Trimpin: the sound of invention – London Film Festival review
Peter Esmonde’s account of artist known simply as Trimpin is warm, insightful and amusing. Esmonde, who filmed over a two year period, draws us into the colourfully polyphonic world of Trimpin, a world...
View ArticleUp Review (Long Overdue)
After several weeks I was finally given the opportunity to watch Pixar’s ‘Up’ over the weekend. This film has received positive feedback from critics and audiences alike. Did it live up to the hype?...
View ArticleTop 5 Best/Worst Films – 2009
Well its that time of year (again!) and that means more countdown lists and the inevitable debates/arguments which follow. Having figured out I have made around 20 trips to the cinema this year (I...
View ArticleRichie Goes Victorian: Sherlock Holmes Review
Robert Downey Jr. has already portrayed comic book character Tony Stark in the recent adaptation of Iron Man (the second instalment is due in cinemas this summer), now he is going for the big-guns and...
View ArticleThe Oscars 2010
Those little golden statues are beginning to reappear on our television screens. That can only mean one thing, the Oscar season is fast approaching once again. Preparations are well and truly under way...
View ArticleMel out for Justice: Edge of Darkness Review
He has chased after his kidnapped son, watched his wife murdered by English soldiers and become one, unstable, half of a cop duo. Now, after seven years absent from the big screen Mel Gibson (or “Mad...
View ArticleTimmy in Wonderland
I have to admit am not overly familiar with the original Alice in Wonderland literature, and it has been quite a while since watching the original 1951 Disney cartoon, so my canvas was pretty much...
View ArticleCatwalk to Cinema
The wardrobe design productions who play their role in film and cinema take on a huge task of syncing screenplay and fashion. Coupling the responsibility of staying in line with a character as well as...
View ArticleThe Ghost Writer: Review
Roman Polanski has never been one to avoid the spotlight, both in his private life and in his work with cinema. The Ghost Writer is no exception. Based on the novel by Robert Harris (one which I...
View ArticleThe Expendables: They’re Back
The Expendables was never going to be an artistic masterpiece (except possibly in the ironic sense) and inevitably some will have a field day tearing its metaphorical limbs apart. As someone who spent...
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