Film Reviews

'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' sure to please fans
The runaway hit that is the Twilight Saga continues to provide screaming teenagers - of the female variety - exactly what they want: sexy leading man (Pattinson), vampires, thrills, spills, danger, romance, sheer, pulsing excitement.

'A Serious Man' clever, but an acquired taste
The Coens bring us the seriously troubled Professor Larry Gopnik (Stuhlbarg) whose life in the late 1960s is coming apart at the seams fast and leaving him with the questions we all often ponder.

'The Informant!' an unlikely but successful comedy
This is based on a true - and quite serious - story about corruption at a big corporation.

'2012' action-packed but predictable
Another date for the diary, another day for the world to end.

'Taking Woodstock' entertaining and terrifically photographed
Once again Lee captures a defining moment in American, and subsequently world, history with this wonderful film about the iconic Woodstock music fest of 1969 … though not so much about the event itself as what surrounded it and how it came about.

Caine lifts 'Harry Brown' above the ordinary
Caine carries quite brilliantly what is otherwise a quite ordinary, and poorly scripted vigilante film that takes its cue from such previous predictable revenge dramas as Death Wish … only Caine could bring something worthwhile to such unoriginal a film.
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'Cold Souls' a quirky tragicomedy
'A Christmas Carol' an excellent adaptation
Nothing new in 'Jennifer’s Body'
'The Men Who Stare at Goats' wonderfully inventive
Brilliantly written 'Bright Star' shows tender humanity
'Welcome' a real French classic
'9' could have been so much more
'This Is It' a sad epitaph
Charming 'An Education' let down by story
‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ a delight
‘Saw VI’ simply awful
‘The Vampire’s Assistant’ for fans of the genre only
‘The Cove’ documentary has thriller feel
'The Goods: Live Hard Sell Hard' a decent timewaster
‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’ a colourful, brooding fantasy
Strong performances in chilling ‘Triangle’
‘Thirst’ a superior example of the genre
Aniston swings and misses again with 'Love Happens'
Charming 'Up' another triumph from Pixar
No magic in dull 'Fame'
Gervais on form in 'The Invention of Lying'
Excellent cast in dark, restrained 'The Army of Crime'
'Driving Aphrodite' a sunny, funny romance
No plot but plenty of action in ‘Surrogates’
‘The Soloist’ full of compassion and humanity
‘Creation’ a slow portrayal of a fascinating man
‘Pandorum’ fails to rise above the ordinary
‘The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos’ for the birds
'Away We Go' never falters
Early bath for 'The Firm'





