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The director of End of Watch (an interesting take on police films that didn’t quite succeed)...
By Jack Steadman
The opening lines of Frank are a mixture of odd noises and half-formed (and utterly atrocious)...
By Jack Steadman
It’s comedy season again, and things are kicking off in the most family-unfriendly way possible (in...
By Jack Steadman
Locke is an intriguing premise. Set entirely in the cabin of a BMW (bar a few brief seconds of Locke...
By Jack Steadman
Following on from their previous effort The Guard, director John Michael McDonagh (brother of Marty)...
By Jack Steadman
The obvious point to be made here is that not only is this yet another sequel, it’s also a sequel to...
By Jack Steadman
The original Rio (I’ve noticed the fact I seem to be using ‘the original’ or variations on that...
By Jack Steadman
The sweeping, captioned opening of Darren Aronofsky’s Noah is reminiscent of its cinematic heritage,...
By Jack Steadman
The quest to find the next Hunger Games finds it next entrant in Veronica Roth’s series of YA...
By Jack Steadman
Muppets Most Wanted’s opening song, “We’re Doing a Sequel” successfully nails almost every criticism...
By Jack Steadman
Subtitled Berandal in the US (much like the original was subtitled Redemption), The Raid 2 picks up...
By Jack Steadman
Phase 2 continues apace. The third Iron Man started things off in a typically Shane Black fashion of...
By Jack Steadman
Grating noise over a blackout. A pinprick of light. The noise intensifies, the light grows. More....
By Jack Steadman
The Grand Budapest Hotel is a tricky film to review. Put quite simply: it’s a Wes Anderson film. In...
By Jack Steadman
The original Robocop was – is – an undisputed classic, a masterpiece, quite possibly the best film...
By Jack Steadman
The latest entry in the Jack Ryan franchise (a character who shares with James Bond and The Doctor...
By Jack Steadman
Following on from the Oscar-nominated The Descendants (featuring George Clooney’s best performance...
By Jack Steadman
On paper, The Counsellor should be perfect. Cormac McCarthy’s first original screenplay (a few of...
By Jack Steadman