Movies

  A man walks into a bar … No, this is not the beginning of one of those tired old jokes you have heard a thousand times before, and to which there an equal number of groan-inducing punchlines, but the essential starting point for one of the most wildly ambitious, entertaining Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT Once an acclaimed thespian, Simon Axler (Al Pacino) has fallen from grace — literally. After swan-diving into the orchestra pit in the middle of a performance, he slides into an intense depression, and quite possibly dementia, leading to a spell in a psychiatric facility. Upon his release he Continue Reading

  Bored children kicking the seats of harried parents before them might disagree but a lot can happen in one car journey. It is certainly the case for Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy), the protagonist of Steven Knight’s tautly-delivered drama Locke, a building project manager of nine years experience, who finds Continue Reading

  Bill Murray is many things. A veteran comic of 1980s comedy classics like Caddyshack, Stripes and Ghostbusters (1984), and a Saturday Night Live alum (he joined it in its second season in 1977, staying for three seasons in total, becoming romantically involved in his time there with fellow cast Continue Reading

  If the Brothers Grimm were alive today, it is highly likely they would look kindly upon The Hundred Foot Journey, the latest film from Lasse Hallström, based on the best-selling book of the same name by Richard C. Morais. Like all good fairytales, which disguise a sting in the tail and good Continue Reading

  Boyhood is a remarkable movie in many ways. Not the least of which is that director Richard Linklater (who also wrote the screenplay) filmed this intimate portrayal of one boy’s journey from video games and daydreaming into the early stages of manhood and college in real time over twelve years, Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT When a young boy falls ill, his grandfather pops round to visit him. To cheer his grandson up, Grandpa has brought a storybook; The Princess Bride, a tale of the love between the beautiful Buttercup and the besotted Westley, a love cruelly interrupted by Westley’s tragic apparent death Continue Reading

  Allan Karlsson (Robert Gustafsson) likes to blow things up. It doesn’t really matter where or when – at one point he fights against Franco’s forces in the Spanish Civil War simply so he can hear things go “Boom!”; his allegiance is to the explosion and only the explosion such Continue Reading