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    Bully

      This has been generating a great deal of media attention because it had initially been rated an ‘R’ movie thus preventing it been shown to the under 17’s who are most affected by the problem.  The filmmakers took out a few swear words to ease censor’s conscience who gave it a PG-13 rating, but now thatI have seen … Continue reading

    Carnage

    Roman Polanski has co-adapted Yasmin Reza’s Tony Award Winning play ‘God of Carnage’ into a movie and despite the performances and Reza’s wonderful words it does still feel very much like a play that just happens to have been filmed.   All the action takes place in a very comfortable high-rise apartment in Brooklyn on … Continue reading

    Celeste & Jesse Forever

        Childhood sweethearts Celeste and Jesse promised each other they would be together forever, but after six years of marriage they call it quits.  But they never really plan to move on with their lives as Jesse just moves out to the studio in the backyard of their L.A. house and they still share all their meals together.  Their … Continue reading

    Cemetery of Splendour

    It has been six years since Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul swooped the Palme D’or at Cannes for his beguiling  movie ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’, and now he is back with another mystical tale that is heavy on fantasy, and very light on an actual narrative. The filmmaker himself has actually described this film as being … Continue reading

    Chasing Madoff

    It’s just a sheer co-incidence that I sat and watched this documentary about the uncovering of the Bernie Madoff’s audacious Ponzi fraud scheme the day before that Peter his son is sentenced to 10 years in jail for his part in the conspiracy. A reminder nevertheless that even though Mr Madoff Snr. is already behind … Continue reading

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