The Lorax (Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift) : Movie Review

The latest Dr Seuss adaptation to hit our screens is The Lorax, directed by Chris Renaud (Despicable Me) and Kyle Balda (animator on A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc.), and with a screenplay by Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul (Despicable Me, Horton Hears a Who!).

Mirror Mirror (Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer) : Movie Review

Tarsem Singh’s Mirror Mirror is a decadent feast for film lovers and young children. The mixture of bright colours; wacky situations, lovable characters and stunning costumes, designed by Eiko Ishioka, all combine for a unique, and definitely surprising, cinema experience. Leave your preconceived judgements at the door and let yourself be pleasantly amazed.

Alliance Française French Film Festival : Movie Review

Three films we can highly recommend this year are Valérie Donzelli’s Declaration of War, Mia Hansen-Løve’s Goodbye, First Love and Gérald Hustache-Mathieu’s Nobody Else But You.

Dante’s Peak (Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton) : Classic Cinema

So anyway, I reluctantly ended up watching ‘Dante’s Peak’. This film is about this guy, I think his name is Pierce Brosnan or something. Anyway, he’s from that movie where he’s James Bond and that other one where he sings Abba songs to Margaret Thatcher. You know the guy, at least, you’d know him if you saw him.

Any Questions for Ben? (Josh Lawson, Rachael Taylor) : Movie Review

While Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro and Tom Gleisner have given us “Champagne comedy” in the past like The Late Show, Frontline and The Castle — and to a lesser extent, Thank God You’re Here, their latest “comedy” is lighter on the laughs than many will be expecting.

Shame (Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan): Movie Review

 
To say Steve McQueen’s latest film Shame is confronting is an understatement, and not just because of the intense and frequent sexual content. McQueen has again teamed with Michael Fassbender three years after their critically acclaimed Hunger, to tell a story of addiction and struggle.
Fassbender plays Brandon Sullivan; a slick New York City businessman whose [...]

The Vow (Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum) : Movie Review

Based on a true story, this sappy romance follows married couple Paige (Rachel McAdams) and Leo (Channing Tatum). After a car accident Page loses the memory of the last five years of her life, including Leo. In her mind she’s still in law school and engaged to Jeremy (Scott Speedman); in reality she dropped out of law school, broke up with Jeremy and became an artist.

Notting Hill (Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts) : Classic Cinema

After dinner, Julia and Hugh go for a walk and Hugh demonstrates to Julia that he has no idea how to climb a fence. This is apparently an excellent seduction technique. Ronan Keating sings “You say it best when you say nothing at all” but I guess he must be behind a tree or something, because I never saw him.

War Horse (Benedict Cumberbatch, Emily Watson) : Movie Review

There are horrors of war here but they’re largely glossed over (people die off camera and there’s loads of mud but not much blood) in favour of horse acting that actually serves to distance you from his’ plight.

Pretty Woman (Richard Gere, Julia Roberts) : Classic Cinema

Also Richard talks on a ridiculously large mobile phone, presumably telling everyone that he’s a “top guy”. Meanwhile, George just plays miniature billiards (which is probably some sort of masturbation metaphor).

The Muppets (Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Kermit) : Movie Review

Now compare to The Muppets where, save for a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Mickey Rooney appearance, this generation’s celebrities include Rashida Jones, Selena Gomez and Rico Rodriguez … the kid who plays Manny on Modern Family.

Dennis the Menace (Walter Matthau, Christopher Lloyd) : Cinema Classic

Dennis is not just some loveable rascal. I mean, even when he’s playing hide and seek with all the kids in the neighbourhood, he still cheats. Basically, this kid is just a huge asshole and he’s only five.

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