Dir: Michael Bennett Cast: Jason Wu, Susana Tang, Sara Wiseman, Jarod Rawiri, Iaheto Ah Hi, Edwin Wright, Alix Bushnell, Michael Walley, Mark Ruka. The Film: I wasn’t sure what to expect before I watched this film. I didn’t know much about it other than it was that it was a multi-character/story drama from New Zealand. … Continue reading
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DVD Review: Snowtown [MA15]
Dir: Justin Kurzel Starring: Daniel Henshall, Lucas Pittaway, Craig Coyne, Louise Harris and Richard Green. The Film: Marcey’s Take: I knew sooner or later a film based upon the ‘bodies in the barrels’ case would happen, and I wasn’t really on board with that idea. The case of John Bunting and ‘his crew’ who killed … Continue reading
DVD review: America’s Hardest Prisons – Gang Central [M15]
The Documentary Series One if my favourites overall TV shows is OZ, it takes place in a prison, and it aimed to give a different perspective of that life and what leads those to end up there. Now I don’t consider myself an expert on the subject at all, and what I thought I knew … Continue reading
DVD Review: Robot Chicken Star Wars III [M15]
Dir: Chris McKay Voice Cast: Seth Green, Abraham Benrubi, Bob Bergen, Ahmed Best, Rachael Leigh Cook, Anthony Daniels, Hugh Davidson, Zac Efron, Eden Espinosa, Donald Faison, Keith Ferguson, Donald Glover, Mike Henry, Tom Kane, Seth MacFarlane, Breckin Meyer, Dan Milano, Raymond Ochoa, Adrianne Palicki, Matthew Senreich, Zeb Wells, Billy Dee Williams The Special: From the … Continue reading
DVD Review: A Cat In Paris [PG]
Dir: Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli Voice Cast: Dominique Blanc, Bruno Salomone, Jean Benguigui and Oriane Zani. The Film: What a wonderful little French animated film this turned out to be. I started this beautifully drawn tale with absolutely no idea what I was in for and I must say that I loved it immensely. … Continue reading
DVD review: The Buddha [G]
Dir: David Grubin Narrator: Richard Gere The Film I have always had a huge interest in Buddhism; I have seen countless documentaries and read books about the philosophy and Buddha himself. Some are beautiful and insightful while others lack in quality and aren’t true to what Buddhism is all about. David Grubin’s two-part documentary is … Continue reading
DVD review: A Somewhat Gentle Man [MA15+]
Dir: Hans Petter Moland Starring: Stellan Skarsgård, Bjørn Floberg, Gard B. Eidsvold, Jannike Kruse, Jan Gunnar Røise and Jorunn Kjellsby. The Film: A Somewhat Gentle Man is a different kind of gangster film, one that focuses on life after prison for a man and what he really wants to achieve. Stellan Skarsgård plays Ulrik, whom … Continue reading
DVD review: Source Code [M15+]
Dir: Duncan Jones Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright The Film Marcey’s Take: Source Code is the second feature length directorial effort from Duncan Jones, the man who gave us 2009′s Moon and my personal pick for the best film of that year. The film doesn’t stray to far from what … Continue reading
DVD review: Miranda Series 2 [PG]
Starring: Miranda Hart, Tom Ellis, Sarah Hadland, Sally Phillips and Patricia Hodge This Series Now I haven’t seen Miranda Series 1, but the first episode of Series 2 actually explains the events so you can jump right in. The title character played by comedian Miranda Hart lives in this clumsy world where nothing ever goes … Continue reading
DVD review: Brighton Rock [MA15+]
Dir: Rowan Joffe Stars: Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren, John Hurt The Film Right off the bat, I’ll say it – I haven’t read the book this was based on. I went into this film completely blind, I didn’t even know the synopsis. These days, I actually prefer watching a film for the first … Continue reading
DVD review: Breaking Upwards [M15+]
Dir: Daryl Wein Starring: Zoe Lister Jones, Daryl Wein, Julie White and Peter Friedman The Film: “A young New York couple intricately strategize their own break up”…..does that sound like a Woody Allen film or what? Well it isn’t actually but it might as well have been as “Breaking Upwards” in my opinion tried to … Continue reading
DVD review: Martin Scorsese’s Short Films [M15+]
Dir: Martin Scorsese The Film This DVD is a collection of Martin Scorsese’s Short Films, and I’ll briefly give an over view of each one. ‘Whats A Nice Girl Like You Doing In A Place Like This? This short film from 1963 runs about 9 minutes long, I believe the film is a portrait of … Continue reading
DVD review: William S Burroughs: A Man Within [M15+]
Dir: Yony Leyser Starring: William S. Burroughs (Archive footage), Peter Weller (narrator) The Film If you are looking to discover who William S. Burroughs was, and an in-sight into the man, well A Man Within is a good place to start. To be honest I knew next to nothing about Burroughs the man, aside from … Continue reading
DVD review: Certified Copy [M15+]
Dir: Abbas Kiarostami Starring: Juliette Binoche, William Shimell The Film The only word that escaped my mouth as the credits rolled for Certified Copy was ‘stunning’. It truly is, in every which way; I haven’t seen anything quite like this for a long time. The film is that of mystery, but not for the characters, … Continue reading
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