Walt Disney Animation Studios have long appropriated and repurposed the narratives and characters from European fairy tales, folklore and myths to make feature films that
Category: Film review
Film review – Skyfall (2012)
The James Bond films inspire passion, with every new film generating debate about what a Bond film is supposed to be and how much the
Film review – The Sessions (2012)
Films about virgin guys wanting to get laid aren’t usually particularly memorable. The stakes are too low when the awkward men who desperately want sex
Film review – The Master (2012)
In Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master, Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) re-enters America after having served in World War II and now suffering from post-traumatic stress.
Film review – Bachelorette (2012)
Psychoanalysis identifies the ‘return of the repressed’ as the process where past traumas previously buried in the unconscious, bubble up to the surface when appropriately
Film review – Frankenweenie (2012)
A crucial line in Frankenweenie about science working best when the experiments come from the heart as well as the head could very well be