For farce to work well, the plotting needs to be watertight, whereas here the sheer excess of characters fails entirely to cover up this film's flimsy underpinnings.
A brave and shocking statement of the blinding obvious - success drives money and money corrupts.
Two cricket journalists, Sam Collins and Jarrod Kimber, set off on a journey to the heart of the second most popular sport on Earth, only to stumble upon something more sinister than they could ever have imagined.
If you have ever laughed at the headmaster when he slips on an egg yoke this movie is for you
After Stalin dies farce and political intrigue (equally hilarious) ensues. Somehow the USSR survives. The rule of fear is superseded by a gang of fools
Death Sentence is a gritty throwback to the films of the Seventies like Death Wish, and it has you rooting all the way for this ordinary man to dish out his own brand of justice.
The story of a man who will stop at nothing to protect his family.
The buzz around December Boys has been considerable – but in truth it doesn’t bear the weight of expectation, being a slight and somewhat predictable coming of age drama with a heavy dose of religiosity.
Four boys from a Catholic orphanage in Australia are given a summer holiday in a remote cove, where they learn more about love, family and friendship.
This is Simone van Dusseldorp's first film and she is courageous in her use of close ups, as if trying to inhabit the emotional heart of this strong-willed girl, sensitively played by Melody Klaver.
A teenage girl swims in the choppy waters of sexuality, out of her depth and determined not to drown.
Hokum and a lamentably OTT ending ruin what had been a pleasingly ponderous piece of pap.
A drifter becomes sucked into the shady dealings of a businessman after saving him from an accident. But will the businessman's wife prove his downfall?
The robberies are carried out stylishly in the chiaroscuro shadows of a moving elevator or with sharp timing and economy of movement in the blazing sun of a parking lot.
A gang of juvenile delinquents pool their resources to pay for one of their number to be put on the bill of a bull-fighting contest.
Di Giacomo treats us to some beautifully framed shots which provide a sense of the awe such environments must evoke in believers, but then gets in close, almost tabloid style, to capture the pleas of impassioned supplicants.
Documentary about the practice of exorcism and how it fits in the modern world.
We never fully empathise or understand Delmira's plight, or feel completely drawn into her world. However, that may just be the point.
The short, passionate life of Uruguyan poet Delmira Agustini is stylishly evoked in this film by Christine Laurent, longtime script collaborator of Jacques Rivette.
At turns inspiring and troubling, Democrats is ultimately a fascinating study of the dangerous grassroots work that changing a harsh political system requires.
Documentary tracks power brokers in Zimbabwe who are trying to compose a new constitution.
Bello makes a strong impression, making a lot of a role that could easily have been played by numbers.
In the aftermath of a horrific massacre where five college students were brutally murdered inside an abandoned home, Detective Mark Lewis and psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Klein question the lone survivor of a ghost-hunting excursion that seemingly went horribly wrong.
Importantly, the director approaches the fantastic elements of the story with complete conviction throughout, making it easier for the viewer to accept them and focus on the action.
A group of people are trapped in a large West Berlin movie theater infected by ravenous demons whom proceed to kill and posses the humans one-by-one thereby multiplying their numbers.
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