Category Archives: Cinema Releases

Film review | Avengers Assemble – Joss Whedon adds Heh Heh Heh to Wham Blam Splat!

Posted on 25 April 2012 by Jason Best

Geeky fanboys will be in heaven. After their recent solo outings, Marvel comic-book heroes Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor and Captain America finally get to do cool things as a team in Avengers Assemble. Pulled together by Samuel L Jackson’s … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Vincent Cassel falls from grace in the gothic chiller The Monk

Posted on 25 April 2012 by peter

Directed by Dominik Moll (Lemming/Harry He’s Here To Help), The Monk is the latest adaptation of the cult classic Gothic novel by Matthew Lewis, which follows the rise and fall of a Capuchin Monk in 17th century Madrid. A Dangerous … Continue reading →

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Film review | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – Emily Blunt reels in Ewan McGregor. You’ll be hooked too

Posted on 20 April 2012 by Jason Best

If you’ve a soft spot for romantic comedies you’ll fall hook, line and sinker for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, a smartly written, hugely entertaining rom-com that proves the ideal showcase for Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt’s charm and chemistry. … Continue reading →

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Film review | Lockout – Quick with his quips & his fists: Guy Pearce’s Snow is as cool as his name

Posted on 20 April 2012 by Jason Best

Guy Pearce’s cynical anti-hero Snow doesn’t sport a black eye-patch in sci-fi action thriller Lockout but otherwise he’s a dead ringer for Kurt Russell’s Snake Plissken. The resemblance isn’t a surprise: producer Luc Besson has pretty much taken the plot … Continue reading →

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Film review | Mozart’s Sister – Stepping out from Wolfgang’s shadow

Posted on 14 April 2012 by Jason Best

Fleetingly glimpsed in accounts of Mozart’s life, little Wolfgang’s elder sister Nannerl takes centre stage in Mozart’s Sister, French director René Féret’s stylish speculative drama, which invites us to consider whether she might have proved her brother’s equal as musician … Continue reading →

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Film review | Battleship – Taylor Kitsch & Rihanna get that sinking feeling

Posted on 13 April 2012 by Jason Best

If you reckoned the Transformers movies were dumb, catch a load of Battleship, an alien invasion movie whose stupefying idiocy will leave you shell-shocked. For Hollywood the notion of turning a set of shape-changing toys into a blockbuster film franchise … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | La Grande Illusion – the greatest anti-war film ever made gets a 75th anniversary release

Posted on 6 April 2012 by peter

La Grande Illusion is probably one of the greatest anti-war films ever made. Based on director Jean Renoir’s own experiences as a prisoner of war during World War I, the film concerns two French officers (Pierre Fresnay and Jean Gabin) … Continue reading →

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Film review | This Must Be the Place – Sean Penn’s retired Goth rocker goes on a Nazi-hunting road trip

Posted on 5 April 2012 by Jason Best

Funnier on screen than he’s been in any part since permanently stoned surfer dude Jeff Spicoli in 1982’s Fast Times at Ridegmont High, Sean Penn is terrific in the lead role of Italian director Paolo Sorrentino’s distinctly offbeat This Must … Continue reading →

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Film review | Headhunters – Nail-biting Nesbø thriller that’s so good you won’t notice the subtitles. Honest!

Posted on 5 April 2012 by Jason Best

From The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to The Killing, when it comes to crime the Scandinavians currently have the rest of the world running scared. Slick and suspenseful thriller Headhunters, based on the book by best-selling Norwegian novelist Jo … Continue reading →

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James Cameron’s Titanic in 3D – Immersive, yes, but no need to pack a life jacket

Posted on 2 April 2012 by Jason Best

This week sees the release of James Cameron’s spectacular new 3D version of his 1997 megahit Titanic – but watching the film won’t be quite as immersive as some of us had hoped or feared. Contrary to yesterday’s Movie Talk … Continue reading →

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