UNDERDOGHERE is a useful motto for today's busy production executives: "Just because you can, doesn't mean you have to."Fri Apr 11 2008 - 01:00
40 years of performanceThe Stones - through soundtracks and documentaries - have created a fine cinematic legacyFri Apr 11 2008 - 01:00
STRANGE WILDERNESSTHIS recklessly stupid stoner comedy ends mid-scene - indeed, mid-syllable - with a large portion of the cast collapsing into…Fri Apr 11 2008 - 01:00
AWAKEIT'S brunchtime in the Golden Langoustine and two executives - one senior, one junior - have secured a table overlooking Rodeo…Fri Apr 04 2008 - 01:00
Never back downI'VE SEEN some hypocritical films in my time, but this rampaging orgy of inanity achieves hitherto unimagined levels of phoniness…Fri Apr 04 2008 - 01:00
How she moveHERE IS an odd thing. At time of writing, How She Move , a low- budget Canadian dance flick that has received decent reviews …Fri Apr 04 2008 - 01:00
Comic heroes collaborateOne of the great joys of the Marvel Comics universe was the way characters would happily flit from one title to another.Fri Mar 28 2008 - 00:00
Drillbit TaylorHAS the Judd Apatow Confederation already outstayed its welcome?Fri Mar 28 2008 - 00:00
The Spiderwick ChroniclesSORRY? What was that? Who's he? Why has everything gone dark? Who let Nick Nolte in the building?Fri Mar 21 2008 - 00:00
Step up 2 the StreetsTHE contemporary dance flick seems to have just one storyFri Mar 21 2008 - 00:00
Love in the time of CholeraWHAT do comedies starring Nicole Kidman and mainstream adaptations of magic realist fiction have in common? SimpleFri Mar 21 2008 - 00:00
Enough Potter for two moviesThe clamour of desperate rationalisation emanating from Castle Potter has become deafening over the past week.Fri Mar 21 2008 - 00:00
The orphanage/El OrfanatoIT IS a measure of the brilliance of this singular Spanish horror film - a jaw-dropping feature debut from Juan Antonio Bayona…Fri Mar 21 2008 - 00:00
The CottageIMAGINE, for a moment, that, after directing Poor Cow, his feature debut, Ken Loach embarked on a Norman Wisdom comedy or a film…Fri Mar 14 2008 - 00:00
The game planIF YOU really have to attend the latest humorous juxtaposition of action star and infant - did you learn nothing from Kindergarten…Fri Mar 14 2008 - 00:00
Horton hears a who!EVEN A cursory consideration of the philosophical subtexts and political undercurrents of Horton Hears a Who! could well send…Fri Mar 14 2008 - 00:00
Flight of the red baloon/ Le voyage de ballon rougeREADERS who ran screaming from Wong Kar Wai's atrocious My Blueberry Nights could be forgiven for approaching the latest film…Fri Mar 14 2008 - 00:00
Anna MThough Isabelle Carré's coruscating central performance has been justly praised, this interesting French film has also generated…Fri Mar 07 2008 - 00:00
Don't Touch the Axe/Ne Touchez pas La HacheJACQUES Rivette, who turned 80 last Saturday, was among that august group of Cahiers du Cinéma critics at the forefront of the…Fri Mar 07 2008 - 00:00
Roots and bling side by sideThis year's Dublin International Film Festival got cinema talked about in corners of the city festivals don't usually reachWed Feb 27 2008 - 00:00
Be Kind RewindWHEN Michel Gondry, the French director of deranged pop videos, followed up Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with the amusing…Fri Feb 22 2008 - 00:00
The band's visit/Bikur ha-tizmoretONE can imagine worse things than a Middle Eastern version of Local HeroFri Feb 22 2008 - 00:00
The edge of heaven/Auf der Anderen SeiteHEAD-ON, the last dramatic feature from Fatih Akin, gained quite a following on its release three years agoFri Feb 22 2008 - 00:00
National Treasure: Book of SecretsHEY, Burt Sidekick, have you finished running up and down ladders for no good reason? Yes? Well, then what do you make of this…Fri Feb 08 2008 - 00:00
Definitely, maybeTHE romcom is currently in such a degraded state that one feels like screeching for joy when any film that meets the description…Fri Feb 08 2008 - 00:00
The princes' questJUST when you think you've got your head around the various manifestations of the current animation boom - Pixar's digital slickness…Fri Feb 08 2008 - 00:00
Arctic TaleANYBODY troubled by the anthropomorphism in March of the Penguins would, if somehow forced to attend this ghastly arctic soap…Fri Feb 08 2008 - 00:00
The water horse: Legend of the deepAH, YES. Lot's of bracing highland air. Children in corduroys and thick-knit jumpersFri Feb 08 2008 - 00:00
CloverfieldWE FIRST heard of Cloverfield last summer when a deliberately perplexing trailer - lots of screaming and panicking in New York…Fri Feb 01 2008 - 00:00
PenelopeI WOULD guess the maniacs behind this bungled fairytale would be pleased to hear their film described as oddFri Feb 01 2008 - 00:00
I know who killed meTwo films are fighting it out for the title of Grand Turkey at this year's Golden Raspberry Awards.Fri Feb 01 2008 - 00:00
Outdoor screenings to feature in next month's Dublin I Film FestivalPat Shortt, one of the nation's favourite actors, and Jayne Wisener, who plays the title character's young daughter in the recent…Wed Jan 30 2008 - 00:00
In the Valley of ElahTommy Lee Jones provides the moral heft to this mystery, writes Donald Clarke.Fri Jan 25 2008 - 00:00
The sound of musicalsThe heyday of American movie musicals is over, but as Sweeney Todd, Mamma Mia! and High School Musical show, there's life in …Fri Jan 25 2008 - 00:00
The ItalianIt would require a Dickensian misanthrope of inhuman proportions to turn this particular cinematic waif from the door, writes…Fri Jan 25 2008 - 00:00
Monster mashFreddy Krueger has battled Jason, Frankenstein has met the Wolf Man and today Predator starts another dust-up with the Aliens…Fri Jan 18 2008 - 00:00
Alien vs Predator: RequiemWhat's going on? Harry Secombe vs The Honey Monster? Princess Grace vs Tank Girl? If you thought the first round of this celebrity…Fri Jan 18 2008 - 00:00
Dan in real lifeWHAT are we to do with Steve Carell? Since breaking cover with The 40-Year-Old Virgin and the American version of The Office, …Fri Jan 11 2008 - 00:00
Charlie Wilson's WarOver the past year or so, too many prominent film-makers have failed in their (admirably intentioned) attempts to make big, serious…Fri Jan 11 2008 - 00:00
Hotel Harabati/De particulier a particulierIf you are an enthusiast of the work of Michael Haneke (and you have decided to emerge from the dank cellar in which you sleep…Fri Jan 04 2008 - 00:00
Shut Up and Shoot MeFilm-makers have always enjoyed extracting comedy from the petty squabbling of silly men, writes Donald Clarke.Fri Dec 28 2007 - 00:00
