Unless you like your movies full of blood and gore and not much else, then Tommy Wirkola’s Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters may not be the best choice for you next time you’re going through the cinema listings, deciding what to watch. This movie – as you may have guessed from the title – picks […]

With a fairly short list of slightly saucy movies under his belt, director David Wain  returns to the big screen with ‘Wanderlust‘. Starring Paul Rudd as over-extended husband George and Jennifer Aniston as changeable wife Linda, they leave the hustle and bustle of New York, finally arriving at a commune via an uncomfortable stay at […]

New from director John Madden (probably best known for ‘Shakespeare In Love‘ and ‘Mrs Brown‘) is a spicy tale set in India; ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel‘. Madden has assembled a stellar cast of British actors for this movie, including a couple of dames – Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson , Bill Nighy, Penelope […]

‘A Dangerous Method‘ is the new movie from seminal film maker David Cronenberg (responsible for 2005’s ‘A History of Violence‘ and the controversial films ‘eXistenZ‘ and ‘Videodrome’). It stars Michael Fassbender as Karl Jung, Vigo Mortenssen as Sigmund Freud and Keira Knightley as Sabina Spielrein, and explores the tensions in their various relationships with particular […]

‘The Woman In Black‘, directed by James Watkins and starring Daniel Radcliffe is the latest adaptation of Susan Hill’s horror novel of the same name. A traditional ghost story in every sense, it commences with wet-behind-the-ears lawyer Kipps (Radcliffe) being sent to sort out the affairs of a recently-deceased landowner. All of this is complicated […]

‘The Descendants‘ is the new movie from director and writer Alexander Payne, his first directorial outing since Sideways in 2004. The film deals with property tycoon Matt King’s attempts to keep his extended family together as he deals with the consequences of his wife’s grave injuries in a boating accident, all set against a beautiful […]