Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… News.Com.Au wrote a story that has provided me with much tweeting-discussion: Will Skyfall be nominated for a Best Picture statuette at this year’s Academy Awards?:[Gregory Ellwood] believes a best picture nod for Skyfall, the first for a Bond film, isn’t out the realms of possibility, given the talent […]

Rust and Bone (French: De rouille et d’os), 2012.Directed by Jacques Audiard.Starring Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Bouli Lanners, Celine Sallette, Corinne Masiero and Alex Martin.SYNOPSIS:A single father helps a whale trainer recover after a terrible accident that confines her to a wheelchair.Jacque Audiard completely shook the foundations of the Cannes Film Festival in 2009 when […]

End of Watch, 2012.Directed by David Ayer.Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena, Natalie Martinez, Anna Kendrick, David Harbour, Frank Grillo, Maurice Compte and America Ferrera.SYNOPSIS:Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.Daniel Barber’s 2009 thriller Harry […]

Kelly + Victor, 2012. Directed by Kieran Evans.Starring Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Julian Morris and William Ruane. SYNOPSIS: A tragic love story adapted from the novel by Niall Griffiths. Love’s a wonderful thing. You meet a girl at a club. You go back to hers and, en route, cover the majority of your lives so far. Where […]

Our weekly round up of the latest news stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Thor: The Dark World, Captain America 2, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man 3, The Avengers 2, Daredevil, Marvel Animation, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Fantastic Four, Kick-Ass 2, Chronicle 2, Justice League, […]

Skyfall, 2012.Directed by Sam Mendes.Starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Albert Finney, Bérénice Marlohe, Rory Kinnear, Helen McCrory, Ola Rapace and Ben Wishaw.SYNOPSIS:After a botched mission in Turkey, James Bond (Craig) is assumed dead. Meanwhile, back in London, M (Dench) struggles with a terrorist hacker who brings about destruction and […]

The Hunt (Denmark: Jagten), 2012. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg.Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Alexandra Rapaport, Lars Ranthe, Thomas Bo Larsen, Anne Louise Hassing, Susse Wold and Ole Dupont. SYNOPSIS: A kindergarten teacher is accused of sexually abusing a young girl. His world completely falls apart as he struggles to prove himself innocent. The Hunt, starring Mads Mikkelsen, […]

Robot & Frank , 2012. Directed by Jake Schreier.Starring Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, Peter Sarsgaard, James Marsden and Liv Tyler. SYNOPSIS: An ex-jewel thief is given a robot butler as a gift by his son and soon returns to his criminal ways as the two companions try their luck as a heist team. A few […]

Antiviral, 2012.Directed by Brandon Cronenberg.Starring Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith, Joe Pingue and Nicholas Campbell.SYNOPSIS:In a celebrity obsessed future, a company sells viruses that have been harvested from celebrities. However, when an employee becomes infected with a lethal disease, he faces a race against the clock in order to save his […]

Room 237, 2012.Directed by Rodney Ascher.SYNOPSIS:A documentary examining the enduring legacy of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining and the weird and wonderful theories related to the film’s subtexts that have arisen since its release. Famously, Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror classic The Shining did not enjoy a terrific reception upon its release back in 1980. Since that […]