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  • 03.29.12
    Uk & Irish release of Eddie Murphy’s A Thousand Words is cancelled. Blog Exclusives, Trade News, Trailers, Twitter | Comments Off
    Eddie Murphy is no stranger to criticism, but it seems he may have hit rock bottom with his latest flick, A Thousand Words. The film, which was due to be released here on April 6, has received such negative reviews that Paramount will no longer be releasing the film in Ireland or the UK. A Thousand Words is directed by Brian Robbins (who worked with Murphy on Norbit and Meet Dave), and sees Eddie Murphy play a fast-talking literary agent who makes an enemy in New Age guru Dr.Sinja (Cliff Curtis) after telling one lie too many. In response, Dr.Sinja places ...
  • 03.08.12
    How do solve a problem like MARGARET? Reviews, Trailers, Twitter | Comments Off
    MARGARET Directed by Kenneth Lonergan. Starring Anna Paquin, J.Smith Cameron, Mark Ruffalo, Matt Damon, Jeannie Berlin, Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno. 150 mins Rating: Three and a half/Five In cinemas February 24 KEN LONERGAN’S THOUGHT-PROVOKING BUT MESSY DRAMA PROVES AS PROBLEMTAIC AS ITS PRODUCTION How do you solve a problem like Margaret? With Martin Scorsese’s editing skills and a million dollar hand-out from Matthew Broderick, apparently. Writer and director Kenneth Lonergan’s troubled production began in 2005, but an inability to edit the film down from Longeran’s desired four hour run-time, two lawsuits and seven years later, and this laboured drama still feels like a work-in-progress – ...
  • 03.08.12
    RED DOG: We’re off to see the mongrel, the wonderful mongrel of Oz Reviews, Trailers, Twitter | Comments Off
    RED DOG Directed by Kriv Stenders. Starring Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Noah Taylor, LukeFord, John Batcelor. 92 mins Rating: Three/Five In cinemas February 24 LEGENDARY MUTT TALE IS A CHRAMINGLY AUSSIE, BUT VERY SLIGHT AFFAIR So, the polls are in, and it seems I’m a horrible person– apparently my soul turns itself when things, people or animals are pretty. Because while Red Dog is a sweet film, the true story of a mutt’s undying loyalty to and love for his master that caused everyone around me to unabashedly weep in a way that only a heart-wrenching dog story can, I didn’t join them. Because ...
  • 03.08.12
    PROJECT X: A great film? Hell no. A great party? Hell yes. Reviews, Trailers, Twitter | Comments Off
    PROJECT X Directed by Nima Nourizadeh. Starring Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Martin Klebba, Miles Teller. 88 mins Rating: Four/Five In cinemas March 2 BARELY ANY PLOT, CHARACTERIZATION OR CLOTHES – BUT ONE HELL OF A PARTY The cinematic equivalent of “go hard or go home”, Project X is being marketed like a blend of Superbad or The Hangover. The truth is that Project X is much more. Because this chaotic comedy doesn’t just let you watch the build-up to or the fall-out of a night out – it’s the real deal. It’s the wildest, craziest, most epic party you’ve ever crashed. More ...
  • 03.08.12
    BLACK GOLD: All that glitters… Reviews, Trailers, Twitter | Comments Off
    BLACK GOLD Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Starring Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Tahar Rahim, Frieda Pinto. 130 mins. Rating: Two and a half In cinemas February 24 THOUGH BEAUTFULLY SHOT, ARABIAN DRAMA FEELS INAUTHENTIC AND DULL Black Gold is the Freida Pinto of films: timeless, exceptionally pretty, ethnically ambiguous, and as bland as a limp, chain e-mail forwarding, pro-recycling noodle. Set in the 1930s, this Lawrence of Arabia-lite peplum centres on rival emirs Nesib (Antonio Banderas) and Amar (Mark Strong.) As part of a peace treaty, they agree that neither will touch the “Yellow Belt” of land between their Arabian sheikdoms – a treaty that ...
  • 03.08.12
    MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE: Mary Kate & Ashley who? Reviews, Trailers, Twitter | Comments Off
    MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE Directed by T.Sean Durkin. Starring Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, Hugh Dancy. 101 mins. Rating: Four and a Half/Five In cinemas now ELIZABETH OLSEN IS STUNNING IN SLOW-BURNING BUT CHILLING TALE OF A MEMORY, MANIPULATION AND MADNESS Mary-Kate and who? In T. Sean Durkin’s brilliant and haunting debut, Elizabeth Olsen shows that while her vapid sisters may be the family’s millionaires, the 22 year old’s performance as a woman reunited with her sister demonstrates a wealth of maturity and talent. Playing Martha, a young woman reunited with her sister after spending two years in a cult, Olsen is stunning, in every ...
  • 03.08.12
    THE WOMAN IN BLACK: The Ten Commandments of Horror Reviews, Trailers, Twitter | Comments Off
    THE WOMAN IN BLACK Directed by James Watkins. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer, Sophie Stuckey. 95 mins Rating: One and a Half/Five In cinemas February 10 TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR MAKING A DECENT HORROR FILM: 1. I am the Roe, thy Critic, and thou shalt listen to none before me. 2. Thou shalt not make yourself the image and likeness of formulaic clichés worthy only of Chicken Soup for the Hallowe’en Lover’s Soul. For I, the Critic your Enemy, am bored senseless by your misty marshes, creaking rocking-chairs, evil dolls, overwrought scores and constantly bungled jump-scares. 3. Audience: thou shalt not take Harry Potter’s ...
  • 03.08.12
    THE MUPPETS: A phenomenon. Do doooo dee do do Reviews, Trailers, Twitter | Comments Off
    THE MUPPETS Directed by James Bobin. Starring Jason Segal, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and The Muppets (oddly enough.) Rating: Five/Five In cinemas February 17 THE MUPPETS ARE BACK IN THIS SUBLIMELY JOYOUS, INSPIRATIONAL SENSATION There’s no point trying to resist. The Muppets are back and they’re ready to tickle your funny bone, put springs in your step and knit a cosy, multi-coloured jumper to lovingly wrap around your heart. I’m sure someone could scrape the dark recesses of their soulless shell of an existence to find something negative about The Muppets (hi Fox News!), but they’re clearly spectacularly evil individuals that should be ex-communicated ...
  • 02.01.12
    LIKE CRAZY: Watch young love struggle to survive. Fall. Reviews, Trailers, Twitter | Comments Off
    LIKE CRAZY Directed by Drake Doremus. Starring Felicity Jones, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence. 90 mins. Rating: Four/Five In cinemas January 27 A BEAUTIFULLY ACTED AND WONDERFULLY ORGANIC PORTRAIT OF THE INTENSITY OF YOUNG LOVE Last year’s Blue Valentine charted the depressing journey of two people who fall out of love with each other. Though slighter, Like Crazy may be an even sadder tale. For this wonderfully poignant, nuanced tale merely sees never see love worn down by the basic mechanics of a relationship conducted over too many miles, between two people much too young. Following the budding love affair between English rose Anna (Felicity Jones) ...
  • 02.01.12
    YOUNG ADULT: And they all grew up & lived unhappily ever after Reviews, Trailers, Twitter | Comments Off
    YOUNG ADULT Directed by Jason Reitman. Starring Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser. 94 mins. Rating: Four/Five In cinemas February 3 CHARLIZE THERON PROVES BEAUTIFUL WOMEN CAN BE UGLY PEOPLE IN JASON REITMAN’S DARK, UNCOMFROTABLE CHARACTER STUDY Hollywood was built by selling us happily-ever-afters that can’t even be bought in real-life. Boy gets girl, prostitutes become princesses and the bully always apologizes. But that’s not Jason Reitman’s style. In this uncomfortable, downbeat and dark feature that’s littered with life lessons never learned, Young Adult visits a theme Reitman explored in both Up in the Air and Juno – characters who’ve committed themselves to ...