Category: Archive & Comment
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Our Film Editor defends Daily Mail film critic Chris Tookey.
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A weekend alone in a cosy cabin with a loved one turns into a terrifying experience for Ash (Bruce Campbell) in Raimi’s sort-of sequel to his original tongue-in-cheek shocker The Evil Dead. The film, which has become as much of a cult-favourite as the first in the series, is re-released on Blu-ray from next week. The Evil…
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Considering how popular the Coen Brothers are, it’s astonishing that the director’s cut of their first film (directed by Joel, written by both), Blood Simple, has taken this long to get a DVD release over here. And for people who want their films presented properly, it’s in widescreen (unlike that ghastly Universal release from over…
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Bex Beesley looks back at the life of the world’s most loved film critic who sadly died yesterday.
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The 85th Academy Awards brought together the artists which made 2012 an unforgettable year for film. When I heard the news that Seth Macfarlane had been hired to host the Oscars, I was surprised but excited. I do enjoy the odd episode of Family Guy but was left disappointed. His jokes were incredibly hit and…
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I have mixed feelings about the horror sub-genre that has been dubbed ‘torture-porn’, but this film should be enough to convince most that it is a vile, sickening trend in modern cinema. Bereavement is a cold, nasty piece of work. The only redeeming feature is the interesting cinematography by Marco Cappetta. Apart from that, director…
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A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures is a Belgium-made CGI animated adventure aimed squarely at very young children. It’s been dubbed (rather clumsily at times) into English using the voices of John Hurt, Dominic Cooper and Gemma Arterton. Though it does, just about, work as a film in its own right, it is almost impossible not…
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Is the hero of Wreck-It Ralph a jerk?
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What sort of romantic film is best, how does one judge which is a bulls eye and which is simply some robotically mass market clone that is about as romantic as Hostel Part II? Fear not men for reproduced herein are guidelines by which it should be easy to sort the Four Weddings and a…
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There’s nothing better than a lovely, charming silver screen romance to leave your heart all aflutter, a smile on your face and a tear in your eye. But if you fancy something that won’t do any of those things, apart from maybe inducing some tears of stinging agony, then I suggest you look no further than…
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Making their way through the pouring rain, the brightest and biggest stars gathered at the Royal Opera House for the latest in the British Academy’s award ceremonies. While the American Academy never fails to give an air of cynicism over the politics of their award choices and the frankly laughable charade that is the Golden…
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The king of lack-luster rom-coms, Michael McConaughey turns his hand to ultra-violence.
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Bram Stoker’s classic gothic novel Dracula was a moderate bestseller during its author’s lifetime, but its real success occurred after his death. The twentieth century saw multiple motion picture adaptations of the novel and the title character, from the Universal horrors of the 1930s to the Hammer pictures starring Christopher Lee. Though the Lee instalments…
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Jack Harding charts how Christopher Nolan’s version of the Caped Crusader champions all others.