Film Reviews
Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville)
Rarely seen for almost four decades, French director Jean-Pierre Melville's Army of Shadows received great critical acclaim during its theatrical re-release in 2006. But is the famed French director's micro-dissection of the French Resistance really a forgotten masterpiece?
Gary Collins finds it hard to resist...Gomorra (Matteo Garrone)
Matteo Garrone's unflinching film focuses on the activities of the Camorra crime organisation in and around Naples.
David Coleman reviews...WALL-E (Andrew Stanton)
Pixar's masterpiece really is.
George Booker catches up...Glory to the Filmmaker! (Takeshi Kitano)
Catching up with deadpan icon Takeshi Kitano.
Miguel Morelli reviews...Shine A Light (Martin Scorsese)
Martin Scorsese and The Rolling Stones spend the night together. The result is a Beggar's Banquet.
Gary Collins paints it black...Hamlet 2 (Andrew Fleming)
Not as good as the original. Accent problems.
George Booker reviews...Choke (Clark Gregg)
Only the second worst Palahniuk adaptation, behind the Fight Club video game, wherein Fred Durst is an unlockable character.
George Smith gags, then vomits...Barton Fink (Joel and Ethan Coen)
The Coen Brothers' secret masterpiece?
George Booker recalls...Burn After Reading (Joel and Ethan Coen)
After deciphering Pulitzer Prize winning author Cormac McCarthy's litany of grammatical errors to bring you Anton Chigurh, the Coen Brothers return to their usual subject matter: idiots.
Gary Collins informs you this review will self-destruct in 10, 9, 8...Vicky Christina Barcelona (Woody Allen)
Woody's most recent non-awful movie.
George Booker reviews...