Film Review: Beginners (2011)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 6 October 2011 Sometimes all we need is a second chance. For Hal (Christopher Plummer), his second chance…
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Classic Screen Slaps: Week 1
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 6 October 2011 In celebration of the mini series adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas’ THE SLAP, Film Blerg will…
Film Review: Face to Face (2011)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 20 September 2011 Conciliation seems like a great idea to take some strain off the legal system. It…
FAFA: The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 19 September 2011 “Interior dramas” became a buzz word in discussions surrounding film funding policies a few years…
Film Review: Submarine (2010)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 13 September 2011 A coming of age indie comedy seems beyond prevalent these days. How does one go…
Rum, Shoes and Iranian news
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 8 September 2011 Firstly, the official poster for The Rum Diary has been release. The trailer thankfully looks…
Film Review: The Help (2011)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 6 September 2011 Fifty-five years after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man…
Show-biz Cautionary Tales
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 5 September 2011 Five films. Five tales of opportunism, faded glory, delusions of grandeur, selling your wife’s womb…
Film Review: Gloria: In Her Own Words (2011)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 1 September 2011 HBO Documentaries, a fairly new branch of the US television cable network are establishing themselves…
Film Review: My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 30 August 2011 I have a dirty confession to make. I have never seen a Werner Herzog film….