Shot amidst the stunning Scottish countryside, this Brit-flick has a promising start but ultimately struggles to live up to its premise.
Death rears its violent and elaborate head once again in this, the fifth instalment of the Final Destination franchise, but is it time for the nasty fella to finally punch in his last ticket? For those unfamiliar with the series, the average film from the Final Destination canon focuses on a group of people who are…
Pedro Almodóvar is the most internationally acclaimed Spanish director and writer known to modern day cinema. His legacy, including All About My Mother, Talk to Her and Volver, left his latest feature The Skin I Live In (La Piel Que Habito), starring Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya, with a great deal to live up to. Knowing that the…
Whether you’ve seen The Iron Lady yet or not, it’s quite likely you’ll have an opinion on it. Some have been appalled at its intrusive nature, expressing dismay that the filmmakers haven’t waited until Margaret Thatcher’s death before portraying her as a frail old lady with dementia. Others have speculated as to how director Phyllida…
The Thing is the most recent addition to the current sling of Hollywood remakes and prequels. With most of these being critically derided how does this latest offering fare, and can it even compare to John Carpenter’s 1982 classic? The story starts with a group of scientists at work in the Antarctica, who uncover an…
This is a thoughtful and well acted drama, adapted from a novel by Chi-Yao Wang. Jonathan and Shane are two schoolboys, thrown together by chance when their teacher makes them befriend each other. Shane has problems concentrating and the teacher hopes Jonathan will help him stay organised and out of trouble. As the two boys…
The Edge’s Film Editor takes you through his top ten worst films of the year gone by.
Watching Kill List was, for me, a rather disappointing experience. When it was released in theatres last autumn it received a large amount of critical fawning and praise, and I can understand why. It’s got some intelligently written dialogue in it; it’s shockingly bloody at times (and I mean shocking); and it has a whiplash…
Five films later and I am beginning to wonder whether there could possibly be any more ideas for another The Fast and the Furious film. I went to the cinema to watch the most recent film, Fast Five, and was seriously disappointed with the outcome. I thought to myself that this must be the end…
Gary Marshall’s second holiday-focused movie is just as poor and cheesy as the first.
French Director Michel Hazanavicus picks up a surprising six nominations for his film The Artist.
Italian gangster Renato Vallanzasca’s life, before being sentenced to hundreds of years in prison, may have been full of robberies, brutal slayings, torture, sex and drug use, but it makes for a strangely dull biopic. Established and capable director Michele Placido’s take on his violent and unpredictable life is visually striking, but the narrative just…
It’s hard to be a Scrooge about a film called The Search for Santa Paws, especially when there is an adorable dog on the cover. But I’m sorry to say that this straight-to-DVD/BD spin-off from the Disney Buddies series is cheap rubbish. But what else were you expecting? For those who don’t know, the Disney…
This incredibly tedious political thriller, from The Bourne Identity director Doug Liman, tries and fails to make an intelligent and compelling drama out of the 2003 Valerie Palme scandal. Palme was a CIA agent involved in international operations. During the WMD fears of the early 2000s, her husband Joseph Wilson – due to his knowledge and…