New Cinema Releases
The Secret of MoonacreThe
Secret of Moonacre is based on The Little White Horse, a novel by
Elizabeth Goudge, that was one of my favourites as a child and was
apparently also much loved by one Joanne Rowling.
The
Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a David Fincher adaptation of an F.
Scott Fitzgerald tale of a man who is born old and ages backward.
Benjamin (Pitt) is a wrinkly eighty year old baby, whose widowed and
grieving father (Statham) abandons him…
Woody
Allen has re-emerged from the ashes of his exploits in England with
this delightfully light, but sparky romantic comedy set in…
Luck
by Chance heralds the debut of yet another Bolly star-kid. Zoya Akhtar
takes the helm at this fresh, brilliantly written story on the inner
machinations of the Hindi film industry, Delhi belly and all. Here we
see the many hues of ambition,…
ValkyrieTom
Cruise may finally get the Best Actor Oscar he’s always wanted for his
staring role in Valkyrie about a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. The
Hollywood A-Lister has been given a lot of criticism recently over his
private life and his last major…
Sean
Penn adds another great performance to his already glowing record as
Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in
American history. Exuding warmth, humour and compassion, not terms
generally associated with Penn’s…
Seven Pounds
In
Seven Pounds we find William in a somewhat altruistic frame of mind, in
this touching tale of redemption, guilt, and a different type of
suffering. A far cry from Smith’s big budget sci-fi / action epics,
Seven Pounds nurtures an interesting…
Clubbed
opens well, with Chic’s classic Good Times bouncing along with the
credits and setting you up for a feel good, last days of disco style
romp through the 80s that sadly never materialises. The story of Danny
(Raido), a cowed and fearful…
The Wrestler
There
haven’t been a huge number of pictures made about American
pro-wrestling. In fact, the only ones that spring to mind are Sylvester
Stallone’s 1978 drama Paradise Alley, the campy 1980s Hulk Hogan epic
No Holds Barred and the excellent…
Slumdog Millionaire
The
latest feature from one of Britain’s ground-breaking talents is simply,
distinctly - Danny Boyle. Slumdog Millionaire tells the formidable
story of slum-dweller Jamal, his sibling Salim and fellow orphan
Latika, as it charts his remarkable…
Stuck
Brandi (Suvari, with a production credit to her name), is a white trash
care home worker in an anonymous US
As
its title suggests, John Patrick Shanley’s new film deals in
uncertainty. Set in 1964 in St. Nicholas, an all boys Bronx school, the
film centres on a case of suspected misconduct involving Philip.
city. Unusually dedicated to her
dribbling, incontinent, senile charges, Brandi’s diligence is noted by
her boss, who tells her that she is…