Film Archive
3rd December 2013
Contrary Corner: Waxing on The Wackness
Zach Fuller bigs up an underrated and overshadowed gem from 2008, starring Ben Kingsley and Mary Kate Olsen
3rd December 2013
Top 5: One Take Scenes
It’s a risky business, but sometimes one shot is all it takes to make movie magic. James Moules gives us his top 5 one take scenes
3rd December 2013
Animation Comes of Age: How grown ups can laugh with the kids too
Suraj Vara discusses how, when it comes to comedy, animated movies cater for all ages
3rd December 2013
Cornerhouse Pick of the Week: Jeune et Jolie
Angus reflects on the latest offering from François Ozon and many of the themes we’d expect from modern French cinema
3rd December 2013
Review: Dom Hemingway
Hard living safe cracker Dom Hemingway (Law) is set loose in London after a 12 year prison sentence. Pairing up with best friend Dickie (Grant), Dom seeks out financial reward for his loyalty to underworld boss Mr. Fontaine (Bichir). ‘’Crazy night, last night. Dickie lost a glove and everything.’’ Jude Law spent a summer […]
25th November 2013
Top 5: Wedding Speeches
Andrianna wraps up her top wedding speeches from film and television
25th November 2013
Review: The Counsellor
I’d like to start this review by saying this: I really wanted to like this film. In fact, I wanted to love it. Unfortunately, The Counselor is just terrible. The film revolves around a lawyer (Michael Fassbender), inexplicably only known as “Counselor”, who involves himself in a drug deal with an extravagant drug dealer/nightclub owner […]
25th November 2013
Contrary Corner: Almost Famous but never quite the hit
The box office bomb of Oliver Hirshbiegel’s royalist-bait Diana biopic to compliment it’s critical mauling shows the rare commercial failure of a genre littered with banal Oscar begging (The King’s Speech) and vapidly toothless portrayals of their muses (Notorious and The Iron Lady, which manage to transform The Notorious B.I.G into Mother Teresa and Margaret Thatcher into […]
25th November 2013
Preview: Noah
Jack Crutcher discusses Darren Aronofsky’s cinematic turn from the balletic to the biblical
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25th November 2013
Cornerhouse Pick of the Week: Short Term 12
Short Term 12 follows a 20-something supervising staff member, Grace (Brie Larson), of a foster care facility as she navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend, Mason (John Gallagher Jr.). One thing that struck me was the unenviable task the staff had, treading the fine line between being a […]
25th November 2013
EXCLUSIVE: The Family review and interview with the cast
Robbie attended a press conference with the Robert De Niro and the stars of The Family, and gives us his verdict on the film
18th November 2013
Review: Thor: The Dark World
Nicole Rankine reviews the latest installment in the Thor franchise
18th November 2013
Contrary Corner: There’s no need for speed
According to Suraj Vara, cars should stay on the road and out of the cinema
18th November 2013
Review: Gravity
Gravity gets a thumbs up from The Mancunion with graphics and acting that are, quite simply, out of this world
18th November 2013
Top 5: Storms on screen
Our good nation weathered quite a storm a fortnight ago, but it’s not over yet. Get ready to batten down the proverbial hatches once more because this list features some of the worst weather ever seen on the silver screen. 5. The Day After Tomorrow (2004) One of the more believable and well-acted disaster […]
18th November 2013
Bwana Devil – Lessons From the Third Dimension
Bwana Devil was the first 3D feature film ever released. Unlike Gravity which is currently sitting on 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, the reviews of Bwana Devil weren’t too kind. One critic wrote “It is the worst movie in my rather faltering memory, and my hangover from it was so painful that I immediately went to see a two-dimensional movie for relief.”
18th November 2013
Preview: American Hustle
As the seventies became the eighties, con man Irving Rosenfeld (Bale) and his cunning mistress Sydney Prosser (Adams) are pushed into the world of the Jersey mafia by the FBI.
18th November 2013
Top 5: Cereal Scenes
The Film Editors countdown their favourite scenes which snap, crackle and pop