Film & DVD Reviews

Boardwalk Empire

Boardwalk Empire

HBO's handsome, if flawed, Prohibition era crime drama...

The Descendants

The Descendants

Oscar nominated George Clooney leads funny, sophisticated drama...

Coriolanus

Coriolanus

Shakespeare tragedy gets aggressive Balkan makeover...

Shame

Shame

Directed by Steve McQueen
Starring Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan

When the...

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

Thatcher: The Motion PictureDIRECTED BY Phyllida Lloyd
STARRING Meryl Streep, Jim...

The Artist

The Artist

An unsentimental tribute to the silent era...It is very easy to become consumed by a cosy...

Hammett

Hammett

One (or rather, three) from the heart of Coppola’s American Zoetrope dream...Hammett...

STRAW DOGS

STRAW DOGS

Remake of Peckinpah shocker lacks original’s impact...

CONTAGION

CONTAGION

Medical disaster flick: Soderbergh goes viral...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

Intense big-screen take on a publishing sensation...

TYRANNOSAUR

TYRANNOSAUR

Paddy Considine’s directorial debut – a strong cast excels in an orgy of suffering...

GEORGE HARRISON - LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD

GEORGE HARRISON - LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD

Within him, without him. Scorsese’s four-hour study reveals the ‘quiet one’ as a seriously...

RED STATE

RED STATE

Strange tale of Christian fundamentalists under siege...

DRIVE

DRIVE

Great gangster pulp from Bronson director...

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

A perfectly chilly Cold War thriller...Directed by Tomas Alfredson
Starring Gary...

TROLL HUNTER

TROLL HUNTER

Trolls run amok in faux doc/horror romp

KILL LIST

KILL LIST

A fresh, weird spin on the hitman genre...

HERE'S A HEALTH TO THE BARLEY MOW

HERE'S A HEALTH TO THE BARLEY MOW

44 films celebrating the folk customs, songs and dances of Great Britain...

THE SKIN I LIVE IN

THE SKIN I LIVE IN

Medical drama meets sexual farce in Spanish maestro’s unnervingly eccentric fable...

SUPER 8

SUPER 8

Spielberg-produced sci-fi spectacular...

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Editor's Letter

Television, Neil Young and the new Uncut


Phew and all that. I’ve just been listening again to the 37 minute stream of new music by Neil Young and Crazy Horse that was posted at the weekend on neilyoung.com. I’m sure there were more important things I could have been doing throughout the day, like filling in health and safety reports...