A Late Quartet, 2012. Directed by Yaron Zilberman.Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Imogen Poots, and Mark Ivanir. SYNOPSIS:The cellist in a string quartet is diagnosed with Parkinson’s as they prepare for their final tour. The film’s title, A Late Quartet, relates to the string compositions Beethoven produced near the end of his […]

Oliver Davis reviews Batman, Incorporated #9… Issue 9 opens with the funeral, placing these events before Tomasi’s brilliant ‘silent’ issue of Batman & Robin. Bruce is battered and bruised. One of his nails is black. A small detail, but somehow the most prevalent. The burial is intercut with the immediate aftermath of Damien’s death – […]

Oliver Davis reviews Batman, Incorporated #8… [Holy spoilers, Batman!] It’s the beginning of the end, and not just for Batman, Incorporated. Although the issue number reads ‘eight’, the true count is more around 16-18. This title has remained unaffected by that whole ’52’ business in all but its numbering. Before DC’s universe-wide revamp, Batman, Incorporated […]

Oliver Davis reviews Batman, Incorporated #7… [Cont. from previous issue’s review] …and falls. And falls. Until Batman is snatched from his descent, and out of the panel, by some winged beast. Only one wing is visible, but that feathered skin, those tattered jeans – it can only be one of Talia’s Man-Bats. Batman works best […]

Oliver Davis reviews Batman Incorporated #6… The first panel of Batman Incorporated #6 seems lifted from a hard-boiled detective thriller. Bruce Wayne steers the Batmobile with one hand, an electric shaver trimming his stubble in the other. At the end of the sublime #5, a group of Batman Inc. operatives were blown up in a […]

Upstream Colour, 2013. Directed by Shane Carruth.Starring Shane Carruth, Amy Seimetz and Andrew Sensenig. SYNOPSIS: It’s about, um…the loss of identiy and, er…substance addiction and pig farming and sound recording and astral planes and an interconnectedness of humanity beyond anything you could ever imagine and…and…anything you want it to be! . Shane Carruth made Primer back in […]

Oliver Davis reviews the fifth episode of Game of Thrones Season Three… Snake Eyeeeees. Kissed By Fire. Directed by Alex Graves. Written by Bryan Cogman. “You want me to marry who?” After last week’s tremendous episode of kickassery, episode five, Kissed By Fire, is a more sombre, heartfelt affair. The spectre of Ned Stark haunts […]

Oliver Davis reviews the fourth episode of Game of Thrones Season Three… Exclusive still from the road movie: Pycelle and Tywin do Braavos And Now His Watch Is Ended. Directed by Alex Graves. Written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. “And now his watch has ended.” It’s the name of the episode, and also […]

Oliver Davis reviews the third episode of Game of Thrones Season Three…. Walk of Punishment.Directed by David Benioff. Written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Those catch-ups at the start of the show are getting longer each week. Which is good, because I forget half the characters’ names 20 minutes in. Mainly because they […]

Oliver Davis reviews the second episode of Game of Thrones Season Three…. Dark Wings, Dark Words.Directed by Daniel Minahan. Written by Vanessa Taylor. BranThis week’s Game of Thrones opened with Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright). He’s hit puberty since season two, and bears all the typical signs. His voice is deeper, his features a tad more pronounced, […]