Snow White and the Huntsman turns the old fairy tale about the battle between the evil queen and the squeaky clean Snow White into a Lord of the Rings style fantasy adventure. While this movie commits some of the cardinal sins of the fantasy film, namely bloodless battles filmed in wobble vision, jerky loping cgi monsters and people pontificating in
Read moreIn Take this Waltz, Michele Williams plays a restless and slightly unhinged woman who, having become disillusioned with her marriage to chicken-obsessed chef Seth Rogen, dabbles in an odd relationship with a young man, Daniel (Luke Kirby) who lives in her street. Williams’s character will produce widely differing responses from audiences; some will see her as horribly selfish while others
Read moreOnce Upon a Time in Anatolia will split audiences into two bitterly opposed camps. Some will see it as a riveting meditation on human existence, others will feel that at 2 1/2 hours and as slow as a Boycott innings, it’s the biggest snore-fest of all time. The film’s title suggests an organised crime epic along the lines of Once
Read moreOutrageous big hair, spandex and leopard skin pants invade the screen in Rock of Ages, the cinema adaptation of the hit stage musical. Like the stage show, the film tries to capture the energy of the late the 80’s pop metal scene with a story of starry-eyed rockers on LA’s Sunset Strip. Rock musicals are always a dubious prospect. Rock
Read moreThe 80’s are back in all their big haired glory (or is that horror) as we look at the cinema adaptation of hit stage musical Rock of Ages. We’ll play some 80’s classics as well as many more recent tracks. There’s also plenty of fine art house fair around at the moment and this week we review one of the
Read moreWith its mix of Hitchcockian tension, stunning art direction and sinister Freudian imagery, Ridley Scott’s 1979 science fiction thriller Alien is (imho) one of cinema’s finest achievements. So, in anticipation of Prometheus, a (kind of) prequel to Alien, I was drooling much like the film’s monster. Unfortunately, a messy, unengaging and ultimately confusing script from John Spaihts and Damon Lindelof
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