Director Ken Loach is known for his raw, unflinching depictions of working class life. In recent films, though, he’s added quirkier genre elements to the mix. This is certainly true of his latest film The Angels Share which begins as a gritty depiction of petty criminals in Glasgow before transforming into a caper movie with unexpected forays into the world
Read moreRobot and Frank is an unusual but entrancing mix of sci-fi and crime caper which touchingly explores relationships, the uncertainties of a changing world and what it means to be human. Set some time in the near future, the film stars Frank Langella as the elderly former cat burglar Frank who is slowly succumbing to the ravages of Alzheimer’s. To
Read moreHamish Blake’s stock in trade is the quirky juvenile bromance. This is tolerable in small doses on TV but for the length of a feature film this style of alleged comedy becomes a chore for the audience, even with a decent story. When the script is as horrible as the one in Two Little Boys, however, it’s a gruelling experience.
Read morePaul Thomas Anderson’s films are full of charismatic psychopaths and charlatans who rule crazy corrupt mini-empires and use twisted faith to exploit the emotionally fragile. It seemed inevitable, therefore, that Anderson would tackle the world of cults. His latest film The Master which is set in 1950 takes us within a strange organisation known as The Cause which may or
Read moreLike Falling Down and Taxi Driver, God Bless America sees a disillusioned middle-aged white American flip out and go on a killing spree. After losing his job, being dumped by his wife and discovering that he’s terminally ill, doughy downtrodden middle-aged guy Frank (Joel Murray) decides to he has to kill the sort of selfish, hateful people he thinks have
Read moreAlex Cross, the character originally played by Morgan Freeman in Kiss The Girls (1997) and Along Came A Spider (2001) now appears in a self-titled film starring Tyler Perry who’s best known at least in the US for his feisty drag character Madea. This film arrived with dire warnings that it was one of the turkeys of the year and
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