Film Review: A Royal Night Out (2015)
byIt’s so nice to see extras getting into their roles. All too often, extras in crowds betray a lacklustre commitment to chanting, laughing or…
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MIFF14: Mommy (2014)
byCausing quite a stir at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year was Mommy, written and directed by Canadian wunderkind Xavier Dolan. Infused with…
MIFF14: Mommy (2014)
byI’ll admit it now, I’m a Xavier Dolan novice. Mommy is only the second film that I’ve seen of this French/Canadian wunderkind, and the…
Film Review: Seventh Son (2014)
bySeventh Son is pretty easy to enjoy, with a grizzly Jeff Bridges and an elegantly evil Julianne Moore at the helm. If entertainment is…
Film Review: Jupiter Ascending (2015)
byNever has a woman’s love of dogs been expressed with such bafflement as Mila Kunis does in Andy and Lana Wachowksi‘s Jupiter Ascending. While one might…
Film Review: Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
byBilled as a love story released just in time for Valentine’s Day, Fifty Shades of Grey is anything but. Beginning as Twilight fan fiction,…
Film Review: The Yes Men Are Revolting (2014)
byThe Yes Men Are Revolting documents the pranks and hoaxes perpetrated by activist duo The Yes Men. This is their third documentary, following The…
Film Review: Finding Fela! (2014)
by“Music is the weapon”. This is the war cry of Nigerian musician, composer and political identity Fela Kuti, the cry reiterated by his friends,…
Film Review: Mortdecai (2015)
byPoor casting and a mediocre script are what render Mortdecai a supremely disappointing film. Johnny Depp in the title role is close to terrible….
Film Review: Selma (2014)
byYou may be forgiven for wondering why in the 21st century, it takes a movie about the civil rights movement to showcase the talents…