Full Moon. Half Moon. Total Eclipse. Screenwriting Twilight
Melissa Rosenberg is one of U.S. television’s most prominent writers with credits such as Ally McBeal, The Outer Limits, The O.C. and most recently Dexter. However, these days she’s more
Leaving (Partir)
It’s a strange feature of mainstream-art-cinema that a great deal of its more ‘romantic’ output centres around bourgeois sexual fantasy rendered ‘acceptable’ by its assumed ‘culturally relevant’ status. The sight
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
30 Days of Night director David Slade oversees the penultimate installment of the supernatural saga and, though considerably restrained in comparison to his previous work, Eclipse benefits tremendously from Slade’s
Shrek Forever After
As the Shrek franchise grew, it quickly plummeted from being a reasonably well-regarded animated comedy that allegedly appealed to both adults and children to being a ubiquitous nuisance beloved by
Heartbreaker
Oh, it’s another high-concept French comedy! Yes! It’s often worth one’s while steering clear of anything described as ‘chic’ by anybody (see any advertising connected with this film), given that
When You’re Strange
This exciting documentary about The Doors and more specifically their frontman, Jim Morrison proves both tragic and entertaining. There is a little too much hero-worship going on here to make
Robyn – Body Talk Pt 1
With a surfeit of synth-toting popgirls clogging up the charts, Robyn re-enters the fray in a paradoxical position, at once a wise elder and a “me too” straggler. After huge
Jimmy Edgar – XXX
If Jimmy Edgar’s goal is to bridge the divide between haute couture classiness and lamé-spangled sleaze, XXX is the crystallization of his efforts to date. Breaking away from a previous
M.I.A. – M A Y A
During the course of It Takes A Muscle, it strikes you that Maya Arulpragasam is really a doe-eyed sweetheart underneath the aural,personal, and graphic abrasiveness that only increases in obnoxiousness
Wavves – King of the Beach
This being the third smart-arsed Wavves review I’ve had the chance to crank out in under two years, I’m inclined to call Nate Williams my muse. Chancing his arm by
Woody Allen – When It Works, It Works
Woody Allen’s new film, Whatever Works hits screens this week. This enjoyable and heartfelt comedy is one of his more likeable efforts in recent years. Consistency has never been Woody
When In Rome
When I first read the storyline of this film, I thought, ‘Hang on a minute, wasn’t this film made in 1953? (Roman Holiday)’. Such were the seeming plot similarities that
Scissor Sisters – Fire With Fire
With a melancholy yet hopeful sound, Fire With Fire is one of those songs that just seems made for a the soundtrack of a chick flick. You can almost envision
Kele – Tenderoni
Kele’s lyrical strategy in Tenderoni, the first single from his debut album, is brilliant in its simplicity: it doesn’t matter how bad your lyrics are if you drown them out
Semi Precious Weapons – Semi Precious Weapons
Best known for a cameo in Lady Gaga’s Telephone music video and as the opening act on Gaga’s Monster Ball tours, Semi Precious Weapons is not a timid or understated
Our Family Wedding
Oh, this film makes me feel good. Like my childhood blanket, sweet lullabies, or my mother’s warm breast milk lining my oesophagus. Yes, popular cinema is where the innovation is!
Killers
Nowadays, the standard of rom-coms is so low that if it doesn’t leave me fuming and offended it gets a tremendous amount of goodwill from me. Killers, fortunately had enough
His and Hers
“A man loves his girlfriend the most, his wife the best and his mother the longest,” is the quote that kicks off Ken Wardrop’s simple documentary about Irish females (from