Invictus (2010) Rating: MMMMM Clint Eastwood’s latest film, Invictus tells the story of the true events that followed the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa, and Mandela’s subsequent...
Up In The Air (2010) Rating: MMM+ New slick comedy-drama from the award-winning director of Juno, Jason Reitman. Director: Jason Reitman Starring: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick Running time: 109 mins In...
Sherlock Holmes (2009) Rating: MMMM Review of 'geezer' director Guy Ritchie's adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic character (and the world's most famous detective) the inimitable Sherlock Holmes. Director: Guy Ritchie Starring:...
Avatar (2009) Rating: MM Review of James Cameron's uber-blockbuster and long anticipated space adventure epic, Avatar. Director: James Cameron Starring: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi, Zoe Saldana,...
The 53rd BFI London Film Festival - Special Report In a special report for Maz's Movie Memorandum, former Film Editor of Spark* and loyal Werner Herzog fan Ashley Carter looks back at his experience of the British Film Institute's 53rd London Film Festival...
Rating: MMM+
New slick comedy-drama from the award-winning director of Juno, Jason Reitman.
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick
Running time: 109 mins
Rating: MMM+
Delayed review of director Chris Weitz’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the second instalment in the 4-part series of the teen vampire romance, based on the novels by Stephenie Meyer.
Director: Chris Weitz
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Michael Sheen
Running time:130 mins
Rating: MM+
Review of black comedy-horror Jennifer’s Body, written by Oscar winning Diablo Cody, writer of 2007 indie hit Juno.
Director: Karyn Kusama
Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, J.K. Simmons, Adam Brody, Johnny Simmons, Kyle Gallner
Running time: 102 mins
Rating: MMM+
Review of Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film, Broken Embraces (Los Abrazos Rotos), starring his current screen muse Penélope Cruz.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Lluis Homar, Blanca Portillo, Tamar Noves, José Luis Gómez
Running time: 127 mins
Rating: MMM
Review of the latest film of the Harry Potter franchise, sixth film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which sees Harry and Dumbledore unite to search into Voldemort’s past in an effort to discover secrets that will lead them to destroy him.
Director: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Running time: 153 mins
Rating: MMM
Review of Brüno, the latest character-driven film from Sacha Baron Cohen.
Director: Larry Charles
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen
Running time: 83 mins
Rating: MMM
Review of Push first published in a March 2009 issue Spark*, the newspaper of Reading University Students’ Union.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Starring: Chris Evans, Camilla Belle, Dakota Fanning, Djimon Hounsou
Running Time: 111 mins
Rating: MMM
Review of Bolt first published in a February 2009 issue Spark*, the newspaper of Reading University Students’ Union.
Director: Byron Howard, Chris Williams
Starring: (voices) John Travolta, Miley Cyrus
Running Time: 96mins
Rating: MMM
Review of Doubt first published in a February 2009 issue Spark*, the newspaper of Reading University Students’ Union.
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Starring: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Running time: 104 mins