Frank (played by Frank Langella) is a retired jewel thief who’s paid the price for his previous sins via stints in jail, but who clearly has enough buried stash to live out his retirement in relative comfort and provide for his kids, Madison (played by the infrequently seen Liv Tyler) and Hunter (played by X-men … Read more
OK – so if you like your movies dark, then this one is definitely for you. I went into this in the blissful position of not knowing a thing about it…. given the title I had assumed somehow that it might have some loose connotations to the Dracula author or something. But no (the title, … Read more
But a bad day to waste two hours of your life… This is not a good film. The dialogue is dreadful – “file this, file that”, blah, blah, blah … “John… What happened to ‘Dad’”, blah, blah, blah. The acting is only marginally better… Bruce Willis plays, well, Bruce Willis; Jai Courtney, as John McClane … Read more
Tom Shadyac’s latest film is a raunchy comedy – a “sort of sequel” to Knocked Up (which you don’t need to have seen) – about a couple reaching the (ridiculously young) age of 40 and the double whammy of dealing with both growing kids and elderly parents whilst trying to hold down multiple jobs. Paul … Read more
This is a very ‘worthy’ film, about an extraordinary moment in history, beautifully photographed by Janusz Kamiński, with a mesmeric performance by Daniel Day Lewis and an equally good performance by Tommy Lee Jones (I was less convinced by Sally Field). But it is very much a ‘Marmite’ film – some will love it, others … Read more