More information:

Glorious 39

Glorious 39

By Richard Parkin, 27th March 2010

Poliakoff has made his most recent step up to feature film one of the most dramatic, harrowing tales of the year. It is a shame then that what makes this film most enjoyable is also what dampens its brilliance.

Continue reading...

Law Abiding Citizen

Law Abiding Citizen

By Mark Leach, 27th March 2010

The best thing that can be said about Butler’s performance is that he is as painfully bad as he has always been, so top marks for consistency.

Continue reading...

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

By Suki Ferguson, 27th March 2010

You would expect a film about passionate, dangerous, thwarted love to feel ecstatic and urgent; this felt more like a gentle Valium downer. After the emotional thrills of Twilight, New Moon feels more than a little underwhelming.

Continue reading...

Harry Brown

Harry Brown

By David Hudson, 20th March 2010

Although the genre may already be littered with mockney capers and Danny Dyer b-movies, this new British inner city crime film from first-time director Daniel Barber is a superior offering – albeit a gritty and bleak one.

Continue reading...

Shutter Island

Shutter Island

By Garth Twa, 10th March 2010

Shutter Island is a faithful, detailed movie not set in 1954, but of 1954. Scorsese is fully flexing his cinephilic chops.

Continue reading...

Chloe

Chloe

By Dan Higgins, 7th March 2010

Whereas the original, Nathalie…, is virtually devoid of any tension and anticipation, Chloe is a Hitchcock thriller for the 21st century.

Continue reading...

Legion

Legion

By Lesa Keddie, 7th March 2010

If you haven’t quite got the message from Hollywood yet, folks, it’s this: Wake up and smell the diner coffee now, or post-apocalyptic doom awaits us all.

Continue reading...

Public Enemies

Public Enemies

By Natalie Peck, 30th October 2009

Public Enemies, the latest offering from Michael Mann, pairs Hollywood stalwarts Johnny Depp and Christian Bale as men at opposing ends of the legal spectrum in a true-life Depression-era tale.

Continue reading...

The Horseman

The Horseman

By Rebecca Loxton, 22nd October 2009

Christian is on a mission to discover the truth behind his daughter’s mysterious decease and attempts to unearth clues as to what happened during her final hours.

Continue reading...

The Ape

The Ape

By Dan Hollis, 21st October 2009

Unable to coherently vocalise his inner thoughts, or successfully communicate with any other humans, Krister resorts to wild outbursts of frantic, flailing violence.

Continue reading...