Film Review: Before Midnight (2013)
byWhether or not the trio will return for another chapter in Celine and Jessie’s history is hard to say, and even more difficult to have to wait for, but for now, Before Midnight is essential viewing.
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Film Review: This is The End (2013)
byFor fan’s of Goldberg and Rogan’s previous films, This is the End is plays out like the ultimate behind-the-scenes featurette. The silliness and fun that the cast seem to be having on the screen is palpable and the none-too-serious look at the end of the world is enjoyable from start to finish.
Film Review: Only God Forgives (2013)
byPremiering at this year’s Cannes Film Festival to initial boos, Refn and Gosling’s second joint effort has proven divisive amongst audiences. You can’t deny Refn’s style has a distinctive formality to it, which is very attractive to look at.
Film Review: Pacific Rim (2013)
byRaleigh (Charlie Hunnam) and Yancy (Diego Klattenhoff) are brothers, pilots, and rock-stars. They have no marketable skills in the real world, but in post apocalyptic aliens vs giant robots world, their ability to hold their own in a fight makes them super human rock-stars.
Film Review: The Lone Ranger (2013)
byFor a producer, Jerry Bruckheimer sure does leave his mark on pictures. The Lone Ranger is a classic wild west tale, much as the Pirates of the Caribbean series is a classic pirates-on-the-high-seas franchise, and it has all the action, and violence, you would expect from a wild west, with a little humour thrown in for good measure.
Film Review: Reality (2012)
byIt’s unclear whether Matteo Garrone’s latest work Reality can be best described as a drama or a black comedy. While the film’s premise is comical, what unfolds over the two-hour running time is often disturbing.
Film Review: To The Wonder (2012)
byThe highly anticipated new film from arguably the most artistically uncompromising, as well as celebrated, film maker currently working in North American cinema, To The Wonder continues Terrence Malick’s mediation on the very nature of love and life.
Film Review: We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks (2013)
byIn his new documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, director Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and Client 9:…
Film Review: Epic (2013)
byGiven the superlative title of Chris Wedge’s Epic, it would be apt for one to call it the ultimate kids film. That isn’t to say that Epic is necessarily better than any of the other winter holiday options going around; rather, it often feels like a greatest hits package of recent children’s films.
Film Review: Errors of the Human Body (2013)
byErrors of the Human Body is a well-executed, frightening insight into the potential for genetic experimentation to go awry. Importantly though, the film suggests that whilst the human body contains in-built errors in the form of mutations, it is other human errors that can worsen these situations beyond what was thought possible.