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Cinema Movie Review: Quartet (2012) 2

May

2013

‘Growing old is not for cissies’ And so Dustin Hoffman (amazingly enough, for the first time) takes to the director’s chair for this gentle, sweet but overly sentimental tale of life after the curtain calls have ended, Quartet (2012). In a home for retired musicians, the annual gala concert to celebrate Verdi’s birthday is facing ...

Cinema Movie Review: The Brass Teapot (2012)

May

2013

Strange brew Ramaa Mosley’s first feature film The Brass Teapot (2012) is a genius idea, but does not seem able find its own identity. The basic concept of the film is that a young married couple, Alice and John (Juno Temple and Michael Angaraino) are down on their luck – Alice is unable to find ...

Cinema Movie Review: The Angels’ Share (2012)

Apr

2013

Heist society When I first heard about Ken Loach‘s film The Angels’ Share (2012), I was completely expecting something different from what I received. I heard it was a lighthearted heist film. About an hour into the film I thought I was in the wrong theatre. From what I could tell they were speaking English ...

Cinema Movie Review: It’s a Disaster (2012)

Apr

2013

Not with a bang… I lost count how many times the world was supposed to end in 2012, but as long as they keep making films like writer-director Todd Berger’s It’s A Disaster (2012) (as long as John Cusack or Tom Cruise aren’t in them), I’ll be more than happy. It’s a Disaster is a ...

Cinema Movie Review: Seven Psychopaths (2012)

Apr

2013

Killer idea Due to my enjoyment of the cult-classic In Bruges (2008), Martin McDonagh’s film Seven Psychopaths became one of my most anticipated of 2012. The only concern I had going into the film was whether McDonagh’s creativity and audacity would remain in the Hollywood format? It was only fitting that the film turned out ...

DVD Movie Review: Poulet aux prunes (Chicken with Plums) (2011)

Apr

2013

Sweet and savoury I have been trying to get my hands on this film for more than two years now. Let me tell you, it was a joy to finally see it. The sophomore film by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi, directors of Persepolis (2007), tells a delightfully whimsical example on what cinema can offer. ...

Cinema Movie Review: Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Apr

2013

Play-safe ending takes edge off To begin, Silver Linings Playbook (2012) was nominated for eight Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor (Bradley Cooper), Best Actress (Jennifer Lawrence), Supporting Actor and Actress (Robert De Niro and Jackie Weaver), and director (David O. Russell).

DVD Movie Review: What’s Up, Doc? (1972) 2

Mar

2013

Screwball masterpiece It’s a wonderful thing, when you come back to a film that you remember with such affection from your childhood, to find that age has not only not deteriorated it, but if anything, made it even better. Such was the case when I watched Peter Bogdanovich‘s What’s Up, Doc? (1972) with the Divine ...

Cinema Movie Review: Sightseers (2012)

Mar

2013

Natural born killers? Tina (Alice Lowe) and Chris’s (Steve Oram) idea of a romantic and erotic holiday is loading up their caravan and touring the innards of England for a week. Some of the titillating stops on this self-proclaimed ‘erotic odyssey’ include tram museums, pencil museums, and viaducts. Although these places might not stir your ...

DVD Movie Review: Annie Hall (1977)

Feb

2013

Woody becomes Allen It was one of the proudest days of my life when a family friend told me, in my teens, that I looked ‘a bit like’ Woody Allen, as well as having a similar sense of humour. Well, I was a fan anyway, albeit of what were accurately and deathlessly dubbed the cineast’s ...

DVD Movie Review: The Lady Vanishes (1938)

Jan

2013

Now you see her… Way back into cinema history we go, for a much-respected early Hitch talkie, The Lady Vanishes (1938). Based on the short story The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White, with a screenplay by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, Alfred Hitchcock‘s film presents us with an intriguing ‘locked-door’ mystery – what has ...