Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 09/03/2010
By Kirstie Dyke Film: Alice in Wonderland Starring: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham- Carter Director: Tim Burton Rating: *** 1/2 Fans of Lewis Carroll’s The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland will be disappointed; Tim Burton’s Alice is hardly recognisable from the ones who have gone before. Sure, there is a cake that makes Alice [...]
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 04/03/2010
Review by Jo Isaac Film: Nowhere Boy Starring: Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff, Kristin Scott Thomas. Director: Sam Taylor-Wood Rating: ***** As a major Beatles and John Lennon fan I was excited but a little apprehensive about the new film ‘Nowhere Boy’. The film documents around two of Lennon’s teenage years, and anyone who knows his [...]
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 19/03/2009
By Emma Ede Title: Watchmen Director: Zack Snyder Rating: **** “Who watches the watchmen?” Watchmen is the comic book adaptation that most comic book fans never thought would happen. It has been attempted numerous times, and had been judged un-filmable. That is, until Zack Snyder, following his work on 300, agreed to take the project [...]
Posted by: shilton8 on: 19/03/2009
By Samantha Hilton The award ceremonies were held within a few days of each other in February. Both events had good winners, but some people may think otherwise!
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 11/02/2009
Title: Australia Director: Baz Luhrmann Reviewed by Emma Ede Rating: **** “Just because it is, doesn’t mean it should be.” When I saw the trailers for Australia, I didn’t think that it would be quite my cup of tea. With a running time of 165 minutes – that’s 2 hours, 45 minutes – I assumed [...]
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 11/02/2009
by James Bunyan Rating: ** Sean William-Scott, the famed Stiffler, hasn’t actually been in any good movies since the last American Pie, so there was a little hype for this latest comedy, which I was told, probably by a blind deaf guy, that it was great.
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 11/02/2009
Australia Director: Baz Luhrmann Starring: Brandon Walters as Nullah; Nicole Kidman as Lady Sarah Ashley; Hugh Jackman as The Drover Time: A gruelling 165mins Rating: ** Reviewed by Jenny Rose After reading many reviews of Australia that described it as an epically tedious and overwhelming picture obviously devoted to the country itself, I walked into the [...]
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 11/02/2009
Bedtime Stories – film review By Laura Macri A Disney movie about a man who tells bedtime stories to his niece and nephew and to his surprise they come true, and this man only happens to be Adam Sandler, a man I am personally a very big fan of so I expected it to be [...]
Posted by: Peter Symonds on: 02/12/2008
Quantum of Solace Three authors, Ben Moncrieffe, Rosie Wilson and Jack Dunford review the latest James Bond film Ben Moncrieffe’s opinion: A few years ago Daniel Craig burst on to our screens as the first blond James Bond in Casino Royale. He was often reminiscent of the iconic Scotsman Sean Connery, “Vodka martini, shaken, not [...]
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