There is something mythical about the American blue-collar town where Scott Cooper’s Out of the Furnace is set. The hardworking and racially harmonious population are
Tag: Woody Harrelson
Film review – The Messenger (2009)
Discharged early from serving in Iraq, Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) returns home to the US and is assigned to Casualty Notification. Partnered with
MIFF 2010 Diary: Part 3
I sat down last night for the final MIFF Shorts Awards deliberations with my fellow judges Alan Finney and Wendy Haslem. After lots of robust discussion,
Film review – Seven Pounds (2008)
Every now and then an ambitious film comes along that turns out to be a complete misfire. Seven Pounds is one of those films. Seven
Film review – A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Most adaptations of novels or short stories by cult science fiction writer Philip K Dick (Paycheck, Minority Report, Total Recall) use his imaginative scenarios for
