As director David O Russell how to you follow the critical and financial success of Silver Linings Playbook? The answer is with American Hustle, and boy – what a double bill that is! American Hustle is set in the late 70’s – big hair, loud clothes and a disco beat. Bradley Cooper plays Richie … Read more
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues could have been cringe-worthily terrible: the desecration of the Mona Lisa with an aerosol spray can. But actually, it’s a pretty good attempt to recapture and extend the hilarious concepts developed in the first film. We’ve moved on 10 years to the ‘80s and the egotistical and politically incorrect Ron … Read more
In Peter Jackson’s second in the Hobbit trilogy (aka “stretching a slim story to 8 hours+”) Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) with Thorin (Richard Armitage) – the man who would be king – and a company of dwarfs continue their quest to the Lonely Mountain in search of the Arkenstone – a mythical white jewel that … Read more
Mary Poppins is a special film for me. The first film I ever went to see at the cinema, perhaps even at the age of 3 when it first came out in 1964. And after that first experience I couldn’t get enough of it: I dragged my poor dear departed mother to that cinema so … Read more
OK, so its not a ‘true’ feature film, but I did see it at the cinema, and in 3D. And as a lifelong Whovian I’m going to write about it – so there! Note that if you haven’t seen it yet, this contains spoilers, sweetie. The Day of the Doctor is of course (if you … Read more