“Red Riding”: surprisingly epic
I can’t decide whether Red Riding is the greatest movie trilogy since Satyajit Ray’s Apu films or simply the smoothest job of making three episodes fit together seamlessly while also working as...
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Andy Serkis is pure “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”
The opening 20 minutes or so of “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” is like being in a fight on a bouncy castle; exhilarating, exhausting and leaving you with a dickie tum. The biopic of...
“44 Inch Chest”: secondhand embarrassment galore
Watching “44 Inch Chest” is like being stuck in a bad karaoke bar with a pissed up divorcee screeching through “Without You” before breaking down into a crumpled heap on stage. Imagine...
“The Book of Eli”: Denzel Washington – still got it
Another day, another apocalypse. This time it’s the turn of that sporadic directing team, the Hughes Brothers, to unleash the fire and brimstone upon the good ol' US of A. The instrument of their...
“A Prophet”: is it too early to call Film of the Year?
Sometimes movie gets it so right you want grab the screen by its imaginary collars and drag it passionately toward you. For a fleeting, transitory moment, the film is yours and yours alone; it’s...
“The Road”: complete despair? Or not quite?
When we watch post-apocalyptic fare like “Dawn Of The Dead” or the “Mad Max” trilogy, we all secretly wish we could be in that situation, just for a little bit. We come out of the cinema...
“Daybreakers”: vampires as corporate America
In 2019, vampires are the dominant species on the planet. Only 5% of the human population remains. Edward Dalton, a human sympathiser played by Ethan Hawke, works frantically to find a blood...
Back to the Apocalypse: the best of the 80’s post-apocalyptic films
Being a kid in the early 80s was tough. Thatcher’s Britain was like an amusement park that had failed a safety test -- it looked fun, but was really a potential death trap. Heroin “screwed you...
What’s wrong with action movies? A case study
I understand that action movies don't usually promote social change or make us examine our daily lives. The one thing they reliably accomplish is stress-testing romantic relationships within the...
“Avatar”: the known future rolls toward us
We have lived long enough to witness the second coming of JC. No, not that one. The one with the shorter beard. James Cameron, that is. He can’t walk on water, but he’s bringing us the next best...