Review: National Theatre Live: King Lear (2014)
byStriding on stage at the National Theatre in Sam Mendes‘s new staging of Shakespeare‘s King Lear, Simon Russell Beale’s Lear appears at first shorter than the playwright might…
Film Review: 12 O’Clock Boys (2013)
byFilmed over three years, Lofty Nathan’s debut feature follows the life of Pug: a young adolescent boy who dreams of joining the infamous dirt…
Film Review: How to Train Your Dragon 2 3D (2014)
byHaven’t dragons just come roaring back into vogue lately? Smaug. Godzilla. Daenerys has three. Even the latest Bond flick (Skyfall) got into the act with…
Film Review: The Twilight Samurai (2002)
byA conversation by Nick Alexander, Scott Halligan & Joanna Di Mattia (27/5/14) Synopsis: Seibei Iguchi (Hiroyuki Sanada), a low-ranking samurai, leads a life without…
Film Review: Yojimbo (1961)
byYojimbo (1961) is probably legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s most accessible film for modern audiences. By his standards it is relatively short, full of…
CLOSED: The Volcano Giveaway
byCourtesy of Pinnacle Films, Film Blerg is giving away 10 double passes to see the new hit French comedy THE VOLCANO, in cinemas from June 26. Film Synopsis: A…
Film Review: Frank (2014)
byIn this eccentric comedy, Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), a struggling musician, joins a weird music band led by Frank (Michael Fassbender): a man who always…
SFF: Something Must Break (2014)
bySomething Must Break is youngster Saga Becker’s first appearance on film and it definitely won’t be the last. Becker plays Sebastian, a wayward youth…
TV Recap: Fargo, S01E08
byThe eighth episode of Fargo starts with happy music and shots of robotic arms and other mechanisms beavering away in an industrial factory….
Film Review: The Rover (2014)
byIt has been four years since David Michôd’s auspicious debut feature film Animal Kingdom was released, but now he is back with The Rover,…