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A Week In Movies: Hollywood Legends Hit London, As Do A Trio Of Big Premieres, While New Trailers Promise Tears, Laughs, Thrills And Chills
Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hugh Jackman and Emma Thompson were all on hand for Sunday night's Empire Awards in London, a lively and colourful event with most winners chosen by the magazine's readers. Cruise was...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 4th April 2014
Honour
There's such an important issue at the centre of this British thriller that the film should not be ignored, even if filmmaker Shan Khan strains to turn it into a formulaic thriller. It's beautifully shot...
Movie Review posted on 4th April 2014
Rio 2
After the snappy, clever 2011 original, this sequel feels rather lazy by comparison: it's still visually colourful and sometimes witty, but the overcrowded story is all over the place, mixing wacky slapstick and corny satire...
Movie Review posted on 4th April 2014
Noah
Darren Aronofsky continues to ambitiously experiment with genres in this Old Testament blockbuster, but this is his first real misstep as a filmmaker, as the impressive parts simply don't add up. Still, there are flashes...
Movie Review posted on 4th April 2014
Divergent
Teens tackle yet another dystopian future in this well-made but derivative franchise-launcher. Filmmaker Neil Burger is more interested in whizzy visuals and a thorny plot to pay much attention to the characters or larger underlying...
Movie Review posted on 3rd April 2014
The Double
After his acclaimed drama Submarine, actor-turned-filmmaker Richard Ayoade applies his considerable visual skills to this striking blackly comical adaptation of Dostoevsky's novella. Bristling with wit and snappy details, the film's style overwhelms its emotional core,...
Movie Review posted on 3rd April 2014
The Motel Life
There's a lovely simplicity to this quietly unnerving story about two brothers who have never had a break in life. And while it is relentlessly grim, it's also elegantly well-made, held together by another revelatory...
Movie Review posted on 3rd April 2014
A Week In Movies: Noah Continues Its Roll-Out, Rio 2 Has A Tropical Premiere, Macbeth Films In England, Three Sci-Fi Trailers Arrive At Once
As Darren Aronofsky's ambitious retelling of the biblical tale of Noah opens in America this weekend, Russell Crowe continues his world tour, premiering the film in cities on every continent. This Saturday alone he'll attend...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 28th March 2014
Why '20 Feet From Stardom' Deserved The Oscar for 'Best Documentary'
In the weeks leading up to the Oscars, pundits were divided about which documentary would win the big prize, most predicting The Act of Killing, the innovative, staggeringly powerful exploration of Indonesia's death squads. But...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 28th March 2014
The 'Muppets Most Wanted' Meet The Press
With their new movie taking global cinemas by storm, the Muppets have been out on the press trail chatting to journalists and keeping them laughing. When asked about the experience of shooting this action-comedy-musical sequel,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 28th March 2014
With 'Captain America: Winter Soldier,' The Future Looks Bright For Marvel
The release of the second Captain America movie marks the mid-point of Marvel's Phase 2, the second chapter in their ongoing series of big-screen comic book hero adventures. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, who produces...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 28th March 2014
Tom at the Farm
After black comedy (I Killed My Mother), ethereal romance (Heartbeats) and gender-bending drama (Laurence Anyways), eerily gifted 25-year-old Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan turns to Hitchcock for inspiration. The result is a seriously creepy thriller that's...
Movie Review posted on 28th March 2014
Almost Married
There's basically just one joke in this scruffy British comedy, and it's dragged out painfully for the better part of an hour before the script finally clicks into gear. Likeable actors help hold our interest...
Movie Review posted on 28th March 2014
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
This is the Marvel movie that divides the fans from the casual filmgoers, as the movies become more like a TV series in which the world is saved from disaster every week. While it's shot...
Movie Review posted on 28th March 2014
Muppets Most Wanted
Where the 2011 reboot felt effortless in the way it recaptured that warmly anarchic Muppets humour, this sequel feels like it's working every step of the way. Yes, it's riotously silly and occasionally hilarious, but...
Movie Review posted on 28th March 2014
20 Feet From Stardom
Entertaining and uplifting, this Oscar-winning documentary tells the unknown story of the back-up singers who made classic records so memorable. Packed with lively, engaging people and fantastic music, the film also offers a sharp look...
Movie Review posted on 27th March 2014
Afternoon Delight
There are some very dark corners in this cheeky comedy, which explores relationships and sexuality in unusually realistic ways. But filmmaker Jill Soloway doesn't offer easy answers, forcing her characters to sort out a messy...
Movie Review posted on 27th March 2014
A Week In Movies: Blockbusters Premiere In L.A. And London And We Get More Detailed Trailers For Transcendence, Godzilla And Maleficent
It was another week for starry movie premieres. In Los Angeles, Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet, Theo James and Ashley Judd walked the red carpet for Divergent. The future dystopia thriller opens this weekend in America,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21st March 2014
'The Muppets Most Wanted': On The Road Again
After the surprise success of The Muppets in 2011, first-time British director James Bobin knew making a sequel would present a big challenge. "I thought we needed to make it harder," he says. "So that's...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21st March 2014
'Starred Up': 2014 Is The Year of Jack O'Connell
Movie audiences are only just beginning to discover Jack O'Connell, who is hitting the big time this year in four high-profile films. But the 23-year-old British actor is hardly a newcomer, and has been working...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21st March 2014
'A Long Way Down': Aaron and Imogen, Together Again
Having just starred together in the muscle-car thriller Need for Speed, Aaron Paul and Imogen Poots team up again this week for A Long Way Down, adapted from the Nick Hornby novel. And while both...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21st March 2014
Yves Saint Laurent
Like Coco Before Chanel, this French designer biopic is far too respectful of its subject to come to life properly as a movie. It's gorgeous to look at, and features striking performances and a strong...
Movie Review posted on 21st March 2014
Svengali
There's enough charming energy in this loose London music scene comedy to keep us entertained, but the plot drives us round the bend by refusing to go anywhere. Yes, this is one of those achingly...
Movie Review posted on 21st March 2014
A Long Way Down
With a darkly serious theme and a corny rom-com filmmaking approach, this film never quite comes together into something meaningful. The characters are full of possibilities, and the story catches the imagination, but director Pascal...
Movie Review posted on 21st March 2014
Labor Day
With one of Kate Winslet's most layered, resonant performances, this film is definitely worth a look, even though the indulgent filmmaking style pushes it perilously close to Nicholas Sparks-style sappiness. Clearly, writer-director Jason Reitman (Juno,...
Movie Review posted on 21st March 2014
The Machine
British filmmaker Caradog James makes the most of a tiny budget with this chilling sci-fi thriller. Toying with big ideas about the repercussions of artificial intelligence, James keeps the focus on the human element, which...
Movie Review posted on 20th March 2014
Starred Up
Rising star Jack O'Connell delivers a ripping performance as a young convict with more baggage than you'd think humanly possible. And he's ably supported by Ben Mendelsohn and Rupert Friend in career-best performances. So even...
Movie Review posted on 20th March 2014
A Week In Movies: Films Premiere In Hollywood, Texas And Mexico, Captain America Gathers Buzz, Sin City 2 Delivers A Trailer And Rumours Swirl About Episode Vii Casting
Two new films held their premieres in Hollywood this week. Muppets Most Wanted's world premiere was attended by stars Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, Kermit and Miss Piggy. Meanwhile, Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper and...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14th March 2014
Fan-Funded 'Veronica Mars' Is A Triumph For Kristen Bell and Co
A lot of films have been made from TV series, but very few have come together quite like Veronica Mars, a grassroots project funded by fans through a Kickstarter campaign. Writer-director Rob Thomas and star...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14th March 2014
Is 'Need For Speed' The Next Big Racing Franchise?
As studios scrabble around for well-established material that can possibly be spun into a lucrative big-screen franchise, the videogame seriesNeed for Speed must have seemed like a no-brainer. Aaron Paul [R] in 'Need for Speed'Not...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14th March 2014
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