Drama
Never have I had such sweaty hands and feet watching a movie. Nor have I been so nervous for someone’s well-being as I did for Philippe Petit in The Walk. It was a great opportunity to see a dramatized version of the audacious walk on the wire between the famous Twin Towers in 1974. While James… Read More
Watching Everest will remind you what Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay achieved 62 years ago took more than knowledge, experience and know how. It took a lot of luck. If Everest is the world’s most unforgiving mountain, that is a great shame. Its sweeping beauty hosts some of the most hostile mountain climbing terrain on… Read More
The short film Positive Discrimination tells the story of a girl (Tanya) faced with an eviction notice keeping an old man (Joe) company. For all intents and purposes, he should have allowed her to find her own way. But the touching, slightly awkward conversation they had for a few minutes was heart-warming. So it should… Read More
A head space movie for kids – I loved it. Riley (11) moves to San Francisco with her parents for the dad’s job. The new house is a bit of a dump, their furniture doesn’t arrive so she has to sleep on the floor and worst of all pizza comes with broccoli on it not… Read More
A Chance to Not Remember strikes you with its slick directing, solid acting and smooth cinematography. Two friends agree to meet at a bar to catch up and trade stories with each other. The worry is that one of them might have a violent burst while they are there, like he did last time. Both however… Read More
Let it never be said that I’m a simple man. I only saw this movie because Harrison Ford was riding backseat. I knew very little of what I was getting into, except that it looked like a good movie to take my non-girlfriend to, and the chap I took with wasn’t feeling particularly open-minded. … Read More
Kelly Chambers happens to be one of those films you can’t help but watch more than once. This is somewhat surprising, as Michael Clarke’s 11 minute short film makes you feel heavy hearted and full of neglect as an impending doom approaches. Perhaps it was the fact that this short film is so closely tied into the reality of… Read More
One of the basic tenets of journalism is to aim for objectivity. Approaching a story from a number of angles is key to revealing the truth. How ironic then that Kill the Messenger, a film that’s supposed to be about revealing the truth, gets too caught up in its own moral agenda to tell a… Read More
I went along to this movie wondering what it would be like, comparing it in my mind (even before I had seen it!) to the popular and well received first film, ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’. I had thoroughly enjoyed the original and I felt like I knew the characters so well. I was very… Read More
