Funerals & Snakes

Sukkar banat (2007)

Not yet reviewed.

My Best Friend's Girl (2008)

Not yet reviewed.

Be Kind Rewind (2008) 4.5/5

"I loved Be Kind Rewind and you’ll be honouring the spirit of the film if you see it at a theatre with a bunch of strangers."

Ghost Town (2008/II) 4/5

"Gervais may not have much range as an actor, but he does have depth and I found myself being unaccountably moved by a film that always delivers a little more than it says on the tin."

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People... 3/5

"... an amiable little romp ..."

Traitor (2008) 3/5

"... passably decent thriller ..."

The Children of Huang Shi (2008) 3.5/5

"Worth much more than a look if you get a chance ..."

Irina Palm (2007) 3.5/5

"... agreeably unusual ..."

Frozen River (2008) 4/5

"A brilliant debut, though not tightly-plotted enough to really qualify as a thriller ..."

Brideshead Revisited (2008) 3/5

"Of course, if I’m praising the craft it must mean that something has gone missing higher up the food chain, and I fear that I was not as moved by Brideshead as I could have been."

Burn After Reading (2008) 4/5

"Over the last eight years Washington D.C. has become the world centre of incompetence, venality, short-sightedness and political expedience and the film plays as an enraged satire about the end of the American Empire. We can only hope."

WALL·E (2008) 4.5/5

"It was perhaps a little too long for the restless pre-schoolers I shared a screening with, but for anyone and everyone else I whole-heartedly recommend it."

And When Did You Last See Your Father?... 3.5/5

"Director Anand Tucker builds his case carefully until a splendidly moving finale draws a line under a very satisfying film."

In Bruges (2008) 4/5

"... thoroughly entertaining and has unveiled McDonagh as a great talent for the future ..."

Mamma Mia! (2008) 3/5

"All the ABBA hits are performed with considerable karaoke-style energy from the mostly non-singers and Streep provides a lesson for the likes of Robert De Niro that when you take on a frothy commercial comedy you don’t have to leave your talent in your trailer."