Articles Posted in the " Romance " Category

  • Love Is All You Need

    Don’t let the cheesy title fool you – Susanne Bier’s new film is a gentle, poignant tale that steers clear of the romcom tropes. Starring Trine Dyrholm as a cancer survivor coping with her husband’s infidelity, and Pierce Brosnan as a brusque, anti-social widower, Love Is All You Need might initially strike you as a simplistic make-the-lonely-older-ladies-feel-better affair, but with its moments of sharp humour, tinges of tragedy, and likeable performances from everyone involved, Bier’s film stealthily transcends the norms of its genre.


  • Do Elephants Pray?

    Do Elephants Pray? No. Or maybe yes. There aren’t actually any elephants praying in this film, but the question is debated. For a bit. In between a trippy journey of self-discovery and one man’s seemingly endless journey to bed a hot French chick. Seriously, there is something about the meaning of life explained somewhere in this movie; and if you can take your eyes off the stunning and enchanting leading lady Julie Dray for a couple of seconds; you’ll find it.


  • Safe Haven

    Safe Haven has been making a killing at the box office, for reasons we can’t possibly fathom. Badly written, badly acted and generally just bad, this is the number one film to stay away from this week…


  • 12 In A Box

    Deeply unsatisfying, 12 In A Box fails to deliver on all accounts. Too dark to be lighthearted, too slapstick to be a proper black comedy, it’s no wonder the schizophrenic plot leaves the majority of viewers baffled, bewildered and, above all else, bored out of their minds.


  • Community

    Community is a semi-zombie film with things to say about injustice, perhaps. Look out for Terry Bird, the security guard from Peep Show, who also produced this quite charming little foray into sink estate horror.


  • Beautiful Creatures

    Sugar coated as “the new Twilight” (a preposterous decision by its PR team), Beautiful Creatures successfully manages to come out a hundred times better. I may be its key demographic (geeky girl seeks escapist fantasy) but I went in, fellow Twilight h8er, expecting the worst. I was turned. Combining likeable characters with a refusal to take itself too seriously, Beautiful Creatures is this year’s perfect Valentine’s day guilty pleasure.


  • Claustrofobia

    Claustrofobia is a Dutch horror debut from director Bobby Boermans, starring Carolien Spoor as a veterinary student who finds herself chained to a bed in the basement of one of her neighbours with no idea how she got there. The film explores some aspects of the condition of its title, but not nearly as deeply or darkly as you’d expect.