delivered the goods once more with this distinctly British thriller set in the trackless wastes of the Scottish Highlands. Graphic, uncompromising violence and spectacular cinematography are the hallmarks of A Lonely Place to Die, although the only marks you’re likely to worry about are the ones you’ll leave in the arms of your seat. Nail-biting.


  • Final Destination 5

    A strategic yacht with an extra long and pointy mast sails beneath a woman falling from airborne wreckage; spearing her guts out in an awesome splatter of blood and gore. It could only be Final Destination… in 3D! Again. Derivative, repetitive and deeply boring, it’s time Death came for this tired old franchise.


  • Kill List

    Do hit-men deserve a stab at a definition of morality? Kill List sort of cares about the answer to that question, but ends up forgetting about it in favour of pure, unadulterated entertainment. Brilliantly paced, cannily-structured, gloriously witty and absolutely terrifying, Kill List will take you on an unbelievable journey – just don’t bother hoping it will slow down enough to let you make sense of it.