As Martin walks to and fro from urban settings to the Edenic countryside, Weingartner's film also seems to meander, and to drift a little too close to the sentimental – until a twist comes that forces the viewer to re-evaluate everything that has gone bef
A young man befriends an orphaned boy, and they try to escape the world by building a cabin in the woods.
The struggle which follows is, in places, difficult to watch, especially for viewers who have been affected by such issues in their own lives, so Heimann sensibly leavens it with humour.
When his bipolar mother walks back into his life, a young gay man is forced to contend with his family history of mental illness.
All of the pieces fit together perfectly so that questions arise in the mind of the viewer exactly when they should, and little shifts of mood have unexpected consequences.
A pregnant woman, resented by her mother, discovers her grandmother's secret diary and begins to understand why.
This is a film of double-entendres, innuendos and equivocal nuances, where words, looks and gestures alike are made to resonate with confounding ambiguity.
Masculinity and menace create a heady mix when two strangers meet in a bird hide.
There are plenty of low budget science fiction films with weak acting, bad scripts and tacky plots that remain great fun to watch. This isn't one of them.
A sequel which reveals the extraterrestrial origins of the combatants from Highlander.
Cars, appearing from nowhere to taunt and intimidate nervous men on the road, have been test driven brilliantly by the likes of Spielberg, but are now showing high mileage.
A vigilante goes on a road
rampage to avenge his wife’s
death.
The action is shown blow for blow, often in slow motion and repeated in order to allow the audience to fully savour and digest the majestic magic of the martial arts.
A high school girl and highly skilled karate expert sets about proving herself as the ultimate fighter.
It's almost hagiographic at times, with insufficient distance, or authorial comment present, to establish a distinction between the distorted, hateful, misogynistic views of the two men and those of the film and its creators.
Alleged biopic of serial killing
cousins who posed as cops in
California.
The problem with this film is that for all its big name cast, relatively strong script and commanding performances, it lacks individuality and a distinctive identity.
A patrol gets lost behind enemy lines during the Korean War.
The result is a coming-of-age, state-of-the-nation film which, though important in the post-tsunami context, nonetheless hardly feels like one of Sono's best.
A pair of teens struggle to get by in a Japan that has been ravaged by natural disaster.
Macqueen and DoP Ben Hecking capture the stark and savage beauty of the countryside and coastline in winter, using a colour palette that contrasts the rich blue of the sea with the faded greens and browns of a landscape still partly in hibernation.
Two childhood friends reunite after many years apart for a weekend of revisiting the haunts of their youth.
Though each filmmaker provides typical servings of his own respective style in responding to the brief at hand, this portmanteau piece is predictably uneven.
Alison Ellwood may not be breaking new ground in the documentary form for her debut solo film but she handles the familiar workings of the rock doc with aplomb.
Story of the rock band from inception to their 1980 split.
Hallström successfully captures the style of the Seventies, aided by a breezy original score by Carter Burwell. He also shows us the dark undercurrents of the period.
A writer creates a media sensation with his fake biography of Howard Hughes.
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