27 Guesses … (27 Dresses, Anne Fletcher, USA, 2008, 111 mins) [WARNING: Major spoilers ahead, ending revealed.] … Is what I’d give you to guess the plot of this American rom-com, and twenty-six of them are unnecessary. I expected to watch a light-hearted, yet uplifting, romantic comedy that was easy to watch and enjoyable in [...]
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Death Duties (Hereafter, Clint Eastwood, US, 2010, 129 mins) One day you’re going to die. I know, it’s quite a thought isn’t it? Not for me of course, in fact, to quote the great philosopher Jonathan Frakes, “I plan to live forever”, but for the rest of you death is the last unexplored taboo and [...]
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“I’M GONNA BE A STAR!” (Withnail & I, Bruce Robinson, UK, 1986, 107 mins) “Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day, and for once I’m inclined to believe Withnail is right. We are indeed drifting into the arena of the unwell.” Being a student, it is easy to sympathise with being [...]
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The only good alien (District 9, Neill Blomkamp, USA/New Zealand/Canada/South Africa, 2009, 112 min) If every film was like the exposition in District 9, think of how much faster we’d get to the point. From the first shaky clips of nerdy Afrikaner bureaucrat Wikus van de Merwe (Sharlto Copley) in the low-ceilinged office of Blackwater-ish [...]
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I am not a rebel without a cause, I am quite simply Without a cause. I am so naïve now At the age of nineteen and three quarters. I know nothing Of the things That made me feel so clever, At times better than the rest. I think I may not be better At anything, [...]
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After Happily Ever After (Blue Valentine, Derek Cianfrance, US, 2010, 112 minutes) The director of Blue Valentine, Derek Cianfrance has forged his career, heretofore, in the documentary business. This timesliced narrative of the bloom and wilt of a relationship between Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams) is only Cianfrance’s second full feature film in twelve-years [...]
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Deserted (Wild Wild West, Barry Sonnerfeld, USA, 1999, 106 mins) Will Smith sings “Any damsel that’s in distress, be outta that dress when she meet Jim West” in the song for the film of the same name. Not played until the end of the movie, the audience nevertheless are plainly aware of what characteristics our [...]
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Libertines and love triangles (Valmont, Milos Forman, France/US, 1989, 137 minutes) Colin Firth’s career has taken an interesting turn over the last two years. Following a string of woeful romantic comedies, in which he invariably played the same stiff-upper-lip character over and over again, his last two starring roles have been nothing short of revelatory: [...]
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Arthur and George, Julian Barnes, (Vintage 2006 RRP £8.99 450p) Warning…if you, and I hope this applies to all my readers, are the sort of person to abhor a miscarriage of justice, then reading this book will almost certainly cause you to utter a silent scream that you secretly hope will reverberate back through the [...]
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In my books, the year of 2010 has been pretty darn exciting in the world of film. Films that have become some of my all-time favourites have sneaked onto our screens and deafened us with their poignancy and twisting storylines. It is noteworthy to point out that for me this year has not been all [...]
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