A household name both sides of the Atlantic, Damian Lewis came to international prominence starring in Band of Brothers, furthering his reputation in The Forsyte Saga, Life and numerous stage plays. A consummate actor of theatre, film and television, his recent triumph in Homeland won him a Golden Globe and an Emmy. In a great [...]

May 20th, 2013 Read more

This captivating gem of a movie proves that films showcasing all-star Hollywood casts can indeed be more than just a circus of pretty faces. A very good friend of mine – Mike – has a different philosophy about the cinematic experience to me. I am a sucker for publicity, and attempt to engross myself in [...]

May 6th, 2013 Read more

Four Scary Movie films were made between the years 2000 and 2006. That’s roughly four movies in seven years, for any maths students out there. Another seven years go by and we have the fifth instalment of the Scary Movie franchise: Scary MoVie (note the Roman numeral). Shouldn’t it be fair, then, to anticipate a [...]

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Life’s Too Short is a mockumentary in which Warwick Davis, better known as Professor Flitwick of the Harry Potter series to some, portrays himself as the head of talent agency ‘Dwarves For Hire’. Series 1, which aired last year, mainly consisted of Warwick screwing his friends and clients over in a desperate bid for fame. [...]

April 24th, 2013 Read more

Proclaimed as the final edition of Soderbergh’s esteemed directing career – a career which includes modern cinema classics such as the Ocean’s franchise, Sex, Lies and Videotape and the highly acclaimed Traffic for which he picked up his solitary Best Director Oscar – Side Effects epitomizes the intelligent film-making of one of Hollywood’s most prolific [...]

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Jack the Giant Slayer is the latest fairy story to get a modern makeover, following films like Snow White and the Huntsman and with a proposed Cinderella film on the horizon. Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, X-Men) was the man in the director’s chair for this adaptation and whilst it cannot be called a triumph, [...]

March 20th, 2013 Read more

As Lore begins, the eponymous teenager greets her uniformed father, returned to the family home. Therein, however, all is not well. Her mother is morose, her brothers must help burn reams of their father’s papers, the silverware is hurriedly packed and the family dog meets an abrupt end. Piled into a truck, Lore and her [...]

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Broadchurch is one of those television series that you expect will earn a courtesy viewing from you because a popular actor you like is on it, and then it will fade from your memory because all it ended up being was generic serviceable TV drama. The first episode did everything to dispel those expectations, as [...]

March 18th, 2013 Read more

What a terrible film. There I was all settled, with my popcorn in hand, ready to enjoy a modern-day twist on a classic fairy tale, totally unaware I was in the process of flushing an hour and a half of my life down the toilet. The Brothers Grimm fable of Hansel and Gretel is portrayed [...]

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Set in the last days of the Third Reich, Cate Shortland’s impressive drama Lore is a brave film which offers a new perspective on one of the most devastating events in history: the Holocaust. Focusing on the children of Nazis rather than on Nazis themselves, or Jews, characters are not distinctively good or bad, but [...]

March 18th, 2013 Read more