Dream House (2011)
I’ve never been a advocate of the ‘moody’ school of acting, an approach taken to new heights by Daniel Craig in the lukewarm chiller Dream House [...]
Drama
Everything Must Go (2010)
Like the life of Nick Porter (Will Ferrell), the central character round whose midlife crises Everything Must Go revolves, the directorial debut from Dan Rush ambles [...]
The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) / The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
Those who like their films heavily laden with nostalgia are in for a treat with two Dickensian gems released by Studiocanal on DVD. English director Thomas Bentley’s [...]
Before the Fall (2004)
Some films simply demand to be see. Though difficult at times to watch, Before The Fall is a sympathetic and poignant telling of one teenager’s traumatic experiences [...]
Black Butler (2014)
Occasionally a film comes along which throws caution to the wind – going straight out there to enjoy itself. Black Butler, the live action film of the bestselling Manga [...]
MATCHING JACK (2010)
You feel bad disparaging a film like Matching Jack, the drama by award winning director Nadia Tass, and starring such an impressive cast of luminaries as James Nesbit (The [...]
To Walk with Lions (1999)
To Walk with Lions is one of those films which leaves you feeling bad if you’re not enthusiastic about it. Directed by Carl Schultz and starring Richard Harris, [...]
The Ones Below (2015)
Justin (Stephen Campbell Moore) and Kate (Clémence Poésy) live a seemingly idyllic lifestyle. With a beautiful London flat, rewarding, high powered jobs and a baby [...]
A Royal Affair (2012)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have, during the long and varied history of their annual award ceremony, shown favour towards three things – [...]
The Imitation Game (2014)
Good film can move you. Great film can move you to tears. Norwegian director Morten Tyldum’s biographical thriller The Imitation Game is unlikely to leave a dry [...]
FEATURE – THE GAME’S AFOOT, HOLMES
In 2009 the ex Mr Maddonna (otherwise known as Guy Richie), used the unlikely pairing of Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law to bring back to the screen two of crime [...]
K-Shop (2016)
Salah (Ziad Abaza) puts his academic studies on-hold in order to help his father run the family kebab shop, in a seaside town on England’s South Coast. After [...]
