The Brothers Bloom, 2008 [Only now receiving a UK cinema release]. Written and Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz and Rinko Kikuchi. SYNOPSIS: Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody) have been con-artists since children. Bloom wants to quit but Stephen persuades him to take part in one last con. […]

The Brothers Bloom, 2008. Written and Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz and Rinko Kikuchi. SYNOPSIS: Written and directed by Rian Johnson (Brick), this film is about two brothers, Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody), who are some of the best con men in the world. But Bloom wants […]

Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy, 1968. Directed by Roger Vadim. Starring Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law and Anita Pallenberg. SYNOPSIS: In the distant future a beautiful space-age heroine is tasked by the President of Earth with capturing an evil scientist who threatens universal peace. See films differently, say Volkswagen on their adverts to promote their […]

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans, 2009. Directed by Werner Herzog. Starring Nicholas Cage, Eva Mendes and Val Kilmer. SYNOPSIS: After suffering a spinal injury in the line of work, newly-promoted Lieutenant Terence McDonagh (Nicholas Cage) spirals into drug abuse and corruption. There’s a piece of modern movie-industry jargon that I cringe whenever […]

Four Lions, 2010. Directed by Chris Morris. Starring Riz Ahmed, Kayvan Novak, Nigel Lindsay, Adeel Akhtar, Archer Ali and Preeya Kalidas. SYNOPSIS: After accidentally killing his own men at a training camp in Pakistan, Omar (Ahmed) returns to England to form a suicide terrorist cell with ideas of blowing up a major British target. Unfortunately […]

Cemetery Junction, 2010. Directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Starring Christian Cooke, Tom Hughes, Jack Doolan, Felicity Jones, Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson, Julia Davis and Ricky Gervais. SYNOPSIS: A British coming-of-age comedy set in the not-so-swinging ’70s. In 1970s Reading, three friends, Freddie (Christian Cooke), Bruce (Tom Hughes) and Snork (Jack Doolan) split their […]

Hot Tub Time Machine, 2010. Directed by Steve Pink. Starring John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Crispin Glover and Chevy Chase. SYNOPSIS: Three middle-aged friends, Adam, Lou and Nick, unhappy with the directions their lives have taken, head to a ski resort for a weekend away with Adam’s nephew Jacob reluctantly in tow. […]

The Joneses, 2009. Directed by Derrick Borte. Starring David Duchovny, Demi Moore, Amber Head and Ben Hollingsworth. SYNOPSIS: A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighbourhood but when it comes to the truth as to why they’re living there they don’t exactly come clean with their neighbours. I had seen the posters with confusion […]

The never-ending stream of Hollywood unoriginality continues today with alarming news that studio 20th Century Fox are reported to be prepping a remake of the classic 80s actioner Commando, which of course starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as the ultimate one man army, Colonel John Matrix. David Ayer is signed to write and direct the remake and […]

Possession, 2002. Directed by Neil LaBute. Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle and Lena Headey. SYNOPSIS: Roland’s discovery of an undiscovered letter of a famous poet changes the course of his life – and scholarship. It leads him to Maud, an expert on a hitherto unconnected poet. They retrace the Victorian bards’ […]