The Rover
Set in Australia, 10 years after an unspecified disaster, The Rover follows an unnamed man (Guy Pearce) who is on a mission to get his car back from the three […]
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Guardians of the Galaxy
A man, a raccoon, a tree, a hard bastard and the Wicked Witch of the West team up to save the galaxy from a guy who’s using a magic thing […]
Boyhood
12 years ago, Richard Linklater picked 6-year-old Ellar Coltrane to play a kid called Mason in his new family drama, which he filmed for a few days each year until […]
Mission: Impossible
Tom Cruise is here doing what he does best: running around beating up bad guys. The troubled megastar plays a troubled secret ops bloke, Ethan Hunt, whose team gets wiped […]
Gone With the Wind
The US Civil War era epic follows a young girl called Scarlett (Vivien Leigh), the daughter of wealthy plantation owners in the Old South. It opens with her pining after […]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The “X-Men Origins” prefix looks a little silly now it’s not been followed up with any other characters’ backstories, which is ironically the fault of this film and its dismal […]
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
With Transformers: Age of Extinction dominating the box office it could be easy to despair for the modern blockbuster. A spate of big movies that also made you think – the […]
Cold in July
By virtue of being released around the month featured in its title, Cold in July has the edge over the likes of The Two Faces of January, The Hunt for Red October and March of […]
Jersey Boys
The Tony-award winning musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons gets the cinematic treatment, in Clint Eastwood’s new mob movie with songs. Let’s call it The Sopranos. Jersey Boys awkwardly straddles this […]
3 Days to Kill
Luc Besson, of Léon: The Professional and The Fifth Element, takes on writing duties, and Terminator Salvation‘s McG directs this odd but forgettable actioner starring clapped-out Kevin Costner. Costner plays […]
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