Frank (Lenny Abrahamson, 2014)
Sick of the same old shit being released at the cinemas? Want to curl up in the foetal position and rock from side to side when you hear that the latest Transformers movie has made $100 million in its opening week? Do you want to see something ORIGINAL? Then look no further, Frank is here. Continue reading FILM REVIEW: Frank
Monthly Archives: June 2014
FILM REVIEW: The Double
The Double (Richard Ayoade, 2013)
In a word, this film is WEIRD. But I mean that in the best possible way. It may not be for everyone but it certainly offers up a unique and engaging cinematic experience. Based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s 1846 novella of the same name, The Double follows Simon James (Jesse Eisenberg), a rather pathetic, almost invisible man for whom things rarely seem to go right.
FILM REVIEW: Grace of Monaco
Grace of Monaco (Olivier Dahan, 2014)
When the closing credits of Grace of Monaco rolled, a woman in my audience let out a fairly quiet but rather prolonged fart. This somewhat echoed the critics in Cannes who shat all over the film when it premiered, but I feel a light fart is more justified. It wasn’t as crap as they had suggested, but it had a bit of a pretentious waft. Continue reading FILM REVIEW: Grace of Monaco
FILM REVIEW: A Million Ways to Die in the West
A Million Ways to Die in the West (Seth MacFarlane, 2014)
Not everyone is a fan of animated TV hit Family Guy, but I certainly am. It’s not at all PC but it gets away with it. It’s funny, it’s random, and every now and then they have a fully-fledged musical number so I’m TOTALLY ON BOARD. Continue reading FILM REVIEW: A Million Ways to Die in the West
FILM REVIEW: Maleficent
Maleficent (Robert Stromberg, 2014)
There are often good moral lessons to be learnt in fairy tales. For example: be wary of strangers (Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel), don’t tell lies (Pinocchio, The Boy Who Cried Wolf), it’s what’s on the inside that counts (The Ugly Duckling), don’t be a cocky wanker (The Tortoise and the Hare, The Gingerbread Man), and sometimes it’s better to just invite bitches to parties to save yourself from added drama (Sleeping Beauty). Continue reading FILM REVIEW: Maleficent
TONYS Wrap Up
For all the awesome people who love musical theatre, I thought I’d do a wrap-up of the best awards show of the year – the TONYS!
There were no less than 13 musical performances from current and future musicals on Broadway, as well as a few other potentially questionable numbers. Continue reading TONYS Wrap Up
FILM REVIEW: Edge of Tomorrow
Edge of Tomorrow (Doug Liman, 2014)
While I’m sure many will stay away from this movie purely because it stars the likes of Tom Cruise, you should know that you get to see him die over and over again. Cage (Cruise) gets stuck in a time loop while combatting an alien invasion, with the day resetting each time that he dies. Continue reading FILM REVIEW: Edge of Tomorrow
FILM REVIEW: The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars (Josh Boone, 2014)
Based on the book by John Green, The Fault in Our Stars follows sixteen year old Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley), who meets and falls in love with Augustus Waters (Ansel Elgort) at a cancer support group.
FILM REVIEW: Sunshine on Leith
Sunshine on Leith (Dexter Fletcher, 2013)
There aren’t many movie musicals these days that aren’t a) well-known Broadway smashes (Les Misérables, Mamma Mia), b) animated films (Frozen, Tangled), c) crap remakes of 80s dance films (Footloose, Fame), or d) amazingly bad telemovies (Lovestruck: The Musical). Sunshine on Leith is thus somewhat of a refreshing change.
FILM REVIEW: X-Men: Days of Future Past
X-Men: Days of Future Past (Bryan Singer, 2014)
It was tempting to assume that the latest X-Men instalment would be just another boring film in a long line of big blockbuster/ action/ superhero/ sci-fi movies that insist on infesting cinemas. One of just another franchise that won’t go away because the general public has heinous taste in films. And so it was refreshing to find that on the contrary, Days of Future Past wasn’t actually half bad. Continue reading FILM REVIEW: X-Men: Days of Future Past
