Film & DVD Reviews

The Raid

The Raid

Relentless! High end Martial Arts action flick...

Lawrence Of Belgravia

Lawrence Of Belgravia

The world of Lawrence is, by all accounts, a strange one. A singer once told me...

Blackthorn

Blackthorn

Sam Shepard himself takes a rare lead in Blackthorn, which expands on the...

Avengers Assemble

Avengers Assemble

Superior superhero mash up...

Braquo

Braquo

Relentlessly violent French cop thriller...

This Must Be The Place

This Must Be The Place

Paolo Sorrentino’s This Must Be The Place muses on the existence of a fictional...

The Kid With A Bike

The Kid With A Bike

Belgian superstar filmmaker brothers gonna work it out...

Into The Abyss

Into The Abyss

Werner Herzog's chilling Death Row doc...

Wild Bill

Wild Bill

Gritty comedy-drama set in the mean streets of sarf-east London...

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Killing in the name of light entertainment. Hollywood's latest franchise begins...

The Devils

The Devils

Ken Russell's controversial classic, restored to its original glory...

Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder

Paul Schrader’s long unavailable ‘70s Viet vet revenge thriller now on DVD...

Game Of Thrones Series 1

Game Of Thrones Series 1

It may inhabit a fantasy world far away, but HBO’s epic saga stalks familiar territory...

Rampart

Rampart

Gritty police drama from James Ellroy...

Carnage

Carnage

Roman Polanski's latest

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Psychological, cult-escapee drama...

Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search For A Kool Place

Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search For A Kool Place

The birth of the hippy dream, caught on camera...

Young Adult

Young Adult

Pitch black comedy from the team behind Juno...

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...

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Notes From The Great Escape Festival


Things aren’t due to kick off for a couple of hours at the Pavilion Theatre where throughout this year’s Great Escape Festival Uncut is hosting a splendid line-up. So early Thursday evening I’m at the Dome, where Australian psyche rockers POND are making enough noise to wake the long-time dead...