Film Editor Barnaby Walter reviews this year’s most hateful, poisonous comedy starring (believe it or not) Hollywood legend Robert De Niro.
What’s coming up in Union Films this week, introducing the arrival of their new digital projector for 3D.
With the weight of virtually the entire science fiction fan-base of the world resting on J.J Abrams’ shoulders, it is heartening to hark back to the great success of the first instalment of this newly restored franchise. Taking everything that made the original Star Trek series and movies so beloved by people around the globe…
It’s a smaller selection of quality films at Union Films this week, featuring mystery, friendship, zombies and terrorism.
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…
It’s another beautifully jumbled week of films here at Union Films with something guaranteed to tickle anyone’s film taste buds. We kick off with Flight on Tuesday, a moving drama centred on drug and alcohol abuse, followed by the French film Amour, a moving family focused drama, at our weekly Phoenix screening. Then our 5pm…
Iron Man 3 is the dramatic next instalment in Marvel’s Iron Man series, a fitting addition to Tony Stark’s explosive story. Set in the aftermath of Avengers Assemble Tony Stark (Robert Downey Junior) is suffering from PTSD, working on his Iron Man suits because he can’t sleep without suffering nightmares, and chronic anxiety attacks. However,…
Barnaby Walter reviews Pedro Almodóvar’s brilliant new comedy, set to hit cinemas this May.
Union Films returns for the start of the summer season with an ecletic mix of films.
George Doel reviews the Evil Dead remake that everyone has been talking about.
Barnaby Walter gives five stars to one of the most controversial – and perhaps best – films of 2013.
The subject of natural gas fracking perhaps doesn’t immediately suggest a Hollywood film but it is exactly this that Gus Van Sant’s Promised Land is offering audiences. My attention had been grabbed by the film’s trailer but I remained slightly sceptical as to whether the dramatization of this normally serious topic would work. I was…
The Host is a refreshing, thought-provoking, heart-warming film from director Andrew Niccol (the genius who wrote The Truman Show), based on the novel by Stephanie Meyer. Please resist the urge to roll your eyes. Because unlike the overrated, sparkly-vampire franchise which also comes from Meyer, The Host has a decent plot, a range of actors who…
We’ve teamed up with the nice people at Metrodome to offer three lucky readers the chance to win a copy of Rodney Ascher’s film Room 237, the critically acclaimed documentary which draws back the curtains and delves into the darkness of Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece, The Shining. To enter the competition, answer the following question: The indoor…