Sunshine on Leith
Everybody knows one or two songs by the Proclaimers. If nothing else, you could 500 Miles out of your locker, and probably Letter From America too. After that you might be struggling. I was a bit, I have to say.… Continue Reading
Films
How I Live Now
I think all the faults I could find with How I Live Now stem from the position of my perception and not from the film itself. And faults aside, it starts from a position of strength by blaring Amanda Palmer‘s… Continue Reading
B-Movies A-Hoy! – White House Down & The Call
There are two types of B-movie – the big, brash and bold, and the simple idea followed through until the end – and this double bill provided me with one of each. White House Down is the second ‘terrorists take… Continue Reading
Prisoners
Fans of Denmark’s The Killing will love Prisoners. By which I mean it’s a not very good pot-boiler murder mystery (well, abduction mystery here) that has been made arty (in The Killing’s case this just means subtitled really) which means… Continue Reading
2 Guns
You shouldn’t read anything into the fact that, when playing catch-up on my reviews, I totally forgot I had seen this. It’s actually a really enjoyable diversion. no, it’s not the greatest film in the world, but it’s a highly… Continue Reading
Rush
The most interesting thing about Rush is that it avoids doing what you would expect every other film to do with its lead characters – it doesn’t take sides. Rush is the story of the rivalry between James Hunt, the… Continue Reading
Elysium
In 2009, a science fiction film came from out of nowhere (well, out of South Africa), with no stars but some fantastic special effects and a great story and script making a parable for its home country’s apartheid history. It… Continue Reading
Kick Ass 2
I loved the original Kick Ass, which seemed eager to give the burgeoning comic book superhero movie market a kick right where it hurts and call it something nasty while it was at it, so I was really looking forward… Continue Reading
The Heat
The Heat is a buddy comedy with a twist. The twist being that, in the past, these have always been two mismatched men partnering up to find a common enemy where here the two cops are Sandra Bullock’s uptight FBI… Continue Reading
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
If you don’t know who Alan Partridge is then shame on you, but at least you have a brilliantly funny journey to set yourself on. Alan (the comic creation of Steve Coogan) is a sports reporter, turned chat show host,… Continue Reading