Australian director Kurzel, here making his second feature film, has a background as a theatre designer and he has certainly brought a very clear and dramatic visual signature to this adaptation of Shakespeare’s story of the ruthless warrior of the title, who, egged on by his wife, ruthlessly murders his way to the Scottish crown.
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The last time an animation blasted audiences to the moon with such a casual disregard for physics or the plausibility of the astronauts (or astro–dogs/lizards) was Aardman’s A Grand Day Out, 26 years ago. While it has been one giant leap from stop- to digital animation for Paramount’s Capture The Flag, it stumbles short in the narrative and struggles to push any of the boundaries of modern conventional children’s movies.
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This is an intelligent film made for adults with a superb cast of brilliant actors. What more can you ask for? Well, you can ask for a well-written script with humour and seriousness combined, which you have got here and a story that has some mystery and unfolds in a fascinating way.
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[/stextbox]Straight off the bat, Southpaw is not the next Rocky, nor Raging Bull. The reason for that is simple; there have been forty years of boxing-related movies since Rocky and Raging Bull.
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OK, let’s see if I’ve got this straight. There’s this bloke called Buckaroo Banzai – so-called because he’s half-American and Half Japanese – and he’s testing his new jet-car in the Nevada desert – only he isn’t because it’s not really a jet car.
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Executive produced by Michael Bay, Project Almanac takes the Chronicle route of showing a bunch of teens come across power beyond their control via found footage.
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The 1991 film Point Break, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, was so special that the whole movie and especially the performances of Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze remain in our memory. The remake, this time directed by Ericson Core, is a big disappointment.
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Gosling had a number of assets when it came to directing his first feature film. His reputation as an actor enabled him to attract a first class cast and crew. And he’s been paying attention to the films of directors he has worked with and others he admires.
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This poorly paced thriller, which has obviously sat on the shelf for two years, sees Maryann (the excellent Natasha Calis
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This George Lucas produced animated fantasy is as strange as its title suggests, but is lacking in anything approaching the
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