Like the bestselling book upon which it's based, The Kite Runner will haunt the viewer long after the film is over. A tale of childhood betrayal, innocence, harsh reality, and dreamy memory,...
The seemingly claustrophobic story of a man imprisoned in his paralysed body becomes a dazzling and expansive movie about love, imagination, and the will to live. After a stroke, Jean-Domini...
Backed by Guillermo del Toro and yet made by a surprisingly inexperienced group of film makers (especially considering the end result), The Orphanage is a chilling, tense supernatural thrill...
Honest. Its hard to think of anything negative about these two excellent films (not going to repeat the story again-there are plenty of reviews here). However its worth noting that the slown...
Excellent wartime adventure. I first saw this film in the cinema, and am so glad it is now out on DVD. As a big fan of war films, Female Agents is easily the best of this year, with cracking...
The Science of Sleep concerns the flirtations and misunderstandings of Stéphane (played by Gael García Bernal), an aspiring visual artist, and Stéphanie (played by Charlotte Gainsbourg), hi...
Beautiful and Moving. This is a lovely animated film, a million miles away from the butt-kicking gore-fest that is the usual Manga fare.
The story is about a girl who discovers she can move...
La Haine is an angry, anti-authoritarian French film that concerns three young guys (a Jew, an Arab, a black) who decide to take on the police after a friend is brutally beaten. There isn't ...
Not an accurate adaption but an excellent one none the less.. This film is what introduced me to Death Note, after seeing it I rushed out to get the manga books and the anime series. I am no...
The Last Name. This second Death Note live action film follows the in the same style as the previous film with an odd mix of sticking close to the book in places alongside some major deviati...
