1. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – $29.5M
2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows – $20.3M
3. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – $12.8M Continue reading “US Box Office: December 23 – 25, 2011”
Cinema Releases: December 23, 2011
Don 2
Director: Farhan Akhtar
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Om Puri
Review: Dreams Of A Life (2011)
Rooted in a story that is not only unnerving, but also desperately sad, Dreams of a Life, a documentary six years in the making, seeks to discover the truth as to how one woman, Joyce Carol Vincent (played beautifully by British actress Zawe Ashton), managed to fall through the cracks and lie dead in her lonely London bedsit for three years before being found by council workers looking to repossess her property.
Constructed through an assortment of news clippings and interviews with ex-colleagues, associates and lovers – notice the mysterious absence of Continue reading “Review: Dreams Of A Life (2011)”
US Box Office: December 16 – 18, 2011
1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows – $40M
2. Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked – $23.5M
3. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – $13M Continue reading “US Box Office: December 16 – 18, 2011”
2011: A Film Bloggers Retrospective
In the middle of last year, I – a budding cinephile – made the decision to become a film writer. A month or two after this rather out-of-the-blue decision, I successfully applied to write for (according to up-to-date Wikio stats) the UK’s top film website HeyUGuys. Subsequently, I created my own blog, Centrefolds & Empty Screens: a sanctum for me to convey my love of cinema through reviews and other, more personal posts. However, it wasn’t until this year that I grew more confident in myself (though that’s not saying much as I still often doubt my abilities) and started to gain recognition from Continue reading “2011: A Film Bloggers Retrospective”
Worst Ten Films Of 2011
Looking down at my worst of 2011 list it seems I managed to avoid many of this year’s cinematic duds, but let me tell you that having to sit through the animation atrocity that was Mars Needs Moms, the ice cold Chalet Girl and Dream House, the horror-thriller no-one wanted to be associated with, was more than enough to see me through.
The films I’ve chosen – and believe me when I say it was a very easy process – are what I believe to represent the most reprobate films I saw Continue reading “Worst Ten Films Of 2011”
Best Ten Films Of 2011
While 2011 hasn’t exactly been a year of record-breaking box office success, it has been a fantastic one for British cinema, emerging talent and unique independent features which found themselves surpassing the popularity of many much bigger movies.
The films I’ve chosen – and believe me when I say it wasn’t an easy process – are what I think represent the pinnacle of the cinema I Continue reading “Best Ten Films Of 2011”
Cinema Releases: December 16, 2011
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows
Director: Guy Richie
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Noomi Rapace Continue reading “Cinema Releases: December 16, 2011”
DVD Releases: December 12, 2011
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (Review)
Director: Rupert Wyatt
Starring: James Franco, Andy Serkis and Freida Pinto Continue reading “DVD Releases: December 12, 2011”
US Box Office: December 9 – 11, 2011
1. New Year’s Eve – $13M
2. The Sitter – $9.9M
3. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 – $7.8M Continue reading “US Box Office: December 9 – 11, 2011”
Empty Screens 