How much subtext should be expected from a film about giant monsters fighting giant mecha robots? In the case of Pacific Rim, apparently not much
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Film review – Man of Steel (2013)
After one of the most exhilarating action sequences in Man of Steel, Martha Kent (Diane Lane) tells her adopted alien son Clark (Henry Cavill), ‘It’s
Film review – Mud (2012)
What is the worst thing to tell a young teenage boy? To not trust women and be suspicious of love, or that women are to
Film review – Farewell, My Queen (2012)
One of the most interesting approaches to telling the story of the life and times of a famous person is telling that story through the
Film review – The Great Gatsby (2013)
Baz Luhrmann’s attempt to transform F Scott Fitzgerald’s seminal 1925 American novel into a crowd-pleasing spectacle film is admirable if not always successful. It is
Film review – Broken (2012)
People can be broken physically, emotionally and psychologically and few go through life avoiding being harmed in some way. The 2012 film Broken, adapted from