(Film Review) Elysium: relevant story, but this is no District 9.
Rating: 6.8/10 The year is 2154; the poor live in the ruins of a destroyed Earth while the rich enjoy an idyllic existence in a man-made satellite. The medical pods of Elysium...
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(Film review) Smashed (2012): a journey through sobriety and the complicate nature of addiction and relationships.
Rating 8.0/10 Director James Ponsoldt creates a realistic picture of addiction in Kate’s (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) tough journey through alcoholism and recovery. Drinking has become to rule her life and eventually takes her...
(Film Review) The Hunt (2012): haunting and heart-breaking.
Rating: 9.0/10.0 The movie follows the story of Lucas (the amazing Mads Mikkelsen), a very dedicated primary school teacher in a small Danish community who has his life turn inside out due to...
(Film Review) Dial M for Murder (in 3D): in the way Hitchcock intended.
Rating: 8.3/10.0 Murder plots, adulterous wife, secret love letters, bribery, and conspiracy… Throw an icy blond beauty and you have a Hitchcock perfect recipe. Brighton Digital has remastered the classic Dial M...
(Film Review) Upstream colour (2012): a dream-like experience.
Rating: 7.2/10.0 If you like Terrence Malick’s visuals, or if you liked Primer, you will most likely enjoy this movie. However, if you are a more action type and struggles with slow-paced...
(Film Review) Red 2 (2013): When you wished they had just retired already.
Rating: 3.0/10.0 To be fair, going to see Red 2 was not my first choice and I didn’t went to the cinema expecting much. I actually enjoyed the first movie, it was different...
(Film review) Frances Ha (2013): Fun, light-hearted experience of being a struggling young artist in New York
Rating: 9.5/10.0 There is much to be said about coming of age movies or of a particular style of New York based fast-talked movies. Since its release, Frances Ha has been much compared...
