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 29, 2015
Film Review: Gone Girl (2014)
(Warning: Spoilers!) Gripping, cerebral, and remarkably glacial in both tone and pace, Gone Girl is an inventive thriller based on the...
Aug 21, 2015
Film Review: Hero (2002)
Hero is Rashomon 2.0, taking the basic idea of multiple story retellings and refining it with epic vistas, beautifully choreographed...
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...
Aug 14, 2015
Film Review: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
The fifth instalment in the Tom Cruise-helmed Mission: Impossible series is an entertaining, action-packed caper with all the necessary...
Aug 7, 2015
Film Review: Whiplash (2014)
The first thing presented in Whiplash is an urgent strain of percussion, a sharp beating on a snare drum that grows faster and faster...
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 24, 2015
Film Review: Ant-Man (2015)
Ant-Man, starring Paul Rudd as the titular superhero, is a comedy-heist film that follows recently-released-from-prison burglar Scott...
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....
