Copying BeethovenIF YOU'RE searching for a reason to attend this largely risible dramatisation of Ludwig van Beethoven's final days, you should…Fri Aug 17 2007 - 01:00
BratzTHOSE parents who prefer their children not to dress like crack whores could be forgiven for approaching Bratz: The Movie with…Fri Aug 17 2007 - 01:00
Eagle vs SharkIT IS, perhaps, no longer worth complaining that certain independent comedies rely too heavily on our affection for behavioural…Fri Aug 17 2007 - 01:00
TransylvaniaThis characteristically baggy film from Tony Gatlif (which, despite its title, has nothing to do with the undead) begins with…Fri Aug 10 2007 - 01:00
Irish films for Venice, MontrealBlind Man's Eye, an animated Irish short from Matthew Talbot-Kelly, has been selected for the upcoming Venice Film FestivalFri Aug 10 2007 - 01:00
The WalkerA key early scene in the latest film from Paul Schrader nods ostentatiously towards an earlier, more agitated picture by this…Fri Aug 10 2007 - 01:00
Surf's UpHaving endured a plague of talking pigs, ferrets, cows, giraffes and - most conspicuously - penguins over the past decade or …Fri Aug 10 2007 - 01:00
Licence to WedMost sensible people realised some time ago that sitting through a Robin Williams comedy was about as much fun as drilling into…Fri Aug 10 2007 - 01:00
Death becomes themIngmar Bergman, the director responsible for giving death a face, finally met his own personal oblivion earlier this week.Fri Aug 03 2007 - 01:00
Evan AlmightyAt some point in the opening scenes of this catastrophic sequel to Bruce Almighty , a dog sinks its teeth into Steve Carell's…Fri Aug 03 2007 - 01:00
Hollywood players flock to nerds' festWhich festival, aside from Cannes, generates the most international film stories these days?Fri Aug 03 2007 - 01:00
Firehouse DogA DISTURBING scene in the final act of this routine family comedy finds Rexxx, a canine movie star, temporarily believed dead…Fri Jul 20 2007 - 01:00
The folks have stopped reading AmisCultureShock: The public is terminally uninterested in the novels of Kingsley Amis - but he would probably be pleased about …Sat Jul 14 2007 - 01:00
MolièreStudents of Molière will recognise allusions to scenes and characters from the 17th-century French playwright's work in the main…Fri Jul 13 2007 - 01:00
'Simpsons' gets Irish love interestAn Irish charmer named Colin is about to set moviegoers' hearts a-flutter in one of the summer's most anticipated releases; and…Thu Jul 12 2007 - 01:00
High spirits in great God debateChristopher Hitchens and John Waters, two furiously tireless polemicists, positively thrive on spreading irritation about the…Mon Jun 18 2007 - 01:00
Paradise LostJohn Stockwell, the director of this unlovely and unlovable horror film, does have a certain diabolical talent in another disreputable…Fri Jun 01 2007 - 01:00
Wedding DazeSorry, did I miss a meeting? Someone in the Office of Comedy seems to have decided that if you insert a few indie rock songs …Fri Jun 01 2007 - 01:00
The Family Friend/L'amico di FamigliaPAOLO Sorrentino's The Consequences of Love, a sleek thriller in various shades of grey, revealed its director to have a good…Fri May 25 2007 - 01:00
JindabyneA KEY scene in Ray Lawrence's determinedly po-faced follow-up to Lantana begins with a public argument between the couple (Gabriel…Fri May 25 2007 - 01:00
MagiciansOH DEAR. The many fans of Peep Show, Channel 4's delicious comedy of ordinary immorality, will have been looking forward to Magicians…Fri May 18 2007 - 01:00
Joe Strummer: The future is unwrittenPOINTING out that Julien Temple brings a punk sensibility to his study of the life and premature death of Joe Strummer, former…Fri May 18 2007 - 01:00
Black snake moanWOKE up this morning, strange film in my head/Sam Jackson got Christina Ricci all chained up to his bed.Fri May 18 2007 - 01:00
Goodbye BafanaYET another well-meaning European liberal - one whose student days were, perhaps, taken up with demanding an end to apartheid…Fri May 11 2007 - 01:00
ShooterHOW can you tell if an American film has political pretentions these days? Well, if images appear on the screen when light is…Fri Apr 13 2007 - 01:00
Perfect StrangerSOME mole has let it be known that James Foley filmed three separate endings - a different killer in each - for this atrocious…Fri Apr 13 2007 - 01:00
Wild HogsISN'T there some federal regulation about not driving or operating heavy machinery while under sedation? If so, the authorities…Fri Apr 13 2007 - 01:00
The CaimanSOME YEARS back, Nanni Moretti, the distinguished Italian director of The Son's Room and Dear Diary, publicly chastised left-…Fri Apr 06 2007 - 01:00
Blades of GloryTHIS FILM stars Will Ferrell and Jon Heder as two ice dancers - the first a womanising drunk, the second a spoilt hot-house alumnus…Fri Apr 06 2007 - 01:00
Meet the RobinsonsIF THE rumour mill is accurate - and it usually isn't - then Disney Studios may be on the point of returning to the traditional…Fri Mar 30 2007 - 01:00
The Last MimzyWHISPER it beneath your breath: here, for once, we have a decent family film that seeks neither to patronise nor to lecture its…Fri Mar 30 2007 - 01:00
The Hills Have Eyes IITHERE is, perhaps, a special circle of hell devoted to the screening of sequels to horror remakesFri Mar 30 2007 - 01:00
Sweet sorrowReviewed - I want Candy: 'LONDON is crammed with film companies desperate for good ideas," Joe (Tom Riley) says in the first…Fri Mar 23 2007 - 00:00
Location, location, flirtation, deflationReviewed - Catch and Release: WE have, over the past year, seen a spate of films following various groups of beautiful people…Fri Mar 23 2007 - 00:00
Camera slyReviewed - Peeping Tom: "The only really satisfactory way to dispose of Peeping Tom would be to shovel it up and flush it down…Fri Mar 23 2007 - 00:00
Stopping trafficReviewed - Amazing Grace: JUST in time for the 200th anniversary of the eradication of the British slave trade, Michael Apted…Fri Mar 23 2007 - 00:00
Life in the Plastic FactoryReviewed - Factory Girl: I'M still not quite sure what Sienna Miller looks likeFri Mar 16 2007 - 00:00
Small FryReviewed - The Reef: EVERY wondered what you get from the rendered doings of fish that live off other fish? Wonder no moreFri Mar 16 2007 - 00:00
Well heeledReviewed - Sleeping Dogs: HERE'S a film that believes itself to be about twice as dangerous as it actually isFri Mar 16 2007 - 00:00
MUST TRY HARDERREVIEWED - FREEDOM WRITERS: WITH all these Hollywood big-shots drawing inner-city youths away from violence by teaching them…Fri Mar 02 2007 - 00:00
NOW YOU SEE IT . . .REVIEWED - THE ILLUSIONIST: A CURSORY glance at a plot synopsis of The Illusionist could suggest that Christopher Nolan's recent…Fri Mar 02 2007 - 00:00
A HOOD TO CALL HOMEA GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS: DITO Montiel, socialite, fashion model and writer of showy beat prose, has tweaked the facts…Fri Mar 02 2007 - 00:00
Films of love in a damp climateAccording to last week's sports pages, Dublin was set to be transformed into a ghost town on Saturday afternoonTue Feb 27 2007 - 00:00
Bad educationReviewed - School for Scoundrels: In 1959 Robert Hamer, the man behind Kind Hearts and Coronets, took Stephen Potter's Lifemanship…Fri Feb 23 2007 - 00:00
