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The BBC’s exciting new trailer for The White Queen has a lot to offer.
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A wave of hatred has engulfed the third entry in director Todd Phillips’s The Hangover series. This film, billed as Part III (a nod to The Godfather sequels), has been branded as ugly, unfunny and forgettable. The Hangover Part II also drew very negative reviews when it was released in 2011, with reviewers picking the film […]
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The second of two Doctor Who releases from StudioCanal to tie-in with the show’s 50th Anniversary is Daleks’ Invasion of Earth 2150 A.D. The film was released in 1967 after the overwhelming success of the first feature (reviewed here). It also continued to cash-in on the Dalek-mania that was keeping the nation keen to part […]
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It feels dated, the sets look ridiculous by today’s standards, and the acting is reminiscent of an episode of Tracy Beaker, but there is something enjoyably endearing about this 1965 big-screen outing for the Doctor and his most famous of enemies. Hardcore who fans (or Whovians) may moan that it doesn’t link up properly with […]
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Film Editor Barnaby Walter reviews this year’s most hateful, poisonous comedy starring (believe it or not) Hollywood legend Robert De Niro.
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Although this movie was greeted by a critical sneer from many reviewers (and I have to be honest, I can understand why – it isn’t great), I’m rather intrigued by what the filmmakers (and studios Millennium Films and Lionsgate) have decided to do here. First, a bit of history. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was released […]
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Out of all the distributor’s out there, Artificial Eye is one of the most exciting working in the UK today. They release wonderful new world cinema offerings in cinemas each year, and bring back old and forgotten classics and little-known gems for our enjoyment on Blu-ray. This year, they are releasing gorgeous new HD editions […]
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Uneasy, deadpan and intelligently funny, this film by Hal Hartley is a weird experience, though not one you are likely to regret having. For all its oddness, the story is consistently involving, the acting terrifically entertaining and the ending memorable and poignant. Isabelle Huppert, a superb French actor famous for work as diverse as Michael […]
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Lore is a film by Australian director Cate Shortland. After working in television, she then came to critical attention with her 2004 feature film Somersault, starring Abbie Cornish. Lore is her first cinema effort since then. It’s a German language film set just after the end of World War II. The film offers a savage, […]
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A pornography-writing ex-nun, an amnesiac and a porn star. Death, sex and a lot of things in between occur in Hal Hartley’s fascinating 1994 film starring Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan, and Elina Lowensohn. For the first time, this weird and unforgettable film will be available on Blu-ray in the UK, and thanks to the lovely […]
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Let’s start with how misleading the trailer is. Dark, gritty, and compellingly cut, this trailer promised an Iron Man movie with a serious edge. This is not it. It’s more of a comedy than the last two. The (allegedly) witty one-liners no longer pepper the script, they stain the DNA of the film. This is like […]
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Australian filmmaker Cate Shortland’s new film Lore was released in cinemas earlier this year to wide critical acclaim. It’s a beautifully filmed look at the lives of children in Germany in the aftermath of World War II. To celebrate the release of the film on DVD and Blu-ray, The Edge has teamed up with distributors Artificial Eye […]
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Barnaby Walter reviews Pedro Almodóvar’s brilliant new comedy, set to hit cinemas this May.
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ITV’s superb drama series Broadchurch ends with a devastatingly sad and hauntingly plausible revelation, writes Barnaby Walter.