The Damned United (review)
I might not know from football, I do know people, and *The Damned United* is an absolutely thrilling story, one both hilarious and poignant, about a man who is downright classical in his flaws…
drama
Paris (review)
Ah, Paris. Ah, Juliette Binoche. If you need a dash of the Continent — romantic, inscrutable, ardent — you probably cannot ever go wrong with a flick set in the City of Light and starring one of the most luminous actresses ever to grace the arthouse screen.
‘Torchwood’ blogging: “Children of Earth: Day Four”
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read unless you’ve seen ALL five episodes of *Children of Earth*!
An Education movie review: A-plus
Someone once said that perfect movies are boring and only flawed movies intriguing, and then along comes a movie like An Education, about which the number of things that are absolutely perfect is impossible to measure… and it’s thrilling and captivating anyway.
The Boys Are Back (review)
It’s hard to believe we haven’t seen Clive Owen in a movie like this one before.
Bright Star movie review: cinematic poetry
John Keats is the intruder in Fanny Brawne’s story, and you might be forgiven for assuming that she’s the one who became legendary, for how the film defies convention by lavishing its focus on her.
The Baader Meinhof Complex (review)
Oh, what a riveting mess!
‘Torchwood’ blogging: “Children of Earth: Day Three”
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read unless you’ve seen ALL five episodes of *Children of Earth*!
Love Happens (review)
I’d never have expected that the movie would be saved, just a little, from being complete bullshit by the presence of Aaron Eckhart.
9 (review)
Imagine if Jules Verne wrote a movie for Pixar, if that steampunk visionary looked forward from his perch in the late Victorian age to a Great War in his near future that didn’t pause for twenty years to let everyone to catch their breath but instead went apocalyptic.
