Archive for 'Film Reviews'
[FILM: Review] W.E.
For her sophomore feature, Madonna sets her sights on one of the great romantic scandals in modern history – the affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée and socialite Wallis Simpson that impelled him to abdicate the throne. It’s often rendered as a 20th century fairytale – a prince with the world at his feet, giving it all up rather than keeping his lover hidden, as society’s moral codes had compelled so many of his ancestors to do. And he didn’t just give up a throne; he gave up his family, who exiled him and his new wife from England.
Posted: May 15th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 461 (May 7), Film Reviews.
Tags: Film Review, W.E Abbie Cornish
[THEATRE: Review] Reasons To Be Pretty
Let’s face it, everybody wants to look good. Whether it’s to find a partner or keep a partner, to make someone jealous or convince someone to hire you, there are countless reasons to be pretty. This is what underpins Reasons To Be Pretty, the third instalment of a Tony-nominated theatrical trilogy that focuses on our modern day obsession with physical appearance, penned by American playwright Neil LaBute in 2008.
Posted: May 15th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 461 (May 7), Film Reviews.
Tags: Darlinghurst Theatre, Reasons To Be Pretty, Review, Roslyn Helper, Theatre
[FILM: Review] Ecstasy
Rob Heydon isn’t afraid to speak his mind. It’s an indispensible trait born out of twenty years cutting his teeth in an industry that doesn’t indulge the faint of heart. Born in Canada, the director/writer/producer has adapted his debut feature from the third novel in Irvine Welsh’s mid-‘90s trilogy ecstasy: Three Tales Of Chemical Romance, and it’s been over a decade in the making.
Posted: May 15th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 461 (May 7), Film Reviews.
Tags: Ecstasy, Film, Film Review, Irvine Welsh, Rob Heydon, Roslyn Helper
[FILM: Review] Delicacy
It’s rare enough to see a co-director credit on a feature film, and rarer still that the co-credited aren’t siblings. You’d think a film set would be fraught enough without introducing sibling rivalry into the mix, but it seems to work for the Coen brothers and so, too, Stéphane and David Foenkinos, who collaborated to bring David’s 2009 novel Delicacy (La delicatesse) to the screen in this year’s charming French rom-com of the same name.
Posted: May 15th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 461 (May 7), Film Reviews.
Tags: Audrey Tautou, Delicacy, Film, Film Review, La delicatesse, Rob Newcombe
[FILM: Review] The Avengers
The Avengers Released April 25 ***** What do you get when you cross a bitter Asgardian god and an embattled alien race with conquest on the brain? An enemy far too large for any one of your movie franchises to tackle alone. Thus comes Marvel’s The Avengers, the coming together of their Iron Man, Captain [...]
Posted: May 6th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 460 (April 30), Film Reviews.
Tags: Joss Whedon, Kenneth Branagh, Max Easton, The Avengers, The Brag