Simple, clever, funny and kind, self-styled “cancer comedy” 50/50 offers a lot more than its marketing might suggest. A brilliantly aware, honest look at a tale that one in three of us will live with; wonderful writing, careful casting and Seth Rogan at his thankfully un-irritating best make this an absolute masterclass.
Say what you like about Ray, there’s not a ritualised cultist murder in there…
There’s a balmy lethargy that comes over anyone who tries to talk about Daniel Radcliffe. Eyes become dusty, heads shake, the subject is swiftly changed and forgotten, as conversation invariably turns to Emma Watson’s blossoming torso. But why? Over the course of ten years mainly made up of having pictures taken with owls, the Boy Who Lived has somehow developed traits of He Who Must Not Be Named. But you know what? You’re wrong about Daniel Radcliffe. You’re wrong about him, and I’ve got words that prove it.
To celebrate the release of Real Steel, we’ve ventured into the cyber laboratory to build a mighty Mash-Up robot from spare parts discarded from films throughout the ages. Guess them all and we’ll reward you with a prosthetic arm – but get one wrong and you’ll be rogered by Gort from here to eternity…
They’re remaking Footloose?! FOOTLOOSE?! Well, yes, but hear me out; you can put your pitchforks and capital letters away as they won’t be needed here. While ostensibly a classic, the original Footloose was no masterpiece, it wasn’t infallible, and it certainly does not constitute hallowed ground. Not that that stops director Craig Brewer from treating it thusly, Footloose knows exactly what it is: a contemporary feel-good film with an unusually rich heritage, and it’s all the better for it.
Louise Wimmer is a film about a divorced French cleaning woman in her late forties who lives in her car. Couldn’t be less tempted, could you? OH, YE OF LITTLE FAITH! Touching without being sentimental and instructive while resisting preachiness, this is a likely-to-be-missed gem which you’d do well to catch.
The debut feature from award-winning LFS graduate Julian Kerridge, Seamonsters is as full of aspiration as the teenagers whose story it tells. If only it had their flair. Determined to cram every possible plotline going into an hour and a half of frenetic nonsense, this is a far worse film than its talented young stars deserved.
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