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A Million Ways To Die In The West - review

29/5/2014

From the creator of FAMILY GUY and TED, a baffling disappointment.
At nearly two hours, where did all the jokes go?
My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/a-million-ways-to-die-in-the-west.html

Kingsman: The Secret Service - poster and stills

29/5/2014

Firth, Caine, Jackson, could be a classy action flick...

Idris Elba - Unstoppable

29/5/2014

THE WIRE maestro Idris Elba has had a go at directing. What do you think?

This Is Where I Leave You - trailer

29/5/2014

Now that's a cast...
(Not so sure about the director though.)

Maleficent - review

28/5/2014

A cacophony of inept storytelling and bland computer imagery.
My review of MALEFICENT: http://www.filmaluation.com/maleficent.html

CHEF is the winning new flick from Jon Favreau. It's out now in North America, and will be released in the UK on the 25th June.
You can read our review here.
Here are some clips to give you an, ahem, flavour...

Magic in the Moonlight - trailer

26/5/2014

Woody Allen's latest...

Out to own today: Inside LLewyn Davis

26/5/2014

Out to own today:

Inside Llewyn Davis

“No, I didn’t meet Private Presley,” Troy Nelson (Stark Sands) to Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac)

An unlikeable lead never evolving or learning lessons, how unbelievably refreshing in a sea of stale character arcs. The last scene is a brilliant choice. Might INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS be the most accomplished cinematic work to capture the Beat Generation of authors, poets and singers? FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAST VEGAS, HOWL, THE RUM DIARY, ON THE ROAD and KILL YOUR DARLINGS have varying degrees of successes, though felt lacking. It has taken filmmaking titans Joel and Ethan Coen to fashion a beguilingly abrasive take. Cleverly side-stepping the minefield of adapting groundbreaking literature, the directing siblings have made an intimate treatise on blinkered perfectionism. [To read more, click here.]