A strangely poignant political film in these post-2001 days. What is great about this film is that it doesn’t take the easy way out and blame the ills of the world on the inexplicably evil actions of the powerful few. Read the rest of this entry »

There are so many reasons to love this film: it is a masterpiece of production design - the brightly coloured suburban utopia/wasteland next to the dark and gothic (and much more Burtonesque) inventor’s mansion Read the rest of this entry »

A great British comedy of errors with a fantastic script and a really exceptional cast: Matthew McFadyen plays a wonderfully deadpan role Read the rest of this entry »

Is metafictional cinema the newest film genre? In what must surely be the ultimate conclusion to cinematic post-modernism, a few films have been popping up that attempt to blur the line between fiction and reality. Read the rest of this entry »

This film has everything going for it except for one small detail: it just didn’t make me laugh that much. I mean, I enjoyed it, I appreciate what they were trying to do, and it really was very well executed - it just wasn’t all that funny! Read the rest of this entry »

Apart from a tendency to try to be overly cute, this is a pretty well-scripted crime flick; very well acted and stylishly directed. Robert Downey Jr’s smart-ass style suits the role perfectly, and Val Kilmer is great as usual. Pretty funny in parts as well

Of course, a lot of people are going to hate this. It’s not that there’s a fine line between comedy and bad taste. It’s just that that line shifts depending on your perspective. If you watch this convinced that Sacha Baron Cohen is a just smart alec who wants to make people look stupid, then you may well be offended. Read the rest of this entry »