Hot on the heels of reviewing Robot and Frank, which just so happens to be the best film I've seen this year, I was tasked to review The Fall of the Essex Boys, which just so happens to be the worst film I've seen this year. Isn't that funny? Nope. The plot
The first thing you need to know about me is that I am a massive wimp and supernatural stuff freaks me the hell out. I can deal with horror in the sense that blood and guts don't bother me, but when it comes to jumpy things, or stuff I can't
Even though it might not be immediately apparent, Andrew Niccol is responsible for some of the most innovative and intelligent concept movies made in the last 20 years. The Truman Show, his script directed by Peter Weir, has to be high in the running for the most prophetic and dead
Robots have always made for fascinating and iconic movie characters. Like aliens, robots' innate status as something ultimately 'other' than ourselves, yet often displaying recognisably human emotions through the lens of robotic metaphors or principles, make them endlessly compelling to watch. Whether it's the psychotic machismo of the Terminator, the
Veteran film producer To (Chapman To) addresses a room for of know-it-all students, through flashback we see his struggles to get his most recent film made. Along the way he makes dodgy deals with eccentric crime boss, has sexual encounters with attractive women and donkies and navigates his way through
