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 Written by James
There are some films that bypass critical carping and can lay claim to being perhaps the greatest ever made. Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List (1993) is one such work, and it is my privilege to talk to you about it. Written by James
Regular readers will, I hope, forgive me for yet another stroll down horror memory lane – as it’s the genre that captivated me from the outset of my life-long love affair with cinema (and is, probably, why I fell for film as quickly as I did), a real disappointment from the form hits me harder than most. Written by James
Continue reading Låt den rätte komma in (Let The Right One In) (2008) » Written by James
It’s an interesting phenomenon – cinema, down the years, has by and large served the Fourth Estate very well. Choice examples such as Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole (1951), All the President’s Men (1976) by Alan J. Pakula, and Michael Mann’s The Insider (1999) are very much ancestors to Kevin McDonald’s State of Play (2009), which was itself originally a very highly rated Paul Abbott-written BBC mini-series directed by David Yates, back in 2003. Written by James
Cards-on-the-table time – your reviewer loathes with a passion (some might say with every fibre of his being, at times) a certain football club variously known as Scum, Glory Hunters Central, Manure and the Evil Empire. Oh, and they also go by the name of Manchester United, for the truly (and mercifully) unenlightened. Written by James
Continue reading New Ice Age Movie – Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) – Review!!! » Written by James
He’s never had a problem with handling difficult subjects, has our Mike Leigh – the director of Naked (1993) and Secrets & Lies (1996) turned his hand here to one of western societies’ most controversial issues, namely that of abortion and how mothers, morality and the law are expected to navigate the minefield. Written by James
The year 1973, when Lou Reed was at the peak of his popularity, if not yet his powers, saw the artist release Berlin, an ambitious album chronicling a couple’s drug and violence-spattered descent. Written by James
Ho, hum. The Terminator franchise takes this reviewer as far back as his early teens, when James Cameron’s dark, moody and genuinely thrilling first installment confirmed Arnold Schwarzenegger’s megastar status in 1984. It was followed, in 1991, by Cameron’s equally good sequel, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, then by Jonathan Mostow’s Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003). Written by Jeremy
Why would you want to go and see a film which, for a Hollywood movie, is so down on itself and life? A film that begins depressingly and refuses to change mood is obviously not going to attract a large audience – the Brits wallowing in post-Empire angst and driven by a new type of working-class director were past masters at kitchen-sink misery nearly 50 years ago, and people wonder why the British film industry disappeared for nearly two decades soon after. |
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