Contagion, 2011. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lawrence Fishburne, Jude Law and Marion Cotillard. SYNOPSIS: A thriller about a deadly global virus and how the medical world, media and real citizens react and cope with the outbreak. Soderbergh is a wonderfully eclectic director and this frighteningly realistic impression of […]

The Rum Diary, 2011. Written and Directed by Bruce Robinson. Starring Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard and Richard Jenkins. SYNOPSIS: An American journalist takes on a job for a local newspaper in Puerto Rico, where he becomes increasingly unhinged. In the 13 the years that have passed since Fear And […]

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 […]

The Deep Blue Sea, 2011. Written and Directed by Terence Davies. Starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Karl Johnson, Ann Mitchell, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sarah Kants and Jolyon Coy. SYNOPSIS: The wife of a British Judge leaves her husband to embark on a self-destructive love affair with an RAF pilot. It is quite fitting […]

Everything Must Go, 2010. Directed by Dan Rush. Starring Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Michael Peña, Laura Dern, Christopher Jordan Wallace, Rosalie Michaels, Glenn Howerton and Stephen Root. SYNOPSIS: After losing his job and his wife, an alcoholic holds a yard sale in an attempt to start over and meets a new neighbour who may be […]

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 […]

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 […]