Tag Archives: Evan Rachel Wood

DVD review | The Ides of March – Clooney and Gosling are a class act on the campaign trail

Posted on 6 March 2012 by Jason Best

For his fourth film as director, George Clooney plunges into the murky world of US politics and reveals some of its dirty tricks. An intricately plotted thriller set during the race to choose the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, The Ides … Continue reading →

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Film review | The Ides of March – Ryan Gosling gets his hands dirty in George Clooney’s political thriller

Posted on 29 October 2011 by Jason Best

For his fourth film as director, George Clooney plunges into the murky world of US politics with The Ides of March, an intricately plotted thriller set during the race to choose the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate. Clooney takes the part … Continue reading →

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Whatever Works – Woody Allen is back in New York; but is he back on form?

Posted on 25 June 2010 by Jason Best

After recent spells abroad in London and Barcelona, Woody Allen is back on his familiar Manhattan stamping ground with Whatever Works. This gleefully ironic comic fable feels very different in tone from the likes of Vicky Christina Barcelona and Match … Continue reading →

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The Life Before Her Eyes

Posted on 6 March 2010 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings Uma Thurman stars in this film as a seemingly happy wife and mother who is still haunted by a massacre that occurred 15 years earlier at her high school. It’s difficult to talk too much about this … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Battle for Terra – Animated adventure goes over familiar terrain

Posted on 11 February 2010 by Jason Best

  Does this sound familiar? War-mongering humans invade an alien planet in search of a valuable resource that an environmentally ravaged Earth cannot provide. Amid the conflict, a female native of the alien planet saves a human warrior from death … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | The Life Before Her Eyes

Posted on 10 August 2009 by Jason Best

A psychological drama cum mystery thriller,  The Life Before Her Eyes  opens in a Connecticut high school on the day of a Columbine-style high-school massacre. In the midst of the shooting spree, best friends Diana McFee (Evan Rachel Wood) and … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | The Wrestler

Posted on 17 July 2009 by Beth Williams

Have you ever wondered what’s behind the masks and facades of our most famous celebrities? I have. Come on, you can’t tell me, in the wake of Michael Jackson’s death, that you haven’t for one moment wondered what he was … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | The Life Before Her Eyes

Posted on 27 March 2009 by Jason Best

Finding the right words to describe The Life Before Her Eyes is tough. Say too much and you risk giving everything away. Even attempting to pin the film down too firmly in one particular genre may be a spoiler. Suffice … Continue reading →

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Thirteen

Posted on 20 February 2009 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings On ITV2 tonight at 12 midnight Sharp and powerful, this film, made in 2003, is the story of a 13-year-old girl (Evan Rachel Wood) who transforms from a sweet teenager into a stroppy, backchatting monster when she … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Mickey Rourke bounces back from the ropes with The Wrestler

Posted on 16 January 2009 by Jason Best

Mickey Rourke was out for the count in Hollywood, but with his gutsy performance as a washed-up wrestler in, yes, The Wrestler he has bounced back from the ropes in triumph. It’s an astonishing comeback for Rourke, who spent so … Continue reading →

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