Cinema Movie Review: Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

Cinema Movie Review: Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
Picturesque but lacking pace I’ve never read a book that was so inspiring it caused me to leave my job, board a train, and interview people for the better part of a week.  However, I have seen a film or two that made me yearn to throw my computer out the nearest window, grab my ...

DVD Movie Review: The Lady Vanishes (1938)

DVD Movie Review: The Lady Vanishes (1938)
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 ...

Oldeuboi (Oldboy) (2003)

Oldeuboi (Oldboy) (2003)
Korea in killing Wow. Just simply, wow. This is something of a white-knuckle ride in cinematic terms. From the gentle rumble and gradual change of pace at the beginning of the ride, when you’re slightly nervous and anticipation tingles on your tongue like the taste of brushed steel, to the sudden realization that you’re about ...