Why Johnny Depp must be cappedSMALL PRINT: BY NOW it’s probably far too late in the day to write up an obituary for the movie starWed Dec 15 2010 - 00:00
War of Love/Sluby PanienskieHUH? WEIRD, farcical, broad – one might as well attempt to review a bicycle pump on these pages as this Polish bodice-ripper. …Fri Dec 10 2010 - 00:00
SomewhereIN KEEPING with the traditions of Hollywood bad boys past and present, Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) resides at the Chateau Marmont…Fri Dec 10 2010 - 00:00
'It is hell. It is not an entertainment'IT SAYS something when Tim Anderson, the movie reviewer at BloodyDisgustingThu Dec 09 2010 - 00:00
Peeping TomA YOUNG MAN (Carl Boehm, née Karlheinz Böhm) follows a prostitute home and murders herFri Dec 03 2010 - 00:00
Robinson In RuinsLET’S HEAR IT for the lowest- grossing film franchise in history.Fri Dec 03 2010 - 00:00
MonstersIN THE NOT-too-distant future, Mexico is under quarantine as US authorities struggle to contain the alien life forms that landed…Fri Dec 03 2010 - 00:00
MacheteENOUGH ALREADY, Robert Rodriguez. How and when will this now-wearisome saga end?Fri Nov 26 2010 - 00:00
UnstoppableIN A BETTER world, all Tony Scott movies would feature unexploded ticking bombs and runaway trainsFri Nov 26 2010 - 00:00
SpiderholeFOUR HARD-UP art students, desperate to find more partying space, stumble on an abandoned London propertyFri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
We Are What We Are/Somos Lo Que HayA PLAINLY deranged man wanders around a shopping centre until his gaze fixes on two scantily attired store mannequinsFri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
SkylineMYSTERIOUS lights appear above LA, absorbing most of that city’s inhabitants in a matter of hoursFri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
TV format is beginning to look as old as The HillsIreland gets a new reality docu-drama with the launch tonight of ‘Fade St’ – but has this type of show got anything left to offer…Thu Nov 11 2010 - 00:00
Another YearCONTINUING ON from last year’s Happy Go Lucky, Another Year might easily sport the tagline: “What happens when well-adjusted …Fri Nov 05 2010 - 00:00
The ArborBEFORE SHE died of a brain haemorrhage in 1990, the acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Andrea Dunbar toughed it out on Bradford…Fri Nov 05 2010 - 00:00
Jackboots on WhitehallIt’s the second World War and the Nazis have successfully invaded Britain, where a noble few, led by a put-out Churchill (Timothy…Fri Oct 29 2010 - 01:00
Easy AA HIGH school retooling of Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Easy A casts fille du jour Emma Stone (Spiderman’s new Mary Jane) …Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Mary and MaxDOWNBEAT, forlorn and resolutely sepia, it’s easy to see why this handsome claymation feature from Australia – winner of the …Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Africa UnitedIT WOULD require a monumental, not to mention mean-spirited, effort to say a harsh word against Africa UnitedFri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Vampires SuckA NOTE ON genealogy: Vampires Suck is the bastard spawn of the Scary Movie imprint, a franchise that has come to provide a large…Fri Oct 15 2010 - 01:00
Despicable MeBETWEEN The Incredibles, Kick-Ass and at least a dozen other titles, we’ve all gleaned quite enough about the secret life of …Fri Oct 15 2010 - 01:00
CollapseSHOT OVER five days in an abandoned warehouse, Collapse is an entertaining showcase for the controversial views of Michael Ruppert…Fri Oct 08 2010 - 01:00
Life As We Know ItWHY, KATHERINE, why? It has taken a while for us punters to accept that you are not the badass babe you once appeared to beFri Oct 08 2010 - 01:00
I’m Still HereIN FEBRUARY 2009, a dishelleved, monosyllabic Joaquin Phoenix appeared on The David Letterman ShowFri Oct 01 2010 - 01:00
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?THIS SEASON’S most exciting arthouse prospect does not disappointFri Oct 01 2010 - 01:00
World's Greatest DadIT’S IMPOSSIBLE not to read the words “Robin Williams” above the title World’s Greatest Dad without conjuring the equally emotive…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Eat Pray LoveJUST CALL us Millie Tant and slap the word ‘Fume!’ across our brow.Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Grease Sing-a-longBACK IN 1978, Randal Kleiser’s hit musical was banned outright in East Germany as a fearsome piece of capitalist agitpropFri Sept 17 2010 - 01:00
The KidIN 2004, Kevin Lewis’s misery memoir The Kid: A True Story spent 18 weeks on the bestseller chart and inspired a rush of similarly…Fri Sept 17 2010 - 01:00
AlamarA GORGEOUS Mexican documentary-drama in which the participants play themselves, Alamar (literally, “to the sea”) opens with a…Fri Sept 17 2010 - 01:00
Tamara DreweTAMARA DREWE began life as a comic strip in the Guardian and, by golly, it showsFri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
Resident Evil: AfterlifeHE MAY NOT be as respectable as his near namesake Paul Thomas Anderson, but it’s hard not to admire Paul WS Anderson, purveyor…Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
Shimmying his way back into the limelightAfter a decade battling the slings and arrows of the independent film sector, director Shimmy Marcus is backTue Sept 07 2010 - 01:00
Black DynamiteWHO'D HAVE thunk it? Blaxploitation, an entirely opportunistic subgenre cobbled together from chop-socky action, boom-chicka-…Fri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Jonah HexFAST, CHEAP and out of control, Horton Hears a Who (!) director James Hayward brings DC Comics’ ultraviolent western antihero…Fri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
The LeopardIT’S IMPOSSIBLE to attempt a summation of Visconti’s depiction of a fading aristocracy without reaching for big adjectives such…Fri Aug 27 2010 - 01:00
More AvatarBack in 1997, James Cameron’s Titanic established what look liked unbreakable records for what people in the biz call a foot …Fri Aug 27 2010 - 01:00
DIARY OF A WIMPY KIDGREG HEFFLEY (Zachary Gordon) is a cocky, smart-mouthed 12 year-old with one consuming ambition: to become the most popular kid…Fri Aug 27 2010 - 01:00
SkeletonsWITTY, ENGAGING and wildly inventive, Skeletons trumpets the arrival of a notable new talentFri Aug 06 2010 - 01:00
Meet the leadersSOUTH AMERICA. The final frontier. These are the voyages of one Oliver Stone, EsqFri Jul 30 2010 - 01:00
BarakaEAGLES CRY against snowy peaks. Stooped ladies sweep the streets of Kathmandu with makeshift twigsFri Jul 23 2010 - 01:00
Monsters' ballMovie monsters thrive during monetary troughs. And there are lots heading our way, with Predators and Splice about to pounceFri Jul 02 2010 - 01:00
