Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Directed by: Tim Burton. Written by: Christopher Bond, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler. Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Sacha Baron Cohen. 116 min. R. Review top sheet: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is dark, unnatural, gory and fundamentally revolting – and a musical. This ...
Sappho
Directed by: Robert Crombie. Written by: Robert Crombie. Starring: Avalon Barrie, Todd Soley and Lyudmila Shiryaeva. 92 min. Review top sheet: Sappho is a semi-sexy, semi-historical, semi-good film in semi-English. Will you like this film? Yes, if you’re thinking of spending your holidays in Lesbos. No, if you’re in the process ...
Wall-e
Directed by: Andrew Stanton. Written by: Andrew Stanton. Starring: Ben Burtt (voice), Elissa Knight (voice), Jeff Garlin (voice). 98 min. Review top sheet: a computer-generated film for “kidz” about computer-driven automata operating in a post-industrial wasteland where emotion is measured in bleeps and megabytes. Somehow I don’t think I’ll be ...
My Sassy Girl
Directed by: Yann Samuell. Written by: Victor Levin and Jae-young Kwak. Starring: Jesse Bradford and Elisha Cuthbert. 92 min. PG-13. Review top sheet: a soppy chick flick about a really nice guy who starts off being nice, is nice right throughout the film and gets to the end with niceness ...
My Mom’s New Boyfriend
Directed by: George Gallo. Written by: George Gallo. Starring: Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Colin Hanks and Selma Blair. 97 min. Review top sheet: My Mom’s New Boyfriend is a light-hearted, silly film with a few genuinely funny moments. It’s not going to win Oscars or have any significant effect on ...
Sleuth
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh. Written by: Harold Pinter (screenplay) and Anthony Shaffer (play). Starring: Michael Caine and Jude Law. 86 min. R. Review top sheet: a remake of the 1972 classic of the same name (in Russian: Сыщик). Like most remakes in cinema (and cover versions in music), the tribute ...
Wanted
Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov. Written by: Michael Brandt & Derek Haas. Starring: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie. 110 min. R. Review top sheet: Wanted is a fusion of the least interesting aspects of The Matrix and Fight Club with a smattering of Spiderman. Will you like this film? Yes, ...
In Bruges
Directed by: Martin McDonagh. Written by: Martin McDonagh. Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrel and Ralph Fiennes. 107 min. R. Review top sheet: In Bruges is an extremely strong film with a great plot and top character development. The first half is truly great while the second half is merely very good. Will ...
Mister Lonely
Directed by: Harmony Korine. Written by: Avi Korine and Harmony Korine. Starring: Diego Luna, Samantha Morton and Denis Lavant. 112 min. PG. Review top sheet: Mister Lonely is a whimsical, eccentric, meandering story with no real point but a few top moments. It’s a bit like chewing your way through a ...
Funny Games
Directed by: Michael Haneke. Written by: Michael Haneke. Starring: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Bradey Corbet, Deven Gearhart. 111 min. R. Review top sheet: this film is called Funny Games but there is nothing funny about it at all – be warned. This is definitely not a first-date film, ...
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