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La Vie En Rose [ 2007 ] [ Hits:345 ]
Review: La Vie En Rose a.k.a. La Môme is a stirring biographical movie about Edith Piaf, one of France’s most famous voices. The woman was said to embody the very spirit of Paris, and her lyrics welled up from the pain and sorrows she endured. She grew up in poor conditions and spent some of her childhood in a brothel. Her beautiful blue eyes were the most notable thing about the child, until she was given the opportunity to open her lungs and sing with her circus-performing father. Her life story wa...

Lars and the Real Girl [ 2007 ] [ Hits:359 ]
Review: A delusional young guy embarks on an unconventional relationship with an anatomically-correct doll he finds on the Internet. To say that Lars and the Real Girl isn’t an ordinary love story is an understatement. Most people would expect the movie to be raunchy, what with a sex doll shacking up with a lonely guy. However, it isn’t and this may disappoint some people and bring a sigh of relief to others. Lars may be delusional, but he’s actually trying to grapple with the concept of women. He...

Last Chance Harvey [ 2009 ] [ Hits:455 ]
Review: Last Chance Harvey is a sweet, romance drama in the throes of a mid-life crisis, directed by Joel Hopkins and starring Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson. Hoffman and Thompson so enjoyed working together on Stranger Than Fiction that Last Chance Harvey seemed inevitable. It’s a Before Sunrise for 50-somethings, as an American commercial “jingle” composer travels to London for his daughter’s wedding to make amends with her, only to find her stepfather has taken precedence in her life. What ...

Last Exit to Brooklyn [ 1989 ] [ Hits:333 ]
Review: Last Exit to Brooklyn has just been released to DVD in South Africa. Was it to commemorate its 30th anniversary, did Stephen Lang's performance in Avatar renew interest in it or was it a mistake? Whatever the case, it gave me a chance to watch this controversial cult movie based on the book by Hubert Selby Jr. The film was going to cause scandal one way or another, with Uli Edel (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex) at the helm as director, after gaining recognition for one of his first films, Christiane...

Legion [ 2009 ] [ Hits:431 ]
Review: Okay, so I've heard about Angels with Dirty Faces and Angels in the Outfield. I never thought I'd live to see the day angels started toting Thor's hammer and The Punisher's weapon of choice... until I saw Legion. When God realises that humanity isn't getting any better he decides to scour mankind from the face of the Earth. It's not a rapture, it's more of a nine plagues rolled-into-one zombie apocalypse. Michael, thinks God may have been a bit harsh and decides to sever ties with heaven by surg...

Letters from Iwo Jima [ 2006 ] [ Hits:307 ]
Review: Letters from Iwo Jima is an account of Imperial Japan’s last stand against the US on the island of Iwo Jima. The film was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, but lost to Scorsese’s The Departed. The film is from Clint Eastwood, and comes off the back of Flags of our Fathers, a disappointment in comparison. Letters from Iwo Jima is a classic. The film, originally titled Red Sun, Black Sand starts with some recent shots from Iwo Jima. Remnants include bunkers, old artillery and tunnels. In one...

Liar Liar [ 1997 ] [ Hits:304 ]
Review: Liar Liar is straight from the same duo that brought you Ace Ventura. Tom Shadyac is behind camera, and Jim Carrey is in front. The two have a great understanding, trust and respect for one another. Tom allows Jim the space to go ballistic as only Jim knows how, and Jim doesn’t want to disappoint his esteemed pal. Liar Liar tells the story of how a little boy’s birthday wish comes true. The little boy happens to be Fletcher Reede’s son, and his wish… is that his dad wouldn’t lie for 24...

Life As We Know It [ 2010 ] [ Hits:430 ]
Review: Life As We Know It, a comedy drama starring Josh Duhamel and Katherine Heigl. The pairing seems wrong, the plot is contrived, it's got "chick flick" written all over it, the movie poster is atrocious and not date-friendly... this flick was looking about as appetizing as a hairball to a cat. Luckily for this reviewer, the media black out worked. Having no idea what I was up for... I bravely committed to the preview, armed with nothing but a couple of recognisable names and a reasonable idea about...

Life, Above All [ Hits:333 ]
Review: Life, Above All is a universal story about the intricate relationship between mother and daughter. Set in modern day South Africa, Oliver Schmitz has composed a drama that is emotionally taut, compelling for its heartfelt performances, important for its social commentary and beautiful for its cinematography. At the crux of Life, Above All is Chanda, our young protagonist, played by Khomotso Manyaka. The film depends on Manyaka's performance and she persuades us to journey with her as we learn of...

Limitless [ Hits:373 ]
Review: "What if a pill could make you rich and powerful?" is the tag line for Limitless, a film adaptation of Alan Glynn's novel that plays with the notion that we only use part of our minds. Just like the little blue sex wonder drug, Limitless imagines the scenario if a drug could be designed to harness our mind's full potential. If scientists could do it for our penises, there must be a way to get the other head working too? Bradley Cooper plays Eddie Morra, a struggling writer, who comes to possess ...

Little Miss Sunshine [ 2006 ] [ Hits:301 ]
Review: Little Miss Sunshine is a fun, moving road trip film. It’s got plenty of heart, and this band of misfits all seem to rediscover what’s important in life on their journey to let Olive (Amy Breslin) participate in the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. The cast is a mixture of drama and comedy actors. Alan Arkin is fantastic in a surprise Oscar-winning Best Supporting Actor performance. He acted well, but one gets the feeling it was awarded on the basis that he has accumulated a number of strong pe...

London Boulevard [ Hits:213 ]
Review: London Boulevard is the sort of movie you'd expect from a director like Guy Ritchie. It feels like it was written with Ritchie in mind - given the setting, characters and dialogue. Problem is... the element of romance and the overall lack of action. Guy Ritchie is more about intense, slick and violent British gangster movies, although the way Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Jr. has been going... he seems to be embracing a different sort of romance, playing up the relationship between Holmes a...

Looking for Eric [ Hits:392 ]
Review: Looking for Eric is an underdog movie from Ken Loach about football, Manchester, the post office and French football legend Eric Cantona. A post office worker named Eric Bishop, played by Steve Evets, suffers a nervous breakdown and tries to reclaim his sense of self with the help of philosophical football hero, Eric Cantona. Eric attempts to reconnect with an old flame, get his boys on the straight-and-narrow and win back his self-esteem with the guidance of Cantona, who appears to him after pa...

Love and Other Drugs [ Hits:397 ]
Review: Anne Hathaway is a lady. One of those well-to-do women, who lifts her pinkie when she drinks tea and waves like the Queen. She’s fit for royalty, blessed with great beauty, intelligence and a coy smile. So it was quite something when she just whipped out a boob in Love and Other Drugs. Unveiling a spider bite in the doctor’s rooms, sure – it’s better than a nubbin, but is revealing a pockmarked fairy cushion of artistic merit or just gratuitous “boobage”? Most guys and some girls won...

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