Film Review: Keep on Keepin’ On (2014)
byIf you’ve never heard of Clark Terry before here’s the overview; he was born in dirt poor Missouri in 1920, rose to fame in the late…
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Film Review: The Ref (1994)
byThe Ref (1994) is a family Christmas movie with a difference: it doesn’t give saccharine sweet families getting along, instead it goes into a…
Film Review: Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
byThere was a Santa Claus before Tim Allen! Santa Claus: The Movie was released in 1985 and starred David Huddleston as Santa as well…
Film review: Paddington (2014)
byAfter more than fifty years, Michael Bond’s beloved children’s book character comes to life, and he is one adorable bear. Seemingly sticking quite close…
Film Review: National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire (2014)
byThere is a certain intimacy to watching live theater, one that can often refuse to translate to cinema. Under Benedict Andrews’ direction, National Theatre…
Film Review: Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
byJason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman and Charlie Day must have had sore palms by the end of filming Horrible Bosses 2. So many high fives. Whether…
Film Review: Human Capital (2014)
byVying for Oscar glory, Human Capital is Italy’s submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 2015 Academy Awards, having already won…
Film Review: The Congress (2013)
byThe Futurological Congress (1971) written by Stanislaw Lem forms the basis of Ari Folman’s The Congress (2013). Lem, also known for Solaris (1961), penned the black…
Film Review: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
byYou know when you have one of those bad days? One where everything seems to go wrong no matter what you do? Well, this…
Film Review: Serena (2014)
byThe combination of Hollywood darlings Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper seems like a sure-fire recipe for success. They lit up the big screen in…