Magnolia allows its viewers get absorbed for several hours by some of the best acting, cinematography and writing from cinema’s recent history, says Daniel Flynn.
Featuring members of the infamous ‘Brat Pack’ this film perfectly sums up High School. Set in one day, five students – a preppy princess (Molly Ringwald), a jock (Emilio Estevez), a rebel (Judd Nelson), a nerd (Anthony Michael Hall) and a loner (Ally Sheedy) – are thrown into a room and forced to spend nine…
‘Tis the season to be jolly or/and get overly-attached to the endearing character of Gatsby.
After 25 years, it’s time to bid the famous Belgian detective a sad and at times soul-searching farewell, writes Barnaby Walter.
Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence returns for this excellent sequel which builds on the high standard set by last year’s series opener, says Barnaby Walter
This isn’t just one of the biggest films of the year, it’s a mind-blowing masterpiece, writes Ben Robins.
As we head towards the end, Poirot’s penultimate case is a dark and involving affair
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horrors, is the unauthorized film adaptation of Bram Stoker’s gothic classic, Dracula. This autumn, Euureka! Entertainment is re-releasing the horror classic in select cinemas, from the 25th October as part of their ‘Masters of Cinema’ series. This new iteration of the German director F.W. Marnau’s critically acclaimed work of silent cinema has been…
How can any Christmas be complete without a stocking full of the finest in festive cinema? And it doesn’t get much finer than John McTiernan’s action classic Die Hard; an intense and straight-forward, Christmas-themed thrill-ride that saw the birth of Bruce Willis’ career. Set entirely over the course of one night (Christmas Eve) in a…
A new, full length trailer has been released for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
Set in a post-apocalyptical France, Delicatessen (1991) is Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Michel Caro’s very personal version of Sweeney Todd. Times are harsh and food is scarce. Louison, a retired clown, manages to get himself hired as a handy man by the landlord of an old building, who also is a butcher. Whilst the story does…
The White Queen is a must for your Christmas Blu-ray list!
With a horde of family-friendly treats under their belt (and enough Academy Awards to match), many wouldn’t be judged for assuming that Pixar already had the animation game in the bag. But then in 2009, they flipped the tables once again, re-defining what audiences expected from an animated film. The movie that changed it all…
Before the super group of heroes got together there was the All American superhero: Captain America.