Romantic comedy is a tricky thing to get right on the screen. For starters you need to combine a romance with a film that makes people laugh which might sound obvious but isn’t that simple. The annuls of film history are littered with failed attempts and while in literature this ... Read More »
There will be two audiences for Darrell Roodt's biopic Winnie Mandela. Firstly there will be a section who lived at a time when South Africa's apartheid struggles were front page news or who know the subject well. Secondly there will be some who are less familiar with the titular... Read More »
The premise for Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief is unavoidably silly. It appears that from time to time Greek gods descend to the Earth to have a little human hanky panky before clearing off at the first sign of commitment. It also appears that they do this... Read More »
The difficulty any film set underground has is that it immediately draws comparisons with Neil Marshall's 2005 modern classic The Descent. This being the case filmmakers must either embrace this connection or avoid it altogether. Abandoned Mine definitely goes for the latter and ... Read More »
It is difficult to provide a detailed synopsis of Trance that doesn't give away at least some of the plot points so I will be as vague as I need to be. The story we are first introduced to is one of an art heist devised by auctioneer Simon (James McAvoy) as a way of clearing his ... Read More »
During Disney’s focus on live action in the third quarter of the 20th Century there were few animated films that are truly worthy of the famous name. Unlike The Sword In The Stone and The Aristocats however where narrative was secondary to episodic humour, Robin Hood warrants a r... Read More »
The Sword In The Stone is perhaps one of Disney's lesser known, and maybe even less popular films. When originally released in 1963 the studio was moving away from its reliance on animation into more live action film production and it is possibly no surprise that this, and films ... Read More »
Sometimes the strength and depth of a cast can somewhat overshadow the film itself. With Blood from Nick Murphy this is a fine line that is walked throughout and just about gets away with it. While searching for the killer of a teenage girl the police, led by the Fairburn brother... Read More »
There are some films that you discover are so unexpected, so surprising that it leaves you with a strange sense of disappointment. Rufus had this effect on me, not because of the poor quality of the film, but due to the fact that I just don't think enough people will see what is ... Read More »
If, like I did, you start watching No Heart Feelings with little prior knowledge or information then it can take you a little while to get a handle on the story. It's billed as a comedy-romance but that seems to be slightly dismissive or lazy a label. Read More »
