review: True Grit (2010)

This is the first year that I’ve ever seen all the Best Picture nominees before the Oscar ceremony and it’s only occured to me now that I probably should have done reviews for all of them BEFORE they were awarded. I’m really not great at putting 2 and 2 together. Anyway, this means that I [...]

feature: nicola-t’s Oscar Awards predictions 2011

If you’re looking for an Oscar prediction ballot form for 2012, I have one over here. Last year I only managed to get this post out a week before the Oscars and it occurs to me now that I actually have no idea how many I got right. Give me a sec… …Ok, I just [...]

releasing this week: Burlesque and TRON: Legacy

Only three new films this week, and two of them I’ve already seen. By rights I should probably highlight all of them since I’m not going to say that much about TRON: Legacy but… I’ve been avoiding information about

feature: TRON: Legacy (2010)

At first glance, a follow up to 1982 sci-fi film, TRON, seems like an odd prospect. It has been a long long time and it’s very much a cult film. What seems odder is that it’s being revived as a mass-market Disney feature… … Or perhaps it’s not that odd at all. The success of [...]

review: Crazy Heart (2009)

Saw this in the beautiful Light House cinema, an 4 screen arthouse cinema in Smithfield. I wasn’t particularly expecting to like this film. I don’t really like country music and it sounded like a story I’ve heard before. I like to see new stuff, or at least old stuff taken in a new direction or [...]