Film Review: Hara-Kiri (AKA Seppuku 1962)
byHara-kiri is a samurai film primarily concerned with the lengths a man will go to fulfil their vows according to the warrior’s honourable code…
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Film Review: Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
byReview by Nick Alexander, Joanna Di Mattia and Scott Halligan Sword of Vengeance is the first Lone Wolf and Cub film in a series…
Film Review: Goyokin (1969)
byGoyokin is a samurai film about honour. Opening voice-over narration explains that the title refers to a payment of gold delivered as a tax…
Film Review: Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
byAfter seeing eager fans waiting to board the Transformers ride at Universal Studios, Michael Bay decided he wasn’t ready to give up on his metal-shredding…
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: 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…
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,…
Film Review: Rising From Ashes (2012)
byT.C. Johnstone’s documentary charts the journey of the Rwandan cycling team a decade on from the 1994 Hutu-Tutsi conflict. Johnstone introduces us to the…
Film Review: Gardening With Soul (2013)
by“If you can’t live with love and in love and keep your love going for people regardless of what’s going on, it’s not worth…
Film Review: Under the Skin (2014)
byThe premise of Jonathan Glazer’s film, Under the Skin, doesn’t sound like anything new: an alien comes to earth, taking the image of a…