Grace of Monaco (2014)
Any film that features as its subject one of Hollywood’s most iconic actresses, was always going to face an uphill struggle. Add to this that the woman in question [...]
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Lust in the Dust (1985)
You’ve got to hand it to Arrow Films for discovering an increasingly odd collection of lost obscurities for a whole new generation of film lovers to enjoy. One such [...]
The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
In this age of VOD movies and multitudinous television channels that let you watch whatever you like, where-ever and whenever you want, it’s hard to visualise an era [...]
Johnny English Reborn (2011)
Seldom will you experience delight as in the sheer exuberance of Johnny English Reborn. The sequel to Johnny English (2003), sees director Oliver Parker bring Rowan [...]
The Nut Job (2014)
Making a successful feature length cartoon is a hard nut to crack. For every animated hit, a dozen sink without trace, relegated to being stuck on the DVD player just [...]
Ghost Stories from the BBC: Volume 5 (2014)
Completing the BFI’s collection of ghost story adaptations which over the years became a staple of the BBC’s Christmas programming, come two chillers from M. R. [...]
Yves Saint Laurent (2014)
Yves Saint Laurent, the bio-pic about the French fashion designer by director Jalil Lespert, and starring Pierre Niney, Guillaume Gallienne and Charlotte Le Bon, is [...]
The Bling Ring (2013)
We all, if honest, envy to some degree the lifestyles of Hollywood’s rich and famous. For most however, lusting after their wealth ends with reading celebrity [...]
House of Mortal Sin (1976)
Writer and critic David McGillivray has never been one to shy from controversy. So it should hardly have come as a surprise when, at a screening of director / producer Pete [...]
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Why do we still go to the cinema. In an era when we are increasingly bombarded with more of the ‘same old thing’, it is easy to groan in despair at the lack of [...]
