Towards the end of his life the great Russian author Leo Tolstoy (War and Peace, Anna Karenina) was under considerable pressure from his Tolstoyan followers
Category: Film review
Film review – Kick-Ass (2010)
The opening gag of a teenage boy jumping off a building while dressed as a superhero, to then plunge to his death, wonderfully sets up
Film review – Date Night (2010)
The premise of Date Night is one of a classic case of mistaken identity where Phil and Claire Foster, a dull but likable middle-aged and
Film review – Micmacs (2009)
There is something wonderfully reassuring about the look of Micmacs as its distinctive style informs you right away that you are about to once more
Film review – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
The disgraced investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) agrees to investigate the 40-year-old case of a missing teenage girl. The girl’s uncle, who approaches Mikael to
Film review – Brothers (2009)
The American remake of Susanne Bier’s 2004 Danish film Brothers (Brødre) is reasonably faithful to Bier’s original film. Both films are centred on three characters:
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