Movie Reviews

3 October 2011

The Debt Review

Starring: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Jesper Christensen, Tom Wilkinson Director: John Madden Rating: 4/5 The Debt marks the return to the director’s chair for John Madden, his first movie since Killshot ...
30 September 2011

Abduction Review

Starring: Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Sigourney Weaver, Maria Bello, Alfred Molina, Jason Isaacs Director: John Singleton Rating: 2/5 With the Twilight Saga drawing to a close actor Taylor Launter is making his first ...

27 September 2011

Drive Review

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Ron Perlman, Christina Hendricks Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Rating: 5/5 Ryan Gosling has been a busy boy of late and he leaves ...
26 September 2011

Crazy, Stupid, Love Review

Starring: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore, Jonah Bobo, Marisa TomeiDirector: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Rating: 3/5 Bringing together a super impressive cast has become a bit of a ...
22 September 2011

Warrior Review

Starring:  Director: Gavin O'Connor Rating: 5/5 Warrior is a movie that I have been looking forward to for many months - it is a movie that promised plenty but delivered even ...
19 September 2011

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Review

Starring: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Jones, John Hurt, Ciaran HindsDirector: Tomas AlfredsonRating: 5/5 When a film is being called one of the best British ...

16 September 2011

Tomboy Review

Starring: Zoe Heran, Malonn Levana, Jeanne DissonDirector: Celine SciammaRating: 4/5 Celine Sciamma made a huge impact with her debut movie Water Lilies back in 2008 and now three years later she ...

12 September 2011

Friends With Benefits Review

Starring: Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Clarkson Director: Will Gluck Rating: 3/5 Isn’t it always annoying when someone else comes up with same idea as you. It’s even worse when they ...
9 September 2011

Jane Eyre Review

Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, Jamie BellDirector: Cary FukunagaRating: 4/5 A favourite of English teachers everywhere, Jane Eyre is considered among the great novels. Which is absolute music to ...

8 September 2011

The Art Of Getting By Review

Starring: Freddie Highmore, Emma RobertsDirector: Gavin WiesenRating: 2/5 Everyone knows one, the loner who thinks a little too much, is creative but never really tries. New small-scale drama The Art of ...

5 September 2011

Fright Night Review

Starring: Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, David Tennant, Toni Collette, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Imogen PootsDirector: Craig Gillespie Rating: 3.5/5 Ok so here we are at the end of summer and we are treated ...
30 August 2011

Conan The Barbarian Review

Starring: Jason Momoa, Rachel Nichols, Stephen Lang, Rose McGowan, Ron PerlmanDirector: Marcus Nispel Rating: 3/5 Now lets get one thing straight... Conan The Barbarian was never meant to be an Oscar ...
15 August 2011

The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes Review

Starring: James Franco, Freida Pinto, Brian Cox, John Lithgow, Andy SerkisDirector: Rupert WyattRating: 4/5 Last time an ‘Apes’ movie came to the big screen it wasn’t exactly a rip-roaring success - ...
12 August 2011

Beautiful Lies Review

Starring: Audrey Tautou, Nathalie Baye,  Sami BouajilaDirector: Pierre Salvadori Rating: 3/5 Despite Hollywood calling out to her Audrey Tautou seems more than content with working in the French film industry. And she ...
12 August 2011

Project Nim Review

Director: James MarshRating: 4/5 Oscar winner James Marsh returns to the documentary genre for his new movie Project Nim, which is one of the most emotional movies of 2011 so far. Project ...

8 August 2011

Super 8 Review

Starring:  Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Noah EmmerichDirector:  J.J. AbramsRating: 5/5 To say that alien movies have been popular with movie studios over the past twelve months would be a ...

1 August 2011

Captain America: The First Avenger Review

Starring:  Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Tommy Lee Jones, Stanley Tucci, Hugo Weaving, Dominic CooperDirector: Joe JohnstonRating:  4/5 To say that Marvel has dominated the box office would be a bit of ...
27 July 2011

Cars 2 Review

Starring: Larry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer Director: John Lasseter Rating: 2/5 Few films studios can claim even half the hit rate of Pixar. For 25 years now, they’ve ...

26 July 2011

Horrible Bosses Review

Starring: Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston Director: Seth Gordon Rating: 4/5 If there’s one thing we have to thank The Hangover for, it’s that it making several truck ...
1 July 2011

Transformers 3 Review

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, Patrick Dempsey Director: Michael Bay Rating: 1/5 So here it is, the final chapter of the most unlikely and profit fuelled trilogy of the last decade ...
22 June 2011

Bridesmaids Review

Starring: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose ByrneDirector: Paul FeigRating: 4/5 Bridesmaids is the latest film with a production credit from Judd Apatow, but it’s the first for a predominantly female audience. Kristen ...
21 June 2011

Green Lantern Review

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter SarsgaardDirector: Martin CampbellRating: 2/5 In the world of comics, there’s always war between the giants of Marvel and DC. But while Marvel has more heroes ...
3 June 2011

X-Men: First Class Review

Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin BaconDirector: Matthew VaughnRating: 5/5 Remember the days when Marvel comics didn’t seem to own Hollywood? When they couldn’t rope in massive stars for ...

3 June 2011

Donor Unknown Review

Starring:  Jeffrey S. Harrison, JoEllen Marsh, Danielle Pagano.Director: Jerry Rothwell.Rating: 3/5 After the success of The Kids Are Alright last year, which followed a lesbian couple who had had two children ...