Articles Posted in the " Film Reviews " Category

  • Angels of Evil (Vallanzasca – Gli Angeli Del Male)

    Here’s another one to add to the already overly saturated real-life Italian-gangster film pile we have festering in the corner. Angels of Evil is a biopic about Renato Vallanzasca; the legendary thief, kidnapper, gangster and fugitive from justice whose name still haunts the streets of Milan. Judging by director Michele Placido’s past work on the brilliant Romanzo Criminale, we assumed that this was going to be a doozy of a gangster flick. Instead we left the cinema a little deflated.



  • X-Men: First Class

    Matthew Vaughn returns to the superhero genre in earnest with X-Men: First Class – but with a new cast in front of the camera and Jane Goldman firmly behind the keyboard, can First Class overcome the stigma that has settled following a less-than-stellar run of X-sequels? Find out below.


  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

    This is not a film about a kid keeping a diary of the burgers he ate at the Wimpy food restaurant, repeat it is not a film about Wimpy. It is in fact a story of a boy who keeps a diary about his day-to-day wimpiness, a shame really as we were hoping this sequel would chart the rise of the food restaurant time forgot.


  • Red Canyon

    Red Canyon is a sombre and engrossing reflection on mortality and the life events that make us who we are. Actually – no. It’s completely awful.


  • Mother’s Day

    Are you close to your mother? Well, if you are as close as this lot you may want to rethink your relationship. Willing to go to extremes at their mother’s bidding, a group of criminals invade an innocent couple’s home and indulge their psychotic whims.


  • Beautiful Lies

    Paying homage to Amélie, Audrey Tautou plays a character with a similar name delivering thick and fast laughs in this quirky tale of deception; but Beautiful Lies holds its own as an original and modern French farce. Formidable!



  • Donor Unknown

    Ever donated to a sperm bank? No? Well Jeffery Harrison has. Lots. And this is his, and the rather startling amount of children he has unwittingly produced over the years, story.


  • Tracker

    We review Tracker with Ray Winstone doing a ‘seth afrikaaan’ accent and it’s not too shabby. Both the accent and the film. Read on to see if you want to know how Winstone would track you down…