Dancing through hardship: Why ‘Happy Feet Two’ is better than you think
After five years to the day, George Miller continues his epic penguin odyssey in “Happy Feet Two,” and more than any recent film I have to say I’m befuddled and confused by the terrible reception...
December 17 2011 / 3 comments / Read More
‘The Future’ targets apathy one inert hipster at a time
“The Future” took my breath away. And when I say it took my breath away, I don’t mean to say I was enraptured by its profound insight into the “frailty of the human condition,” a...
August 25 2011 / No comment / Read MoreThe 10 best films of 2011
It’s that time of year again when we intrepid critics whittle down the hundreds of titles we’ve seen over the last 365 days to...
Jan 8 2012 / No comment / Read MoreCinema’s 9 Circles of Hell
The cinema: paradise, at times, but many are the sins that writers, directors, cinema owners and fellow audience members can commit to bring the...
Dec 13 2011 / No comment / Read MoreSidney Lumet’s 5 Best Films
#5. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007) Lumet’s last film was also one of his best. Following a pair of troublesome brothers who...
Apr 16 2011 / No comment / Read MoreThe 10 Best Films of 2010
I Am Love Luca Guadagnino’s astonishingly beautiful portrait of a woman torn between love and loyalty. A deep, layered, stylish work of cinema with...
Jan 15 2011 / 3 comments / Read MoreBuy DVDs online from Tesco Entertainment
