Film Review – The Paperboy (2012)
Title – The Paperboy (2012) Director – Lee Daniels (Precious) Cast – Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, John Cusack, Macy Gray Plot – Lee Daniels adaptation of Peter Dexter’s […]
Category Archives: Film reviews: Drama
Film Review – Diner (1982)
Title – Diner (1982) Director – Barry Levinson (Rain Man) Cast – Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Steve Guttenberg, Ellen Barkin Plot – Baltimore 1959, Diner centres upon a group of […]
Film Review – Out of the Blue (2006)
Title – Out of the Blue (2006) Director – Robert Sarkies (Scarflies) Cast – Karl Urban, Matthew Sunderland, Lois Lawn Plot – Based on the tragic true story of the […]
Film Review – Safe Haven (2013)
Title – Safe Haven (2013) Director – Lasse Hallstrom (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape) Cast – Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel Plot – On the run after committing a crime Katie (Hough) […]
Film Review – Amour (2012)
Title – Amour (2012) Director – Michael Haneke (The White Ribbon) Cast – Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert Plot – Aging Parisian couple Georges (Trintignant) and Anne (Riva) are […]
Film Review – Flight (2012)
Title – Flight (2012) Director – Robert Zemeckis (Cast Away) Cast – Denzel Washington, Bruce Greenwood, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman Plot – Airplane pilot Whip Whittaker (Washington) is pronounced […]
Film Review – Anna Karenina (2012)
Title – Anna Karenina (2012) Director – Joe Wright (Atonement) Cast – Keira Knightly, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson Plot – A lavish and experimental adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s revered novel. […]
Film Review – Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
By Jordan Directed by Sam Raimi Starring James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz When sleazy magician, Oz, is swept away in a mammoth hurricane after landing himself in a put-upon […]
Film Review – Django Unchained (2012): Eddie’s Take
Title: Django Unchained (2012) Director – Quentin Tarantino (QT) Cast – Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington Plot – In this dark comedy/spaghetti western our […]
Film Review – Django Unchained (2012): Jordan’s Take
By Jordan Directed by Quentin Tarantino Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio Django Unchained boasts a lot of stand-out scenes; scenes of indulgent but undeniable hilarity, brutality and originality […]
Jordan and Eddie (The Movie Guys) 