Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

By Garth Twa

Is it wrong to fault a movie like Clash of the Titans for not making sense? It feels wrong. It is wrong, however, to make a movie like Clash of the Titans uninvolving. Which it is.

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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

By Amelia Butterly

Adapting any novel is a challenge; faithful readers can be very demanding, wanting films to live up to their high expectations.

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Lourdes

Lourdes

By Garth Twa

It’s a movie that utilizes and plays with the possibilities and conventions of cinema, that challenges your preconceived notions, that actually changes you, changes your brain, like a great piece of literature.

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Life During Wartime

Life During Wartime

By Garth Twa

Nothing is really much different, except Life in Wartime is not quite as enjoyable as Happiness. It doesn’t feel as twisted, dark, or shatteringly hilarious.

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Leap Year

Leap Year

By Tom McGoldrick

According to Irish tradition, a lady may propose to a man on the 29th February which, of course, only occurs in a Leap Year.

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Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day

By Nell Frizzell

There comes a moment in many director’s lives when film making becomes accountancy. Valentine’s Day is that moment.

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Youth in Revolt

Youth in Revolt

By Lucy Atkinson

Michael Cera plays two characters in a film with a lot of heart as well as humour and which will gain a passionate following within the shy, sweet, awkward teen market.

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The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones

By Simon Lewis

Jackson and his tag along writing team strip back the complex story of this probably unfilmable book to a core plot of whimsy and sentimentality.

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The Princess and the Frog

The Princess and the Frog

By Natalie Peck

The Princess and the Frog has drawn media attention for two reasons – it is the first Disney 2D animated release since Home on the Range in 2004, and the lead character is African-American, the first black Disney Princess.

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Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

By Garth Twa

The design is pure Burton: the familiar twisted, claw-like trees, the fairground grotesquerie, but what’s back and what we missed recently is that he seems to be having fun.

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