JOE WRIGHT Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. United Kingdom/France, 2007. Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films. Screenplay by Christopher Hampton, based on the novel Ian McEwan. Cinematography by Seamus McGarvey. Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric … Continue reading →
BB.5 (out of 5) Television’s longest running sitcom, and one of the warmest, wittiest skewerings of popular American culture, gets its shot at the silver screen with this lovely adventure … Continue reading →
BBBB (out of 5) A teenager in the 1960s decides to fight racial segregation and is met with serious threats to her future; sounds like an update of Mississippi Burning … Continue reading →
BBB.5 (out of 5) Sixteen year-old wiseass Juno (Ellen Page) has curiousity-driven sex with her boyfriend (Michael Cera) and finds herself knocked up. Without the slightest hesitation she seeks out … Continue reading →
BBBB (out of 5) Actress Sarah Polley makes her directorial debut with this poignant adaptation of Alice Munro’s story The Bear Came Over The Mountain. Gordon Pinsent and Julie Christie play a … Continue reading →
BBBB (out of 5) Heartbreaking examination of the true story of Chris McCandless, a college graduate from a well-to-do family who decides to drop it all and head for the … Continue reading →
CRISTIAN MUNGIU Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. Romania, 2007. Mobra Films, Centrul National al Cinematografiei, Mindshare Media, McCann-Erickson, Televiziunea Romana, Saga Film, The Hubert Bals Fund of the Rotterdam Festival. Screenplay by Cristian Mungiu, … Continue reading →
BBBB (out of 5) Amy Adams simply could not be more endearing in this umpteenth sassification of classic fairy tales, as a storybook heroine who meets her handsome prince (James Marsden) … Continue reading →
B (out of 5) Julie Taymor follows her brilliant biography of Frida Kahlo with this completely soulless exercise in style, an exploration of the birth of 1960s counter-culture using songs … Continue reading →
BBB.5 (out of 5) Since we last saw her on the big screen nine years ago, Elizabeth has become a beloved and impressive ruler of the great nation of England, … Continue reading →
BBBB (out of 5) Towards the end of his life, singer Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) is about to go on stage and perform his last big song but finds … Continue reading →
BB.5 (out of 5) Jodie Foster is once again the nation’s face of tragedy, this time as a radio show host who spends her days travelling the streets of New York … Continue reading →
