Category Archives: Film

LOOPER [REVIEW]

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Elizabeth Flux

It’s 2044 and Joe crouches in a Kansas field practising his French as he waits for a man from the future to appear. He checks his pocket watch and slowly stands, gun ready. Time travel hasn’t been invented yet, but … Continue reading →

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LORE [REVIEW]

Posted on September 29, 2012 by H D Thompson

It was always going to be a hard slog for director Cate Shortland to make a film about Nazi guilt, but for me this film couldn’t have been more perfect. The holocaust was a bad thing, a very, very bad thing… but … Continue reading →

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RUBY SPARKS [REVIEW]

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Adam vanLangenberg

Calvin Weir-Fields is a genius, just don’t say that to his face. At the tender age of 19 he wrote a novel which quickly became a best-seller, establishing him as an Author Of Note™. Unfortunately for Calvin and his many … Continue reading →

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ON THE ROAD [REVIEW]

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Elizabeth Flux

It’s a sunny day and a group of men are laughing on the back of a truck as it rockets past what looks like endless dust and barren land. They pass a bottle around and sing about jailbait sweethearts; one … Continue reading →

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FROM UP ON POPPY HILL [REVIEW]

Posted on September 25, 2012 by H D Thompson

Miyazaki father and son work together to make the latest Studio Ghibli film, with Goro Miyazaki directing Hayao’s screenplay and it’s an interesting partnership considering the troubles the two had on Goro’s first feature, Tales From Earthsea. A teenage schoolgirl, … Continue reading →

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