Around the camp fire

OUT NOW! Even Tim Burton's bewitched masses may be disappointed by his shallow DARK SHADOWS adaptation.

May 10, 2012 by in Film

Explosions without chemistry

OUT NOW! LOCKOUT lags on the special effects and the sexual tension, but it at least delivers on the action.

May 10, 2012 by in Film

Nostalgia and bromance

OUT NOW! 21 JUMP STREET lives up to low expectations of another down memory lane.

May 10, 2012 by in Film

Vinyl's last stand

OUT NOW! Centered around one of England's last record shops, SOUND IT OUT makes a convincing case for vinyl supporters everywhere.

May 10, 2012 by in Film

Inescapable wilderness

OUT NOW! Human behaviour is examined in the style of animal documentaries in ATTENBERG, an original take on the love theme.

May 10, 2012 by in Film

Please crash this wedding

OUT NOW! Indie home-movie aesthetics give way to a tired mass of rom-com clichés in DAS HOCHZEITSVIDEO.

May 8, 2012 by in Film

A morose menagerie

OUT NOW! WE BOUGHT A ZOO is a solid, yet unspectacular tale of life using, well, a zoo.

May 3, 2012 by in Film

L'amour, l'amour...

OUT NOW! Love, French chanson and historical commentary all fight for centre-stage in LES BIEN-AIMÉS.

May 3, 2012 by in Film

The party's over

OUT NOW! The much anticipated BAR25 film offers little magic or nostalgia, but plenty of egotism.

May 3, 2012 by in Film

Cancer, ha ha

OUT NOW! Seth Rogen cracks jokes to the cancer-afflicted Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the trite, over-sappy 50/50.

May 3, 2012 by in Film

Tomboys don't cry

OUT NOW! TOMBOY's understated tale of 10-year-old Laure passing herself off as a boy is a gem of the French arthouse.

May 3, 2012 by in Film

Runaway wife wanted

OUT NOW! SUPERCLÁSICO could have fallen into cliché, but doesn't and is all the more funny for it.

May 3, 2012 by in Film

No romance here

OUT NOW! Robert Pattinson continues to play the ladies man with the same flaccid effect in BEL AMI.

Apr 25, 2012 by in Film

Not quite Roswell

OUT NOW! UFO IN HER EYES pairs a woman's mysterious sightings with post-Mao political satire.

Apr 25, 2012 by in Film

GayDR

OUT NOW! UNTER MÄNNERN – SCHWUL IN DER DDR carefully surveys a variety of subjects to avoid victimising.

Apr 25, 2012 by in Film

Not quite so lucky

OUT NOW! THE LUCKY ONE is you, if this trailer is the closest you get to the film.

Apr 25, 2012 by in Film

The dream team

OUT NOW! THE AVENGERS storms cinemas this week, and it actually flies!

Apr 25, 2012 by in Film

Rock 'n' roll. Cancer. Indie flick. Great?

OUT NOW! LA GUERRE EST DÉCLARÉE is an original concept but ultimately contrived.

Apr 25, 2012 by in Film

Weak with Marilyn

OUT NOW! MY WEEK WITH MARILYN trades substance for stars with its plethora of cameos.

Apr 19, 2012 by in Film

High school heroes

OUT NOW! CHRONICLE is another POV-styled superhero flick that brings fresh perspective to an over-saturated genre.

Apr 19, 2012 by in Film

Rotten in the state of Denmark

OUT NOW. Even with Lars von Trier's scripting efforts, A ROYAL AFFAIR still fails to hold court.

Apr 19, 2012 by in Film

'Grey', as in 'dull'

OUT NOW! THE GREY provides few thrills underneath its smother of machismo.

Apr 12, 2012 by in Film

Gangs of rural France

OUT NOW! Despite it's romantic aesthetic, LA GUERRE DES BOUTONS fails to live up to Louis Pergaud's 1912 novel.

Apr 12, 2012 by in Film

An antidote to Angelina

OUT NOW! BACHIR LAZHAR avoids abject misery with its quiet and subtle approach to immigration and children's rights.

Apr 12, 2012 by in Film

Martha Marcy May Marlene

LOVED IT/HATED IT! Is Sean Durkin's film an evocative portrayal of cult life or merely an exercise in style?

Apr 11, 2012 by | in Film