From a screening of The Passion of Joan of Arc in a Cathedral accompanied by a live score, to Joan Collins’ movie Empire of the Ants (so bad it’s rad) hosted by Joan Collins herself….*, Birmingham’s Flatpack film festival is nothing short of excellently eclectic. Contrary to the title, there’s no Ikea furniture in sight. … Continue reading
Disney may not be the first place you’d go to when looking for an empowering female character, but Oz The Great And The Powerful shafts any progress it may have made with Brave right off the yellow brick road. It’s a shame that the 1939 version of Wizard Of Oz, with its main female lead … Continue reading
I’m not yet 40 but any reservations I had about hitting that milestone age have been reassured by this film. If, when I waltz into my fourth decade I have a husband with mojito green eyes, a full head of hair, a job, initiative to knock back Viagra and the ability to deposit excrement that … Continue reading
Robot? That lasagna was divine. Now, when you’re done with the washing-up I need you to write a review for this film. There’s a good chap. Ok, so that may be a bit far fetched (robot hands don’t have nimble enough fingers. Yet) but this depiction of how our metallic mates could be our babysitters … Continue reading
Gangster Squad is exactly what you would expect from s gangster film: Bad cops in good suits, obedient trophy women wrapped in satin, a thunderous tally of pumped ammunition and cheap chat-up lines which, if they were not coming from the pursed lips of Ryan Gosling would earn you a wet lap and a … Continue reading
Explosive flight crash scene: check. Mild nudity from a woman of generous proportions: check. Drugs and booze: check. Denzel Washington: check. So Flight ticks a lot of components aimed to lure the Hollywood hounding audiences. But is it actually any good? Actually, yeah. Flight follows the conscientious journey of Whip the pilot (Denzel) and his … Continue reading
Musicals are like subtitles, you think they’ll be hard work but once you get going you don’t even notice the extra work needed to enjoy them. At first it’s quite a giggle watching an oily-faced Hugh Jackman belting out bars on how woeful it is rowing a 100 ton boat, but soon the smirks reside … Continue reading
Details of Star Trek Into Darkness are leaking like a bullet-holed bucket and the first carrot-dangling nine minutes of the movie are now being previewed before its May 2013 release and before selected viewings of The Hobbit (and to lucky sods like us). At the preview footage launch at the IMAX we watched the opening … Continue reading
Despite the ugly paths this film storms down, Broken is a beautiful film and is worthy of its triumphant win for Best Film of 2012 at the British Independent Film Awards. With an underline objective of highlighting the grit that falls between family cracks, Broken follows a series of tangled tales of the dysfunctional households … Continue reading
Christmas has come early. The most anticipated film of the year (the one that doesn’t star Daniel Craig) is quite literally about to burst onto the big screen in bigger way. But is The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in all its shiny armour and eye flickering beauty actually any good and it is worth the … Continue reading
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