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The Skin I Live In [ Hits:61 ]
Review: Skin... everyone's got one, except that guy dangling from the tree in Predator. The word has developed a stigma and a deviant curiosity in Hollywood: Mysterious Skin, Skinwalkers, 'skin flicks' - it would be rash to think The Skin I Live In, a film that nabbed a spot in Quentin Tarantino's Top Ten Films of 2011 could cure that little niggling 'skin' problem. Renowned filmmaker, Pedro Almodovar, knows how to make your skin crawl. The director of Talk to Her, Broken Embraces and Volver also ...

Margin Call [ Hits:118 ]
Review: The award-winning documentary Inside Job drilled down into what caused the 2008 financial crisis by consulting some of the finest financial experts. Margin Call creates a fictionalised account of the most critical 24 hour period of the meltdown, featuring some of Hollywood's most respected actors. Margin Call is a companion piece to Inside Job in the style of 12 Angry Men, offering outsiders a glimpse into the backroom ethics and doomsday plotting of an investment bank on the brink of collapse....

The Ides of March [ Hits:110 ]
Review: It's no secret, 2011 was a dismal year for Hollywood. The movie machine is running out of ideas, David Lynch is focusing on music, budgets are being screwed tight and we're getting a spill of bankable franchise sequels and unnecessary adapatations. Although one actor seems to have risen out of the ashes... No, not Joaquin Phoenix... he hasn't done a film since 2008, we're talking about Ryan Gosling! He's had a fantastic year... The Ides of March, Drive and Crazy, Stupid, Love. Let's just say it...

50/50 [ Hits:177 ]
Review: Laughter is the best medicine, but cancer and comedy don't mix - unless your name's Mike Birbiglia or you're watching 50/50. Disambiguation: we're reviewing 50/50, the comedy-drama about a 27-year-old guy struggling to beat the odds, after being diagnosed with cancer and not 50|50, the hard-hitting 27-year-old nature conservation show. There is a difference.Cancer is deadly serious, which is probably why very few people have tried to broach the subject in film, let alone comedy. Yet, they've tak...

Trust [ Hits:206 ]
Review: Trust is an important drama thriller about a teenage girl who falls prey to an online predator and the repercussions that a rape has on the victim and her family. It's an eye-opening yet disturbing watch, partly for its inevitability and for its real world danger with families at risk of the same incident. Every father wants to protect his little girl and Trust offers something of a social commentary on how media has brought with it a wave of new privacy and safety issues. We're unaware of what ...

Master Harold... and the Boys [ Hits:527 ]
Review: Master Harold... and the Boys is an adaptation of Athol Fugard's acclaimed stage play about a young boy wrestling with his convictions when it comes to his father and his caretaker in 1950s South Africa. The era, known for its discriminatory racist government policies, separated South Africans and created barriers preventing black South Africans from enjoying equality and the same level of privileges as their white counterparts. This tense atmosphere fuels the drama of Master Harold... and the B...

The Bang Bang Club [ Hits:264 ]
Review: The Bang Bang Club is the story of four conflict photographers, Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and João Silva, in the build-up to South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994. These high profile photographers were like soldiers, their weapons - cameras and their ammo - extra spools. As South African photo journalists, they were on the forefront of a civil war, one being fought in areas known as "dead zones" between two warring political parties. Fearless sometimes foolish, ...

The Conspirator [ Hits:326 ]
Review: They say film-makers need a point-of-view. Well, Hollywood actor-turn-director Robert Redford has made this a cornerstone of his directorial career. Best known for starring in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting, the on-screen veteran has followed a similar trajectory to Western icon, Clint Eastwood, taking his experience behind the camera. While his directorial debut began in 1980 with Ordinary People, he's racked up a collection of quality films including: A River Runs Through It,...

I Am Slave [ Hits:437 ]
Review: Slavery is not dead. Just like leprosy, slavery has been relegated to the past. Films like Amazing Grace recount William Wilberforce's influence in leading a 26 year campaign leading to the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. Yet, there are about 5,000 'slave' workers in Britain today - a startling fact considering the Slave Trade Act was institued in 1807. I Am Slave is based on the true life story of Mende Nazer, who was abducted and sold into slavery as a child in Sudan.Malia, a twelv...

Water for Elephants [ Hits:1749 ]
Review: Water for Elephants is a ridiculous title. Although it makes more sense when you realise that it's a crossover of two cinematic achievements of the 20th century... namely Titanic and Dumbo. Titanic in the way that this epic romance drama has been constructed, and Dumbo in the subject matter, story and special effects. Lavish, historic sets filled with extras in accurate costume and circus animals form the backdrop to this swirling romance about a young man, who happens to jump a circus train, be...

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