I had such high hopes for Wanderlust, the comedy by director David Wain, starring Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux. After sitting through
Author: Cleaver
I'm a journalist and film critic based in London. I'm currently the News Editor of Flickfeast, for which I also review new film releases. In addition I review films, do features and interviews and cover festivals for various other magazines and on-line publications. I've created the Screen & Gone blog, so I can share my thoughts and bring a new perspective to films, old and new, which may have passed you by.
THE VINEYARD (1989)
A film critic’s job is akin to that of a sounding-board. Sometimes it’s a sheer delight to sit through a film and then have
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (2014)
Captain America (Chris Evans), along with his companions Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson), and newcomer The Falcon (Anthony Mackie), are
INTERSTELLAR (2014)
When viewing some films you find yourself asking whether you are missing something which everyone else appears to get: or is it simply that
A NIGHT IN THE WOODS (2011)
You should know straight off when one of the main cast members of A Night in the Woods – yet another feeble entry in the
FEATURE – CUT IT OUT, THE ROLE OF THE BBFC
There is an organisation which, whether we are conscious of it or not, effects everyone who watches films either at the cinema or in the
Despicable Me 2 (2013)
You could be forgiven for thinking that, if you haven’t seen the original Despicable Me (2010), the subtler nuances of the catchily entitled Despicable
Metamorphosis (2007)
You’re in trouble when a film pushes Mr Highlander (1986) himself, Christopher Lambert, as its ‘star’! Metamorphosis, by Hungarian director Jeno Hodi (responsible for
FEATURE – BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S, THE ORIGINAL BREAKFAST CLUB
As fresh today as when Holly Golightly stood on Fifth Avenue with her coffee and Danish in hand, Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961), the forerunner
Army of Shadows (1969)
Director Jean-Pierre Melville’s controversial World War II drama Army of Shadows (1969), stars Lino Ventura as Philippe Gerbier the head of a small French
FEATURE – FAUST, THE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAIL
Peter Cushing may well have had legendary German filmmaker F. W. Murnau’s Faust (1926) in mind, when he said that he found a creaking door and half
Vito (2011)
Some films though hard to watch, make essential, enlightening viewing. Vito, the biographic documentary by director Jeffrey Schwarz about the American film journalist and
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