This is a rather quaint and warm-hearted tale about a community who decide to privatise their local railway line to keep it open after the British Railway Service announce plans to close it. Instead of allowing to die out, a group of them band together to run it themselves; a plan which is greatly helped…
I’ve been excited about Pitch Perfect for a while now. As a (not so secret) ‘gleek’ and a fan of everything musical-y, this films right up my street. The first thing I noticed when I walked into the cinema was the range of people who were watching the film. The premise of the movie, which…
Nowhere to Go may not be considered as the best Ealing effort, but it’s a pretty good one. It’s directed by Seth Holt, who went on to direct Hammer horrors The Nanny and Blood From The Mummy’s Tomb, and is a pretty fine noir thriller considering Ealing is a studio famous for its comedies. Based…
The Oscar nominations have been revealed. They were announced in Hollywood by actors Seth McFarlane and Emma Stone. As with the BAFTA nominations, Steven Spielberg’s historical drama Lincoln has received the most mentions, earning 12 nominations including Best Picture. Films Life of Pi, Silver Lining Playbook and Amour have also received notable nods. The Oscars will take…
Little White Lies, a deliciously addictive movie magazine, gave this film a rating of one out of five and argued that it’s offensive. I couldn’t disagree more. Cinema is a powerful medium, and it has been used to catalogue upsetting or devastating moments in history for over a hundred years. The latest terrible event to…
2013 has a lot of upcoming releases to look forward to. Here’s a roundup of what you should be looking out for.
The nominations for the 2013 EE British Academy Film and Television Awards have been anounced today ahead of the ceremony which will take on 10th February at the Royal Opera House in London. Lincoln leads the way with 10 nominations, Les Miserables and Life of Pi both receiving nine nominations, Skyfall with eight, Argo racking up seven and Anna Karenina with…
This is a rather nice, sweet film. It’s unlikely to change anyone’s world, but may well provide a nice night out at the cinema if you like this sort of thing. Funnily enough, Quartet, based on Ronal Harwood’s stage play, is the directorial debut of Dustin Hoffman. It’s a bit of a safe bet –…
“Mickey Cohen adored violence” says the voice-over towards the tail-end of Gangster Squad. The LA drug-dealing gangster, who is here played by Sean Penn, did apparently adore violence, but so does this movie. With competent special effects and sudden slow-motion moments, Gangster Squad piles on the gore and corpses like there’s no tomorrow. It may…
It’s time now to take a look at the films Edge writers thought were the best of the year. The Best Films of the Year – The Official Edge List 1. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES | 2. SKYFALL | 3. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE | 4. LOOPER | 5. = THE HUNGER GAMES | = THE HOBBIT: AN…
It’s hard to say what makes a vintage year. I don’t think 2012 was one (2011 offered more gems, in my opinion), but we did get some nuggets of gold. Michael Haneke once again proved he is the master of deep, emotional cinema. Leos Carax succeeded in stunning crowds and puzzling critics. And Bond returned…
First class by name, first class by nature, this explosive chapter in the wilting X-Men film anthology is not just the best of the bunch by an absolute mile, it’s also a complete game- changer. Following the abysmal Last Stand, it couldn’t get much worse for mutant buffs. Then it did; the awful Wolverine origins…
This is a movie about a talking teddy bear. But it isn’t the new Disney family movie. It’s an unfunny vulgar comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis. Mark pays a thirty-something stoner whose best friend is a teddy bear who came to life one Christmas. Mila is Mark’s long-suffering girlfriend who is getting tired…
Ang Lee isn’t a stranger to challenging literary adaptations. He captured Austen’s comedy brilliantly with Sense and Sensibility, working from Emma Thompson’s glittering script. He masterfully brought Annie Proloux’s novella Brokeback Mountain to the big screen. And now he has injected a dose of cinematic life into Yan Martel’s Man Booker winner Life of Pi.…