Oct 28, 2015
Film Review: Mr. Turner (2014)
Mr. Turner is an astounding biographical film depicting the final twenty-five years of acclaimed British Romantic painter Joseph Mallord...
Sep 18, 2015
Film Review: Filth (2013)
I hesitate to recommend the most disturbing character study I’ve ever seen on film yet there is something about the very NSFW Filth that...
Sep 11, 2015
Film Review: Shaun of the Dead (2004)
An outstanding member of the zom-rom-com genre (that’s “zombie romantic comedy”, in case you didn’t know), Shaun of the Dead is a...
Aug 17, 2015
Film Review: Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)
Disclaimer: I’ve never read anything by Thomas Hardy, although I’ve got Tess of the d’Ubervilles and Jude the Obscure somewhere on my...
Jul 31, 2015
Film Review: Black Sea (2014)
Black Sea stars Jude Law in a heist-thriller set on a submarine. Law plays Robinson, a recently laid-off salvage worker who assembles a...
Jul 17, 2015
Film Review: Locke (2013)
Locke is a low-budget, high-concept thriller starring a bearded, Welsh-accented Tom Hardy and a BMW with hands-free phone capabilities....
Jul 10, 2015
Favourite Film Friday: Children of Men (2006)
Children of Men is a sci-fi action-drama based on mystery novelist P. D. James’s book of the same name. Clive Owen plays the reluctant...
Apr 25, 2015
Favourite Film Friday: The Duchess (2008)
Based on the true story of Georgiana Spencer, the Duchess of Devonshire and ancestor of Princess Diana, The Duchess features Keira...
Apr 10, 2015
Favourite Film Friday: Anna Karenina (2012)
There have been countless screen adaptations of Leo Tolstoy’s classic tragedy, Anna Karenina. The 2012 version by Joe Wright, which stars...
Apr 9, 2015
Film Review: The Theory of Everything (2014)
The Theory of Everything is a sweeping love story based on Jane Hawking’s memoir “Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen”, which...
