Ever since Dead Presidents, I’ve looked out for Hughes Brothers’ films. It’s a shame they haven’t done that many – they have a strong visual approach and a focus on what stories they want to tell. I enjoyed From Hell on its own merits – it’s a period cop-on-the-edge movie…

Ethan Hawke is not someone I immediately think of when discussing the idea of an ‘action hero’ (even after the remake of Assault on Precinct 13), let alone someone who appears in obvious genre movies. However, his nervy sensitivity is rather appropriate for his character in this film, which is…

Avatar was the last film I saw in the cinema in 2009; there is some symmetry in this because Avatar was supposed to take us into the new era of cinema with its immersive 3D technology, wowing audiences the world over and changing the way we interact with movies. This…

I know that it can be common for people to see the film without having read the book, but it is true for me in this case, of the well-known children's picture book. I am aware of it, and the visual style, but that's it; the film is effectively something…

Don't look at me that way – it isn't a Zac Efron film. Honest. This film by Richard Linklater is an adaptation of a novel, set in 1937, which tells the story of a teenage boy (Efron) who wants to be an actor and ends up getting a part in…

I generally agree with the consensus of movie critics/reviewers when it comes to most movies – I tend not to have wildly different views, although there might be some wiggle room. However, I have to say that I disagreed with the general opinion when it comes to A Serious Man…

Here's the thing about An Education: it's not a remarkable film, or mould-breaking, or anything novel, but it is simply really good. The sheer fact that a period coming of age film is well written, well acted and well directed is what makes this film so good and was responsible…

This film about psychic spies in the US Army, adapted from a book written by British journalist Jon Ronson, missed a trick that could have enhanced the viewing pleasure for the audience, if my experience of watching this film in a London cinema on a quite Tuesday evening is anything…

Even though I have an Unlimited card – for a small monthly fee, I can see any film that Cineworld shows, any time, any where – I still saw this film via a free preview screening. I have no idea why I did this. I do strange things some times.…

I’m not a big horror fan, so this was an unusual choice for me to see in the cinema. However, I really liked Juno, particularly for the strong voice of the screenwriter Diablo Cody being retained in the film – something that makes a film more individual, a stamp of…