Epic 3D

'Ice Age' director Chris Wedge helms this latest 3D-animated kids adventure, which sees a young girl drawn into the struggle between a tiny race of forest people and an evil horde bent on destroying their home. (more...)

The Great Gatsby

If you can make it past the first hour of Baz Luhrmanns unique take on the American classic, then you may well find yourself immersed in the world F. Scott Fitzgerald created in his seminal book. However, it is an arduous slog, and the liberties taken with the story as we know it are numerous. (more...)

The Great Gatsby

One of the so called ‘great’ American novels, 'The Great Gatsby' receives it's fifth big screen adaptation, this time directed and co-written by the visually flamboyant Baz Luhrmann. (more...)

Fast and Furious 6

Prepare yourselves for a shock... this review comes from a franchise virgin. (more...)

Our Children

An agonising glimpse into a world of depression and tragedy, 'Our Children' is a great success in drawing us into a world that at first seems unfathomable, but its success makes for a viewing ordeal that will haunt you for weeks. (more...)

Mud

Writer/director Jeff Nichols ('Take Shelter') takes another journey to smalltown USA, this time moulding a seductive story of romance, revenge and growing up in rural Arkansas. (more...)

A Hijacking

'The Hunt' co-writer Tobias Lindholm takes full control here, writing and directing an intense portrayal of hijacking on the high seas and the corporate negotiations that occur behind the scenes. (more...)

Star Trek Into Darkness

J.J. Abrams continues his careful transformation of the beloved sci-fi series. It's certainly reverential, and has a few nice updates, but I have the niggling feeling that the franchise is losing freshness. (more...)

I’m So Excited

Easily Almodóvar's worst film, this bizarre sex romp is strangely compelling and oddly enjoyable, but there's no escaping that this is vacuous nonsense of the highest order. (more...)

Bernie

True stories are often re-written or re-imagined for the big screen, but when a director as skilled and intelligent as Linklater (the man behind the astounding ‘A Scanner Darkly’ and the brilliant ‘Fast Food Nation’) turns his hand to a tiny real life story that appeared in Texas Monthly magazine in 1998, you can't help but be interested... (more...)

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