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Film Reviews 37: “Life of Pi”, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”, “Amour”,...
This month: “Amour”, “The Aviator”, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”, “Dance Party, USA”, “I Am Legend”, “The Ice Storm”, “Liberal Arts”, “Life of Pi”, “Midnight”, “Natural Selection”, “Safety Not...
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Kenicky’s 2012 film roundup
Let’s examine 2012 like a photograph taken by Instagram with the filter set to “Kenicky”. It’s been a year since my film roundup of 2011, and life continues. It continues here. I’m in a rut. If I was...
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Every Harmony Korine film reviewed
Harmony Korine is a controversial filmmaker born in 1973 – so controversial, I suspect he was really born in 1971. If you don’t know the name (or only familiar with him through Spring Breakers), be...
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Film Reviews 38: “Django Unchained”, “Les Misérables”, “The Impossible”, “The...
This month: “Barbara”, “Berberian Sound Studio”, “Django Unchained”, “Fanboys”, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, “Hancock”, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”, “The Impossible”, “Incredible Small”,...
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Film reviews 39: “Zero Dark Thirty”, “Lincoln”, “I Give It a Year”, “Flight”...
This month: “Beginners”, “Chronicle”, “A Cock and Bull Story”, “Death and the Maiden”, “Dreams of a Life”, “Flight”, “The Hurt Locker”, “I Give It a Year”, “Knife in the Water” (pictured above),...
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Film reviews 40: “Wreck-It Ralph”, “Stoker”, “This is 40”, “Cloud Atlas” and...
This month: “Bad Kids Go to Hell”, “Cloud Atlas”, “For Ellen”, “The Happening”, “Nobody Walks”, “Open Five”, “Open Five 2”, “Racing with the Moon”, “Sidewalks of New York”, “Stoker” (pictured above),...
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Film reviews 41: “Side Effects”, “Oz the Great and Powerful”, “Compliance”...
Films reviewed this month: “All About Eve”, “All Good Things” (pictured above), “Compliance”, “Five Easy Pieces”, “Gambit”, “The Giant Mechanical Man”, “The Last Days of Disco”, “Logan’s Run”, “Oz the...
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Film reviews 42: “Iron Man 3”, “Oblivion”, “The Place Beyond the Pines”,...
This month: “A.I. Artificial Intelligence”, “Cherry Bomb”, “The Details”, “The Disappearance of Alice Creed”, “Easy Rider”, “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”, “Iron Man 3”, “Oblivion”, “The Place...
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Film reviews 43: “The Great Gatsby”, “Upstream Color”, “Touchy Feely”, “In a...
This month: “A.C.O.D.”, “An American Werewolf in London”, “The Comedy”, “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop”, “Deep Red”, “The Great Gatsby”, “In a World…”, “King Kelly”, “Mr Jealousy”, “Pretty Maids All in a...
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Film reviews 44: “Monsters University”, “This Is the End”, “Man of Steel”,...
This month: “21 & Over”, “After Earth”, “Black Christmas”, “Capturing the Friedmans”, “The Hangover Part III”, “Man of Steel”, “Monsters University”, “The Oranges”, “Risky Business”, “Small...
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Film reviews 45: “The Bling Ring”, “The Internship”, “The East”, “Behind the...
This month: “24 Hour Party People”, “Admission”, “Behind the Candelabra”, “Black Rock”, “The Bling Ring”, “The East”, “A Horrible Way to Die”, “The Internship”, “Jules et Jim” (pictured above), “The...
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Film reviews 46: “The World’s End”, “Pacific Rim”, “World War Z” and 10 others…
This month: “Death Walks in High Heels”, “A Field in England”, “The Frozen Ground”, “Hellboy”, “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army”, “The House on Sorority Row”, “Moonlight Mile”, “Pacific Rim”, “Paris...
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Review: The Wolverine
Director: James Mangold Writers: Mark Bomback, Scott Frank, Christopher McQuarrie Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rila Fukushima, Tao Okamoto, Hal Yamanouchi Wolverine’s struggle with immortality could make a...
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Film reviews 47: “Frances Ha”, “The Heat”, “The Wolverine”, “Now You See Me”,...
This fortnight: “The 400 Blows” (pictured above), “Blackfish”, “Couples Retreat”, “District 9”, “Frances Ha”, “Free Samples”, “Ginger & Rosa”, “The Heat”, “The Last Seduction”, “Now You See Me”,...
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Film reviews 48: “About Time”, “We’re the Millers”, “You’re Next”, “Alpha...
Reviewed: “About Time”, “The Act of Killing”, “Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa”, “The Conjuring”, “Good Night, and Good Luck”, “Kick-Ass 2”, “Moonstruck”, “Passion” (pictured above), “Planes”, “The...
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Film reviews 49: “Elysium”, “What Maisie Knew”, “The Way, Way Back”, “Pain &...
This fortnight: “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”, “Belle de Jour”, “Diner”, “Elysium”, “Green Lantern”, “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”, “Heartbeats” (pictured above), “Irma la Douce”, “The Look of...
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Film review: “Prince Avalanche”
David Gordon Green returns to earlier form and style with a stream of slow poetry that shares the warmth of George Washington and All the Real Girls. It’s also one of his funniest films:...
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Every Jim Jarmusch film reviewed
Reviewed: Permanent Vacation (1980), Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Down by Law (1986), Mystery Train (1989), Night on Earth (1991), Dead Man (1995), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Coffee...
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LFF13 Laugh reviews: “Enough Said”, “Doll & Em”, “Computer Chess”, “Drinking...
Films reviewed: “Afternoon Delight”, “The Bounceback”, “Computer Chess” (pictured above), “Doll & Em”, “Drinking Buddies”, “Enough Said”, “Gone Too Far!”, “Hello Carter” and “Our Sunhi”. This...
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LFF13 Dare, Thrill and First Feature reviews: “Kill Your Darlings”, “As I Lay...
Films reviewed: “All is Lost”, “As I Lay Dying”, “B For Boy”, “Exhibition” (above), “The Fear”, “Hide Your Smiling Faces”, “Jeune et Jolie”, “Kill Your Darlings”, “Mystery Road”, “Sarah Prefers to...
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