Tag Archives: Michael Fassbender

DVD review | Haywire – Gina Carano bursts on the scene in a B-movie with A-grade action

Posted on 21 May 2012 by Jason Best

Betrayed by her bosses, a freelance black-ops agent goes on the run in Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire, a taut action thriller that is as briskly efficient and muscular as its heroine. Played by mixed martial artist Gina Carano, lean, mean ex-Marine … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Shame – Fassbender bares all in McQueen’s drama of sex, lies and emotional pain

Posted on 14 May 2012 by Jason Best

A fearless, unblinking, full-frontal portrait of a sex addict from actor Michael Fassbender and director Steve McQueen (no relation), who first worked together on the acclaimed 2008 film Hunger about IRA prisoner Bobby Sands. Fassbender plays 30-something New Yorker Brandon, … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Jane Eyre – Wasikowska is a strange and unusally good Jane to Fassbender’s brooding Rochester

Posted on 19 March 2012 by Jason Best

Charlotte Brontë’s Eng Lit classic may have been adapted over a dozen times before for the big and small screen, but here an Australian actress, a German-Irish leading man and an American director bring a fresh, outsider’s eye to the … Continue reading →

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Oscars! Schmoscars! Triumph, travesty and throwbacks galore

Posted on 27 February 2012 by heidi

Silence was golden again at the Oscars this year, with The Artist, already hotly tipped, tap-dancing off with the three big awards of the night: Best Film, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius and Best Actor for Jean Dujardin. Dujardin made … Continue reading →

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The Oscars 2012 – Who will win? Who should win? Who’s missing?

Posted on 24 February 2012 by Jason Best

Who’s going to make the biggest noise at this year’s Oscars? Will silence prove golden for hot favourite The Artist? Will The Help clean up?  Or will The Descendants inherit all the glory? With the clock ticking down to Sunday … Continue reading →

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Film review | Haywire – Gina Carano punches above her weight in Soderbergh’s cracking thriller

Posted on 20 January 2012 by Jason Best

Betrayed by her bosses, a freelance black-ops agent goes on the run in Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire, a taut action thriller that is as briskly efficient and muscular as its heroine. Played by mixed martial artist Gina Carano, lean, mean ex-Marine … Continue reading →

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Film review | Shame – Michael Fassbender bares all in McQueen’s searing tale of sex, lies and emotional pain

Posted on 14 January 2012 by Jason Best

Following their critically acclaimed 2008 film Hunger about IRA prisoner Bobby Sands, actor Michael Fassbender and director Steve McQueen (no relation) reunite for a project that is almost as controversial – a fearless, unblinking, full-frontal portrait of a sex addict. … Continue reading →

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DVD review | X-Men: First Class – Born in the heat of the Cold War: How the Marvel mutants became X-Men

Posted on 31 October 2011 by Jason Best

X-Men: First Class lives up to its title. Smart and spectacular, it’s up there in the top rank of superhero films. With Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn at the helm, the sci-fi action series goes back to the beginning for an … Continue reading →

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Film review | Jane Eyre – Solid Eyre: Mia Wasikowska & Michael Fassbender star in superb Brontë adaptation

Posted on 10 September 2011 by Jason Best

Charlotte Brontë’s Eng Lit classic Jane Eyre gets another cinematic outing with an American director (Cary Fukunaga) at the helm, an Australian actress (Mia Wasikowska) as the heroine and a German-Irish leading man (Michael Fassbender). All do an excellent job, … Continue reading →

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Film review | X-Men: First Class – Matthew Vaughn gets the Marvel Comics mutants back on track

Posted on 30 May 2011 by Jason Best

The sci-fi action series featuring the Marvel Comics mutants took a dip with its last two outings, 2006’s sprawling X-Men: Last Stand and 2009’s scrappy Wolverine spin-off, but X-Men: First Class lives up to its title. Smart and spectacular, it’s … Continue reading →

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