Se7en dir. by David Fincher
I can still remember going to see this film in the cinema more than twenty years ago. It is one of those films that has always...
9 March 2018
Lucy dir. by Luc Besson
Lucy’s new boyfriend is trying to persuade her to deliver a briefcase for him. It’s a simple job and she’ll get well paid, he promises, after...
23 August 2014
Oblivion [based on book by] by Arvid Nelson, Joseph Kosinski dir. by Joseph Kosinski
Jack is a drone repair man. Before his assignment on earth his memory, and that of his communications officer, was wiped, to protect the mission. 60...
14 April 2013
The Dark Knight Rises [based on characters created] by Bob Kane dir. by Christopher Nolan
Before this review begins, I’d like to just wish everyone affected by the attack in Colorado the very best. I really have no words to express...
23 July 2012
Gone Baby Gone dir. by Ben Affleck
This film’s release here and in Britain was delayed for a considerable time due to the supposed similarities between the plot and the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. I can see what it happened, but in reality there aren’t that many similarities. The film is about Patrick Kenzie and his “associate” Angie Gennaro who have been hired to track down a missing child, Amanda McCready. Almost at once they find out that the media story isn’t quite the truth.
10 June 2008
March of the Penguins dir. by Luc Jacquet
Narrated by Morgan Freeman ; aka La Marche de l’empereur A nature documentary about penguins in the Antartic, this has been making the news as it...
10 December 2005
Million Dollar Baby [based on book] by F.X. Toole dir. by Clint Eastwood
The critics have been raving over this film. Don’t know why, I found it overlong, boring and more than a little predictable.
22 January 2004