Murder on the Orient Express
The power of Hollywood is the power to make us believe the unbelievable. That superheroes are living amongst us and using Bing. That Jai Courtney is someone who should be […]
Tag Archives: Willem Dafoe
The Great Wall
I’ve actually visited the Great Wall of China, but to my embarrassment, I never realised that it was built to keep out alien monsters. Set in 11th century China, this […]
Nymphomaniac Volumes I and II
Lars Von Trier once again blurs the line between film and endurance test in this two-parter – the most unpleasant pair since the Kray twins. It follows Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg) […]
John Wick
In the latest straight-to-DVD action movie to somehow wind up in cinemas, Keanu Reeves plays John Wick – a retired hitman with a classic car, a cute puppy and a […]
A Most Wanted Man
The late Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in this espionage thriller about the search for Chechen immigrant Issa Karpov (Grigoriy Dobrygin), who is deemed a threat to security upon illegally entering Hamburg. Adapted from […]
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Welcome back to our increasingly regular feature of reviewing a film too late to catch it in the cinema, but too early for the DVD or Netflix – the infinitesimally […]
Antichrist
I’ve never praised a film before by saying I felt a wash of relief when it was over, but that is undeniably true of this incredible, horrific film. While in […]
A Spike Lee Joint: Inside Man
When a masked criminal (Clive Owen) robs a New York bank, it’s up to a seasoned hostage negotiator (Denzel Washington) and his young partner (Chiwetel Ejiofor) to foil “the perfect […]
The Hunter
Willem Dafoe plays a hunter, Martin, who is sent in search of the rare Tasmanian tiger, believed by many to be extinct. During his hunt he stays with a family […]
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