Film Review: Cloud Atlas (2012)
byVisually alluring and breathtaking, Cloud Atlas is a triumphant piece of filmmaking that left me wanting more. Which is, after all, quite an impressive and rare feat for a film nearly three hours in length.
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Film Review: The Last Stand (2012)
byThose who will be going to see The Last Stand know what they’re in for. Director Jee-woon Kim’s (The Good, the Bad, the Weird, A Tale of Two Sisters) first Western production is a success in this regard, entertaining from start to finish albeit very, very bloody.
Film Review: Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (3D)
byIf you want to enjoy Cirque Du Soleil fork out the cash for tickets to Ovo, they are amazing acrobats and masterful characters and performers, but don’t waste the movie ticket money going to see Cirque Du Soleil: World’s Away.
Film Review: Beautiful Creatures (2012)
byIf you’re a fan of teenage fiction, especially the supernatural kind, you’ll anticipate the plot as you go along. Intense adolescent love, implied sex scenes that are powerful enough to quite literally start fires, long gazes with no words spoken, not to mention a bottomless bag-full of tricks, spells and special effects, Richard La Gravenese’s adaptation has it all.
Film Review: Amour (2012)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 19 February 2013 Amour begins with an audience awaiting a performance, mirroring its own audience staring back at…
Review: Oscar Nominated Animated and Live Action Shorts (2012)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 17 February 2013 This past weekend, Carlton’s beloved Cinema Nova held some special screenings of this year’s Academy…
Film Review: Anna Karenina (2012)
byDespite its faithfulness, the story is dull and dreary, and neither Stoppard, Wright, nor the actors change the fact. The one exception is Matthew Macfadyen, whose comical and lively performance is a breath of fresh air amongst the turgid, boring love affair being played out before our eyes.
Film Review: Lincoln (2012)
byDaniel Day-Lewis has once again created another legendary performance, embodying Lincoln with tremendous grace and tenderness. Day-Lewis intensely inhabits the character most impressively with his voice, rarely raised above a calm and collected tone. Though no recordings of Lincoln’s voice existed – having died a short time before Edison’s phonograph was invented – it feels safe to say that Day-Lewis nails it.
Film Review: Movie 43 (2012)
byWritten by Kendal Coombs Originally published 4 February 2013 I’m sure by now the vitriol surrounding Movie 43 will have reached each and every…
Film Review: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2012)
byWritten by Kendal Coombs Originally published 4 February 2013 Recently a string of unsuspecting historical and fairytale figures have become stars of b-grade horror…