Film Review: The Imitation Game (2014)
by“Sometimes it is the people no-one imagines anything of who do the things no-one can imagine.” Thus is the theme for director Morten Tyldum’s…
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Film Review: Big Hero 6 (2014)
byThis year’s obligatory Boxing Day animated release is Disney’s Big Hero 6, based on the Marvel comic of the same name. Upping the cute…
Film Review: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
byA few years have passed since the Battle of the Smithsonian and Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) is successfully disguising his wax figures coming to…
Film Review: Mr. Turner (2014)
byIn his biography of the early nineteenth century painter J.M.W. Turner acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh not only crafts a rich and textured portrayal of…
Film Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
byPeter Jackson‘s The Hobbit series has thrown almost everyone into mutually exclusive camps: the haters and the indifferent. For what is essentially a bit…
Film Review: St Vincent (2014)
bySt Vincent is a great opportunity for Bill Murray to do what Bill Murray does best. But, what’s the issue with that? This is…
Film Review: The Holiday (2006)
bySet around the Christmas season, The Holiday follows the life of Iris (Kate Winslet), a romantically struggling journalist, and Amanda (Cameron Diaz), another character…
Film Review: Edward Scissorhands (1990)
byTim Burton’s films have always held the kind of decoration you’d expect on a Christmas tree, and bar The Nightmare Before Christmas, this is…
Film Review: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001)
byYou may be a bit perplexed about the choice of Chris Columbus‘ adaptation of JK Rowling‘s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone for a memorable…
Film Review: The Family Stone (2005)
byChristmas can often be about family, although not necessarily one’s own family. Christmas is often about meeting the in-laws for the first time. The…