Only Lovers Left Alive
Jarmusch’s spin on the vampire tale manages to breathe life back into the most (un)dead of tropes, writes Jim Moore.
Category Archives: Reviews
Her
Laced with humanity and softly tragic humour, Spike Jonze’s HER is an emotionally packed film that will tease out pensive moments, writes Jim Ross
The Monuments Men
THE MONUMENTS MEN, although entertaining in spurts, wastes an excellent premise and extremely talented cast with an uneven tone and script, writes Jim Ross
RoboCop (2014)
Neither a complete failure nor entirely successful, ROBOCOP 2.0 scrapes a pass but can’t escape the shadow of its forebear, writes Gavin Midgley.
Out Of The Furnace
Although lacking sparks of drama and originality to be burnt into the memory, the positives of OUT OF THE FURNACE marginally outweigh that drawback, writes Jim Ross
Darling
Schlesinger’s nuanced, knowing DARLING – screened at Cambridge APH earlier this month – is a great example of British cinematic innovation, writes Sarah McIntosh.
Dallas Buyers Club
Matthew McConaughey is completely believable as the arrogantly intolerant, coke snorting, Texan shag-monster in DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, writes Liam Jack.
The Black Marker
Piracy threatens the outcome of an independent cinema in this quirky and eccentric short comedy from Cambridge student Camila Kater.
August: Osage County
August: Osage County, adapted by Tyler Letts from his Pulitzer-winning play, retains a vivid theatricality in its new cinematic setting.
The Wolf of Wall Street
Martin Scorsese’s film struggles with the contradictions of its source material despite a nuanced performance from Leonardo DiCaprio, writes Robbie Griffiths.