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Film review: Midnight in Paris

Gil (Owen Wilson) is a Hollywood scriptwriter visiting France with his pretty but materialistic fiancée Inez (Rachel McAdams) and her arrogant right-wing parents. A true romantic, Gil idealises literary masters like Hemingway and F [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Film Review: Another Earth

No need to be a sci-fi junkie to be captivated by the stunning Another Earth. Drawing on the familiar trope of life in outer space, first-time director Mike Cahill is equally if not more interested in venturing inward to explore issues of [...]

Posted On : Jul, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Film Review: Sarah's Key

Sarah's Key, beautifully adapted from Tatiana de Rosnay’s novel of the same title, derives much of its considerable force from another fine performance by Kristin Scott Thomas in what seems like a custom-made role. Seamlessly en [...]

Posted On : Jul, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Film review: X-Men: First Class

After the third X-Men movie collapsed into visual and narrative chaos, the franchise seemed dead and buried not so. Prequels are usually as disastrous as sequels, but this one is fresh and imaginative and offers real promise for get [...]

Posted On : Jun, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Film Review: Cost of a Soul

As much as you want to celebrate the success story behind the indie movie Cost of a Soul, your final impression is that of a talented newcomer done in by artistic overreach. While Penn State film-school grad Sean Kirkpatrick does a fine j [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Film Review: Dressed

David Swajeski's documentary Dressed focuses on young Laotian-American designer Nary Manivong as he prepares for his first big fashion show in New York City, while presenting a quick overview of the fashion industry today and the cha [...]

Posted On : Feb, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: Best 10 films of 2010

ANOTHER year in the movies has come to an end and it’s time to take a look back at the best that 2010 had to offer. Here, in no particular order, are my top ten films of the year: INCEPTION A VISUALLY stunning, gripping, [...]

Posted On : Jan, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

No place like home: Toronto film fest opens new HQ

The overseers of the glossy new home of the Toronto International Film Festival have two key aims: to infuse their building with the spirit of cinema's future and the ghosts of its past. The festival, which gets under way Thursday fo [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Film Review - Avatar

What’s the plan, Jake?” someone asks our hero in the second (or is it third?) hour of Avatar. “There is no plan,” he replies – which typifies my problems with this much-hyped action fantasy. Anticipation for th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Film review - The Lovely Bones

Peter Jackson's latest project, The Lovely Bones, treats a harrowing subject with dignity and tenderness. The Lovely Bones is the tale of 14-year-old Susie Salmon, who lives in a happy family in rural Pennsylvania. After her brutal murder [...]

Posted On : Dec, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

District 9 -- Film Review

Combining the very best of the postwar sci-fi movies with their trenchant political undertones and pulse-pounding dynamism and contemporary movie technology that can blend aliens seamlessly into a realistic human world of urban and moral de [...]

Posted On : Jul, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

The Ugly Truth' and other films

It isn't hard to guess, from a comedy with a title like "The Answer Man," that the man in question probably doesn't have any answers at all. But the cliches and overly familiar plot points don't end there. The debut from wri [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Film review - Night at the Museum 2

Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais. THE STORY When his plastic pals, the exhibits who come to life at New York's Museum of Natural History, are shipped off to the vaults of the Sm [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Early Wolverine Movie Reviews... Film Leaked!

Woke up this morning noticing early reviews of Wolverin hitting the web. When you consider the film has not even hit theatres yet and wont till May you have to wonder how are people reviewing it? According to CinemaBlend a leaked co [...]