Whip It (2010) Coming of age sports movie Whip It is the directorial debut of actress turned producer Drew Barrymore. Rating: MMMM Director: Drew Barrymore Starring: Ellen Page, Kristen Wiig, Marcia Gay Harden,...
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,...
Rating: MMMM
From celebrated director Jane Campion comes a biopic of nineteenth century Romantic poet John Keats, exploring his romance with Miss Fanny Brawne, beginning in 1818.
Director: Jane Campion
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox, Paul Schneider
Running time: 119 mins approx.
Rating: MMMM
Review of Richard Linklater’s 1930s set period piece about the great Orson Welles’ theatrical triumph – his version of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay
Running time: 114 mins
Rating: MMMM
Review of Julie & Julia, the meeting of two true stories about love, cooking and the love of cooking.
Director: Nora Ephron
Starring: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina
Running time: 123 mins
Rating: MMMM
Review of Coco Avant Chanel, biopic of French fashion designer and style icon,
Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, starring Audrey Tautou and Alessandro Nivola. French with English subtitles.
Director: Anne Fontaine
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Alessandro Nivola, Benoit Poelvoorde, Marie Gillain
Running time: 105 mins
Rating: MMMM
Review of Michael Mann’s ‘biopic’ of the notorious American criminal, John Dillinger.
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, David Wenham, Stephen Dorff
Running time: 140 mins
Rating: MM
Review of “W.” first published in November 2008 issue of Spark*, the newspaper of Reading University Students’ Union.
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Dreyfus, James Cromwell
Running time: 129 mins