My Sister’s Keeper ****½At a time when cinemas are packed with films aiming to give audiences an adrenaline rush or tickle their funny bones it is quite refreshing to see a film that aims to give the tear ducts a work out
By Martyn Conterio. French filmmaker Claire Denis' latest film 35 Rhums (35 Shots Of Rum) is a wonderful return to form after the ponderous L'Intrus (The Intruder). 35 Rhums is loosely based on Ozu's Late Spring, and is the story of a father and daughter living in a working class Parisian district. The daughter, a university student is on the
The Hangover has just hit a cinema near you and probably hearing people ranting and raving over how funny it all is. How does it weigh up?Here is a review:The Hangover:Dir: Todd PhillipsComing from the 'Frat Pack' school of thought, The Hangover nails dumb comedy to a Las
Review: The Girlfriend Experience The Girlfriend Experience is Steven Soderbergh's latest attempt to blend indie texture with sophisticated sexuality. Coming out the fog that was CHE, Mr. Soderbergh has created a film that sits on the opposite of the spectrum. The story of a call girl with emotional
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen *****In 2007 director Michael Bay unleashed the Transformers in all their CGI glory onto the big screen for the first time. Finding its inspiration in the toy line (and other subsequent spin-offs, e.g. comics and an animated TV series) of the same name, it hardly