Attack The Block (Review)
Director: Joe Cornish
Starring: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker and Alex Esmail Continue reading “DVD Releases: September 19, 2011”
US Box Office: September 16 – 18, 2011
1. Lion King 3D – $29.3M
2. Contagion – $14.4M
3. Drive – $11M Continue reading “US Box Office: September 16 – 18, 2011”
Review: Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
In a year of disappointing and miscalculated comedies (Larry Crowne and Chalet Girl are two that immediately spring to mind), Crazy, Stupid, Love is a wonderful return to form. Co-directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s follow up to last year’s surprisingly sincere I Love You Phillip Morris is a suitably mature addition to the oft-contrived rom-com genre.
Happily married simpleton Cal’s (Steve Carell) life is thrown into turmoil when his wife, Emily (Julianne Moore), suddenly demands a divorce. Now Cal, a man set in his ways, has to adjust to being single, with a little help from ladies man Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Continue reading “Review: Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)”
Cinema Releases: September 16, 2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Starring: Gary Oldman, Benedict Cumberbatch and Colin Firth Continue reading “Cinema Releases: September 16, 2011”
Cinema Releases: September 14, 2011
I Don’t Know How She Does It
Director: Douglas McGrath
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear
UK Box Office: September 9 – 11, 2011
1. The Inbetweeners Movie – £2.1M
2. Friends With Benefits – £1.9M
3. Jane Eyre – £1M Continue reading “UK Box Office: September 9 – 11, 2011”
DVD Releases: September 12, 2011
Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Review)
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz and Geoffrey Rush Continue reading “DVD Releases: September 12, 2011”
US Box Office: September 9 – 11, 2011
1. Contagion – $23.1M
2. The Help – $8.6M
3. Warrior – $5.6M Continue reading “US Box Office: September 9 – 11, 2011”
Review: Jane Eyre (2011)
Following the overwhelming success of his feature film debut Sin Nombre in 2009, Cary Fukunaga returns with a towering adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s literary classic Jane Eyre.
For those of you shamefully unfamiliar with Jane Eyre, the plot follows Jane (Mia Wasikowska): a mousy governess who, after an unstable childhood, finds employment at Thornfield Hall. During her time there, she develops a beautiful friendship with head housemistress Mrs. Fairfax (Judi Dench) and a twisted romance with owner Mr. Rochester (Michael Fassbender). Continue reading “Review: Jane Eyre (2011)”
Review: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
Awards season enters its prime with the long-awaited release of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, a new cinematic adaptation of John Le Carré’s acclaimed spy thriller of the same name.
Entrenched in the mid-1970’s, George Smiley (Gary Oldman) is pressured from semi-retirement by Control (John Hurt), the head of British Intelligence, to expose an undercover Sovient agent within MI6’s ranks. His list of suspects include the wily Percy Alleline (Toby Jones), liberal Bill Haydon (Colin Firth), laconic Roy Bland (Ciarán Hinds), reticent Toby Esterhase (David Dencik) and then, of course, Smiley himself. Continue reading “Review: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)”
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