Film Reviews

VALENTINES DAY: On General Release Friday 12th February The customary mid February rom-com has arrived and lo and behold, this year they have decided to simplify things by just naming the film after it’s target market… This tactic will save much confusion, but can 2010’s great romantic hope break new ground where so many of it’s... [Read more of this review]

YOUTH IN REVOLT: On General Release Friday 5th February We’ve all felt at times that we just don’t fit in. If you’re like me, since you were a teenager you’ve always dreamed that your unpublished genius and insightful critiques would one day be the toast of the literary world. So has Nick Twisp (Michael Cera), a mild-mannered 16 year old... [Read more of this review]

HOLY WATER: On General Release Friday 5th February People do all sorts of things when they’re desperate. They lie, cheat and steal and apparently if they’re a bunch of Irish no marks, they try to hijack shipments of erectile dysfunction medication. Four bored and hopeless friends in rural “Oirland” longing to escape the tedium of their dead-end... [Read more of this review]

ASTRO BOY: On General Release from Friday 5th February Imagine waking up one day to discover you were a robot with superpowers. It’s not something you’d broadcast to the nation (well not without a few vodka tonics). Then again, you might fancy instigating a media campaign resulting in the Channel 4 documentary – Made of Metal: The... [Read more of this review]

Trailers

Roman Polanski may be a very naughty man but we have to admit, his next movie looks good. Ewan McGregor plays a ghostwriter hired to write a shady former Prime Minister’s memoirs but the more he finds out, the more of a security risk he becomes. Pierce Brosnan stars as the the PM Adam Lang whose dodgy dealings have earned him the label of war... [Read more of this review]

In the futuristic action-thriller Repo Men, humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called The Union. The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don’t pay your bill, The Union sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property…with no... [Read more of this review]

Wrinkly wonder Michael Douglas returns this year as money-grabbing banker Gordon Gekko in Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, but this time he’s got company. In this new teaser trailer, we can see Shia ‘dead behind the eyes’ Labeouf accompanying Douglas around town with a little help from An Education’s Carey Mulligan. IMDB describes... [Read more of this review]