Cinema
Cinema
Cinema Review – Django Unchained
Django is as long as it is full of bodies, with stellar performances from the entire lead cast. It may not be the best Tarantino film, but even a medium one is a lot better than the best of a lot of his peers.
Cinema
Cinema Review – Les Misérables
Les Misérables is a stunning film that while at times it lacks a little EPIC scale, it more than makes up for that in heartfelt emotions.
Cinema
Cinecity Diary – 28th November – I, Anna
‘I, Anna’ has some notable and admiring moments it lacks the intelligence that a thriller of this level needs and this stops it from being a compelling watch.
Cinema
Cinecity Diary – 27th November – Yossi
‘Yossi’ is an engaging and brilliant piece of film making. It may not come with the big bells and whistles we are used to, it may be a bit simple for some, but it is an uncomplicated feel good story that is compelling viewing f...
Cinema
Cinema Review – Silver Linings Playbook
David O Russell's follow up to last year's Oscar grabbing The Fighter is a moving and at times hilarious character study of how a psychiatric patients recovery impacts on the life of a young woman bereaving the death of her hus...
Cinema
Cinema Review – Great Expectations
Great Expectations has made almost fifteen appearances on-screen, this the latest by British director Mike Newell, almost a year after its popular appearance on UK screens as a televised drama. Newell is somewhat of a marmite d...
Cinema
Cinecity Diary – 19th November – I Wish
‘I Wish’ isn’t the instant classic that we might expect from the brilliant film maker, but there is definitely something here to savour with the naïveté and simplistic way in which these young brothers experience the world.
Cine-City
Weekend Round-Up – Cinecity Diary 17th & 18th November – Robot and Frank & The Hunt
This weekend has been a good one for a film lover. Not in the fact that I have been on a marathon of film watching, fitting in 15 films over the two days ( an achievement I am proud to say I have notched on to my belt ), but it...
Cinema
Cinecity Diary – 16th November – Sightseers Q&A
'Sightseers’ is a film that firmly builds on the foundation that Wheatley’s two previous movies laid and serves to confirm the film makers craft. I am very much looking forward to seeing what he comes up with next!
Cinema
Cinecity Diary – 15th November – Seven Psychopaths
While Seven Psychopaths may not be for everyone because of its extreme dark comedy and violence, those who are keen moviegoers and fans of the film industry will lap it up.
Cinema
Grimm up North Review – Excision & Suspiria
Halloween in Manchester this year turned out to be a very creepy affair, with the Grimm team showcasing the best of new horror – Richard Bates’ Excision - and a celebrated classic – Dario Argento’s Suspi...
Cinema
Cinema Review – Argo
It isn’t very often these days, with the amount of movies being produced, that we find a movie that reminds us why we love movies in the first place, Argo is one of them!
Cinema
Cinema Review – Skyfall
Skyfall is a welcomed return for the franchise. Far superior to Quantum of Solace, yet not quite on par with the superb Casino Royale for its subtlety and gritty nature
Cinema
LFF Review – Keep The Lights On
Keep The Lights on is distant and quietly haunting, beautifully shot and a real showcase of excellent performances
Cinema
Cinema Review – Frankenweenie
Perfect for family viewing during the build up to Halloween, Frankenweenie will satisfy Burton's devoted fans and is likely to impress any curious newcomers.
Cinema
Cinema Review – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Beasts of the Southern Wild is a film to get lost in, full of fantasy and yet seems real enough to be true. Perfect lazy afternoon film.
Cinema
LFF Review – Blood
Blood is Nick Murphy’s follow-up to last year’s quietly eerie but underwhelming horror The Awakening, and it really feels as if the two have been painted with the same brush. Blood is dark and brooding and atmospheric, all grey...
Cinema
LFF Review – Anitviral
Brandon Cronenberg has taken a lot of clues from the early work of his father for this one. It's bold, visceral, morally challenging
Cinema
Cinema Review – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a unmissable film, that comes highly recommended
Cinema
Cinema Review – Looper
Not as winsome as The Brothers Bloom or as young as Brick, Looper is a sophisticated, solid science fiction film, and Johnson’s best work to date.
Cinema
Cinema Review – Untouchable
An audience united in laughter always enhances any viewing experience and it will be difficult for all but the most cynical viewers to hide their smiles during Untouchable
Cinema
Cinema Review – SAVAGES
The much-anticipated SAVAGES hits the UK cinemas this weekend, but is Stone back on form? Teri takes a look Oliver Stone’s new film Savages should know not to take itself too seriously. After all, it’s a film that centres aroun...
Cinema
Cinema Review – DREDD 3D
Out last week in the UK, DREDD topped the box office, but is this just luck or is there a good film in there somewhere? Scott takes a look I am not one to normally post a review a week after the national release, but for DREDD ...
Cinema
Cinema Review – Hope Springs
A romantic comedy about two sixty year olds may not be everyone’s idea of a great night out at the cinema, especially not mine, and I can forgive anyone who thinks Hope Springs will be a whimsical and sentimental picture ...
Cinema
Weekend Round Up – Film Club and Total Recall Review
This weekend saw the release of Total Recall in the UK, I was lucky enough to be part of the FTRC film club to discuss it, shame that the film wasn’t as much fun as the chat afterwards It has been quite a while since I did a fi...
Cinema
Cinema Review – Lawless
Is this truly the year of the Hardy? Scott takes a look at his latest film, LAWLESS I do not know very much about making Moonshine, I know it can be distilled from most vegetables and should be drunk form a Jar, that is where m...
Cinema
Cinema Review – Brave
Out this week, finally, in the UK is Pixar’s 13th Feature, BRAVE. But does it live up to the high standards of its predecessors? Scott takes a look Brave is the first PIXAR’s first feature with a female protagonist, which feels...
Cinema
Cinema Review – The Dark Knight Rises
It has been a long time coming, but this weekend The Dark Knight Rises sees its worldwide release, but was it worth the wait? Scott takes a look A trilogy is a funny old thing, more often than not the third installment h...
Cinema
Cinema Review – Tortoise In Love
Tortoise in Love is an odd thing. Put together by an entire sleepy English village on a very low budget, it is at once absolutely applaudable and difficult to criticise. Conceived by Kingston Bagpuize’s Guy Browning, Tortoise...
Cinema
Cinema Review – Electrick Children
Electrick Children hits the cinemas this weekend, But is it worth spending your money to see? Teri takes a look What song were you conceived to? Or by, as the case may be for 15 year-old Rachel (Julia Garner), member of a large...
