
Set in the American depression of the 1930s, this big-screen adaptation of Sara Gruen’s best-selling novel may be sumptuously filmed, but unfortunately it is yet another example of a film that is gorgeous to look at but ultimately dead from within. The film is bookended by an old man called Jacob telling the story of…

Derivative, tedious and rather trying, this low-budget sci-fi road movie is far from the masterpiece some have claimed it to be. Heralded as an extraordinary achievement in production (which is, for the most part, a fair assessment), the film relies on beautiful photography and vague menacing moments to keep the audience captivated. This didn’t work…

Because Hollywood is so desperate to con people into thinking 3D entertainment is the best thing since sliced bread, studios are re-releasing their back catalogues in digital three-dimensional versions. Here we have a strange animated film from 2009, Henry Selick’s Coraline. Dakota Fanning voices the annoying title character in this muddled and unpleasant fantasy adventure.…