Lore, 2012.Directed by Cate Shortland. Starring Saskia Rosendahl, Nick Holaschke, Nele Trebs, Mika Seidel, André Frid, Urdina Lardi and Hans-Jochen Wagner.SYNOPSIS:Following the fall of the Nazi regime in the spring of 1945 and the imprisonment of her senior SS parents, 14 year old Lore leads her young siblings from their home northwards to Hamburg. On […]

I Give It a Year, 2013. Written and Directed by Dan Mazer.Starring Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, Anna Farris, Simon Baker, Minnie Driver, Stephen Merchant and Olivia Coleman. SYNOPSIS: Dan Mazer’s Brit rom-com examines the various trials and tribulations of newlyweds Nat and Josh in their first year of marriage. You wouldn’t expect the producer behind […]

A Good Day to Die Hard, 2013. Directed by John MooreStarring Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.  SYNOPSIS:An old man looks for his son in Russia, who’s a spy in the centre of a massive political conspiracy. The best thing about A Good Day to Sigh Hard is that it knows […]

What Richard Did, 2012. Directed by Lenny AbrahamsonStarring Jack Reynor, Roisin Murphy, Sam Keeley and Lars Mikkelsen SYNOPSIS:An ambitious 6th-form student’s life is changed when a night out ends in tragedy. ‘What Richard Did‘ is a loaded title. It’s in the past tense. It makes everything before the ‘act’ feel similarly long gone. Like a […]

Side Effects, 2013.Directed by Steven Soderbergh.Starring Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum and Catherine Zeta-Jones.SYNOPSIS:A young woman’s world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.There’s a great film waiting to be made about our pill popping society and the abhorrent lack of ethics on display from doctors who try to […]

Darling Companion, 2012.Directed by Lawrence Kasdan.Starring Mark Duplass, Richard Jenkins, Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Elisabeth Moss, Sam Shepard, Dianne Wiest and Ayelet Zurer.SYNOPSIS:Mother and daughter, Beth and Grace, find a bedraggled dog on the side of the freeway. Taking it home and rescuing it, the dog helps Grace meet a man – but Beth’s husband […]

Hitchcock, 2012. Directed by Sacha Gervasi.Starring Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, James D’Arcy, Ralph Macchio, Michael Stuhlbarg, Danny Huston and Toni Collette. SYNOPSIS: The story of Alfred Hitchcock’s struggles to make and distribute Psycho is told as the backdrop to a love story between Hitch and his wife Alma Reville. Hitchcock is […]

Flight, 2012. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.Starring Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Melissa Leo, Kelly Reilly, Bruce Greenwood and John Goodman.   SYNOPSIS: A pilot comes under scrutiny after his plane malfunctions and he is miraculously able to safely land it. I went in to Flight knowing very little and certainly got more than I expected.  What […]

Wreck-It Ralph, 2012. Directed by Rich Moore.Featuring the voice talents of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jane Lynch, Alan Tudyk, Jack McBrayer, Mindy Kaling, Joe Lo Truglio, Ed O’Neill and Dennis Haysbert. SYNOPSIS:A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the […]

Stand Up Guys, 2012.Directed by Fisher Stevens.Starring Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, Christopher Walkin, Mark Margolis, Julianna Marguilies and Lucy Punch.SYNOPSIS:A pair of aging con men try to get the old gang back together for one last hurrah before one of the guys takes his last assignment – to kill his comrade.To borrow a clichéd phrase, Al […]