The film’s vomit-inducing tagline, “this is not a true story, this is true love” should give seasoned film viewers a vague idea as to the kind of cheesy territory the film is headed towards. But nothing can possibly prepare you for the kind of bonkers rubbish Winter’s Tale has in store...
As if the vampire world was not crowded enough as it is, we get another young-adult literary adaptation that makes the Twilight franchise look appealing.
The second film this year starring Kellan Lutz, trying to launch him as a credible leading man in Hollywood, although so far neither have done him any favours. Both are tanking in terms of making money, as well as failing to attract any kind of praise.
Yes, the problems with the animation start early. Everything looks exactly the same.
The X-Men series has had its fair share of ups and downs over the years. The first two entries helped revive the comic book film industry (with X-2 being considered arguably the best of the genre pre-The Dark Knight), but the third film and the first spin-off received mixed reactions.
Richard Herring is one of the best British comedians. Fact. He is a comedian of the people, and I hate myself a bit for writing that. He performs for the love of it, always donating proceeds to Scope and putting the rest of the money into more projects.
This film has prompted huge discussion amongst Christians and non-Christians, so, first things first, this is where I stand on the whole religion debate, so you can spot potential bias.
Godzilla has it all on paper. Provided you take ‘it all’ to mean ‘an extremely promising concoction of interesting choices that might just work’.
Think back to spring 2008. The comic book industry’s ventures into film were showing strong signs of recovery after the apparent death knell that was 1997’s Batman & Robin.
Over the last decade, ever since Spirited Away rocked the box office and became the highest grossing Japanese film in history, the release of a new Studio Ghibli film has become something of ‘An Event’, bringing with it a whirlwind of excitement and speculation.
The director of End of Watch (an interesting take on police films that didn’t quite succeed) combining with one of two classic 80s action heroes suffering a string of mediocre...
The opening lines of Frank are a mixture of odd noises and half-formed (and utterly atrocious) lyrics, providing an amusing and wry look at the plight of the artist in search of inspiration...