Show-biz Cautionary Tales
Five films. Five tales of opportunism, faded glory, delusions of grandeur, selling your wife’s womb to the devil, and punishing a child with wardrobe…
The Yes Men
MIFF Review: The Hollywood Complex (2011)
Every January to April, thousands of actors from across the world come to Hollywood for what is known as pilot season. The Hollywood Complex…
MIFF Review: Page One: Inside the New York Times (2011)
Anyone who has ever been even slightly interested in the manufacturing and printing of newspapers will be delighted by the opening sequence in Page…
Film Review: Bridesmaids (2011)
Two years ago I took place in what I thought was a daring social experiment. I trotted on down to the local cinema to…
Film Review: Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
Oranges and Sunshine is based on a true story that details the discovery of a child migration scheme by a Nottingham social worker in…
Film Review: Blue Valentine (2010)
By James Madden. Viewed 15.12.10 Brutally honest, daringly confronting and devastatingly beautiful are words that attempt to describe writer/director Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine, but…
Screen Actor’s Guild Award Nominations
Just in!!! The Screen Actor’s Guild Award Nominations were announced by Angie Harmon, Rosario Dawson and SAG President Ken Howard. A huge precursor to…
Winnebago Man Trailer
Ever made a blooper or a blunder and accidentally slipped out a few choice words? Are you a fan of the video sensation website…
MIFF Review: Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
The lyrics “You gotta get a gimmick, if you want to get ahead” by Stephen Sondheim for the Broadway musical Gypsy have never been…
Right v. Wrong: The case of The Godfather Part III
Recently I watched The Godfather Part III for the first time. Instead of rattling on about how unsurprisingly shit it was, I’m going to…