We Need to Talk About Kevin, 2011. Directed by Lynne Ramsay. Starring John C. Reilly, Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, Siobhan Fallon, Ursula Parker and Ashley Gerasimovich. SYNOPSIS: A mother attempts to deal with her guilt and grief over her son, who is responsible for a high-school killing spree. Having seen posters dotted around various tube […]

Drive, 2011. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaac, Christina Hendricks and Ron Perlman. SYNOPSIS: A Hollywood stunt driver (Gosling) moonlighting as a ‘wheelman’ discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong. Drive is currently wrestling Red State at the […]

Headhunters (Norwegian: Hodejegerne), 2011. Directed by Morten Tyldum. Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R. Ølgaard and Aksel Hennie. SYNOPSIS: A successful headhunter risks everything in his efforts to steal a valuable painting. Headhunters is the first book-to-film adaptation of the highly regarded and critically acclaimed Norwegian thriller writer Jo Nesbo. Having previous refused to have his […]

The Ward, 2010. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Amber Heard, Jared Harris, Danielle Panabaker, Mika Boorem and Lyndsy Fonseca. SYNOPSIS: After burning down a farmhouse, Kristen (Amber Heard) is institutionalised, but she is far from safe, as a ghost appears to be hunting down her ward-mates and brutally murdering them. [WARNING, THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MORE […]

This Boy’s Life, 2011. Directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Starring Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Barkin, Jonah Blechman, Eliza Dushku, Chris Cooper, Carla Gugino and Tobey Maguire. SYNOPSIS: Desperate to make a decent life for her and her son, a divorced mother takes up residence with a bullying tyrant who is determined to make the […]

Deep Winter, 2008. Directed by Mikey Hilb. Starring Eric Lively, Kellan Lutz, Michael Madsen, Peyton List and Luke Goss. SYNOPSIS: Two snowboarders make it their goal to conquer an unrideable mountain. When is a film not a film? When it’s an extreme sports video with a story stapled on in a panic at the last […]

Midnight in Paris, 2011. Directed by Woody Allen. Starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, Kurt Fuller, Mimi Kennedy, Michael Sheen, Nina Arianda and Carla Bruni. SYNOPSIS: A screenwriter is forced to confront the shortcomings of his relationship with his fiancée after magical experiences in the French capital. Woody Allen’s latest film shows […]

Dreams of a Life, 2011. Written and Directed by Carol Morley. Starring Zawe Ashton, Jonathan Harden, Ki’juan Whitton and Daren Elliott Holmes. SYNOPSIS: The sad and intriguing story of a young woman discovered in a London flat three years after her death. How would you feel if one day someone contacted you and told you […]

Presenting our weekly round-up of all the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… The big story this week is of course the release of the first trailer from Marvel Studio’s epic superhero ensemble, The Avengers, which arrived online this past Tuesday and seemed to go down a storm with the majority of […]

360, 2011. Directed by Fernando Meirelles. Starring Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Lucia Siposová, Ben Foster, Vladimir Vdovichenkov and Moritz Bleibtreu. SYNOPSIS: A look at what happens when partners from different social backgrounds engage in physical relationships. 360 is a fitting opening night movie for a prestigious international film festival such as LFF. Featuring […]