Reviews
This Week's Recommended Release (View all recommended films)
The Descendants
Another champagne turn from a Hollywood icon refusing to age anything but gracefully
Also Released This Week (View all reviews by release date)
The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp
Powell and Pressburger's sweeping drama is among the greatest achievements of any British filmmakers
The Source
A whimsical tale of Muslim women, water and wedlock, with precious little direction, drive or purpose.
2 Days In New York
Despite starring Chris Rock, Julie Delpy's directorial follow up to her 2007 comedy simply isn’t funny
She Monkeys
A startling, subtly Sapphic psychodrama based around the dynamics of a fiercely competitive female sport
If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle
Florin Şerban’s sweaty and severe film offers a general examination of the small but important liberties that are denied to you once behind prison walls
The Raid
Gareth Evans' deliriously violent Indonesian martial arts flick is the most exciting action movie – and one of the best cinematic spectacles – of the last decade
Even The Rain
A handwringing treatise on filmmaking and Third World exploitation from the pen of Paul Laverty
Still Pulling in the Crowds
Gnomeo & Juliet
Gnomeo & Juliet presents a classic story in a way that feels like the best and most unrealistic cast have got together and made a really great pantomime
127 Hours
In taking a Movie of the Week plotline and giving it a technical supercharge, Boyle has restated his case among the front rank of filmmakers
Love And Other Drugs
Although a sugary coating makes Love and Other Drugs all too easy to swallow, Gyllenhaal and Hathaway are an act impossible not to be seduced by
Let Me In
Fans of the original will no doubt pore over each and every borrowed detail, but this is Reeves’ own vision and it has a tragic grandeur all of its own
Most Talked About Films
Actor/Director Focus - Michael Cera
Just as movies are about more than the two hours you spend sitting in the cinema, our reviews are a chance to talk about much more than the immediate experience of the film in question. There are many different aspects of the movie-going experience and we will embrace them all.
Superbad
The question for most comedies is ‘Will you laugh?’ For Superbad, it’s ‘Can you stop?’
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Although Scott Pilgrim is a hyperactive feast, its greatest strength is its studied literalism
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
A sweet and predicable film but it’s also smart, funny and further proof of Michael Cera’s comic talent
Paper Heart
Paper Heart is a strange confection, but once you crack its quirky shell it proves to be rather sweet and satisfying
Youth In Revolt
A little too manic for its own good, Youth in Revolt is restless and unruly
Year One
A pitiful piece of drivel, hammering away idiotically at the comedy goldmine of religious dogma but missing with every strike
