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In Review: Peacock on DVD

by Daniel Goodwin 2 January 2014

It’s a shame that so many great films bypass cinemas and vanish straight into rental obscurity. Hopefully one day those worthy will be discovered and celebrated by a wider audience while lesser efforts perish for being so brain achingly dire. Considering the cast, it is initially surprising that Peacock has gone straight to DVD. Not […]

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In Review: The Dark Knight Rises

by Helen Cox 23 July 2012

Christopher Nolan concludes his much-lauded bat saga with The Dark Knight Rises. In keeping with the traditional upgrade to a higher status brunette in each chapter (Girl who survived Meryl Streep as her boss > Donnie Darko’s sister > Tom Cruise’s third (ex) wife), this outing sees Anne Hathaway dig her black, skin-tight catsuit out […]

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In Review: Red Lights

by Jonathan Hatfull 11 June 2012

Rodrigo Cortés’s last film as writer and director was the expertly constructed Buried (2010), which took place entirely in a coffin housing Ryan Reynolds. It made ingenious use of the enclosed space and showcased an outstanding lead performance. For his follow-up, Red Lights, he’s gone much, much bigger.

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