Melancholia(2011)
"it’s a poetic, passionate film"
It is the movie Lars Von Trier was presenting at Cannes when he accidentally got banned for a not-so-subtle remark about Nazism; it is also the film that, in the same occasion, won Kirsten Dunst the coveted award for Best Actress. ?Melancholia was definitely talked about even prior to its release...
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore(2010)
"Kids will love this. Spying and flying dogs, cats and birds, working together to take down one seriously disturbed kitty"
Kids will love this. Spying and flying dogs, cats and birds, working together to take down one seriously disturbed kitty -- what's not for them to love? Mum's and Dad's - if it weren't a darkened cinema, I would say bring a book. This is not a film you are going to see with high hopes of being e...
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice(2010)
"If Hogwarts was in down-town New York, this is what Harry Potter would have turned out like."
Jerry Bruckheimer. Nicolas Cage. This, for me, is one of the most successful partnerships in Hollywood - Con Air, Gone in Sixty Seconds, National Treasure - the list goes on and on and on. For the most part, the films are never going to be Oscar winning material, but what then p...
The A-Team(2010)
"The A-Team are back, but it's just not the same"
Nostalgia is a wonderful thing. I vaguely remember watching the A-Team as a kid. Hannibal – cool and calculating. Face – even cooler. BA – definition of a tough guy. Murdoch – crazy. ‘The Van’ – cool...
Gainsbourg(2010)
"enchanting, seductive... perfect"
Oh how I love a good biopic. It has all the sleazy satisfaction of having a thorough nose in someone’s bag; watching a scandalous soap; reading a trashy magazine. You feel like you’ve been let in on a secret, caught someone famous pick their nose (and seen them eat it if you’re ...
The Rebound(2010)
"If there’s one thing that Hollywood likes to do, it’s exploit trends"
If there’s one thing that Hollywood likes to do, it’s exploit trends (hence the avalanche of vampire movies we’ve seen lately) and that’s why we’re starting to see an increasing number of May-December romances on our screens (last year’s The Proposal, the subtl...