Her | Film review – Joaquin falls for his computer in an offbeat romance for...
The tale of a man who falls in love with his computer, this offbeat romantic comedy for the social media age is both slyly satirical and touchingly sweet. Joaquin Phoenix’s gentle, melancholy hero,...
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© 2013 Untitled Rick Howard Company LLC. All rights reserved. This competition is now closed. Congratulations to Alexia Edwards, Keiko Taylor and Sophie Saint for their winning entries! Spike Jonze...
View ArticleChef | Film review – Favreau and friends whip up a mouth-watering treat
Writer-director-star Jon Favreau takes a break from big-budget, effects-heavy fare of the Iron Man ilk and goes back to basics for this light and fluffy but utterly charming little movie about a...
View ArticleUnder the Skin | DVD review – Scarlett Johansson’s kerb-crawling alien is...
A wrong-footing blend of sci-fi mystery and realist grit, British director Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin is compelling and unnerving in equal measure. Scarlett Johansson stars as a kerb-crawling...
View ArticleCaptain America: The Winter Soldier | Blu-ray review – Brace yourself for...
Brace yourself for scorching action and gripping suspense when Marvel Comics’ strapping 1940s super-soldier gets defrosted in the present day for his second solo effort – Captain America: The Winter...
View ArticleThe Kills and Skills of Luc Besson’s greatest kick-ass characters from La...
With Luc Besson’s new thriller Lucy starring Scarlett Johansson arriving in cinemas this Friday 22nd August, what better time for a recap of the Kills and Skills of his greatest kick-ass characters,...
View ArticleLucy | Film review – Scarlett Johansson’s kick-ass heroine gives her brain a...
Kicking off with that hoary pseudo-scientific chestnut that humans use only 10% of the brain’s capacity, Luc Besson has come up with a dizzyingly silly, extravagantly enjoyable sci-fi thriller in...
View ArticleChef | Blu-ray/DVD review – Favreau and friends whip up a mouth-watering treat
This is a light and fluffy but utterly charming little movie about a burnt-out chef who rediscovers his passion for cooking and life. Jon Favreau plays the star LA chef who quits his job, acquires a...
View ArticleLucy | DVD review – Scarlett Johansson’s kick-ass heroine gives her brain a...
Kicking off with the pseudo-scientific notion that humans use only 10% of the brain’s capacity, dizzyingly silly, extravagantly enjoyable sci-fi thriller Lucy has Scarlett Johansson getting to deploy...
View ArticleAvengers: Age of Ultron | Film review – Cool quips and fleeting tenderness...
Back to hold the ring for the second joint effort by the Marvel Comics Avengers, Joss Whedon does the job with typical panache in Avengers: Age of Ultron, but with so many characters jostling for...
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