Business films have two intrinsically negative traits; they’re full of dislikeable characters and they aren’t very good at explaining themselves. Cinematic financial icons Gordon Gekko and Jordan Belfort were avaricious and nefarious bandits… Continue reading
Selma’s opening gambit is David Oyelowo, masquerading uncannily as Martin Luther King, reciting a rousing speech in the mirror, but it’s not anything to do with having a dream, its King’s 1964 acceptance… Continue reading
Last week’s Golden Globes kicked off the tense award season with the much backed 12 Years a Slave picking up the gong for Best Motion Picture (Drama), the only surprise being that it… Continue reading
Of all of horror’s fabled monsters it’s the flesh eating, rigour mortis fuelled undead that have become the most popular and prolific of the genre. The sub-genre has gone from gory simplicity… Continue reading
From the outside ‘Killing Them Softly’ looks like any other gangster film, and although in many ways it is stereotypical of the genre, director Andrew Dominik attempts to take a different approach… Continue reading
