Tag: romance
Paris-Manhattan & Quartet
Saturday, December 22nd, 2012 Film Reviews,“Heartwarming” must be the most overused word in the film critic’s lexicon. It suggests we enter the cinema as cold-hearted types and are transformed by the power of a movie. When the lights go back on we are more sensitive, more optimistic; we believe in the essential goodness of human beings and the necessity of […]
Love is All You Need & Trouble with the Curve
Saturday, December 15th, 2012 Film Reviews,Danish films have come a long way since the days of Dogme 95. Zentropa, the film production company started by Lars Von Trier and Peter Aalbaek Jensen, was known for initiating the controversial movement that banned the use of background music and special effects; refused to credit the director and required the exclusive use of […]
Pitch Perfect & Love Story
Saturday, December 8th, 2012 Film Reviews,There’s nothing more gruesome in the cinema than films that are “just good fun”, and Pitch Perfect is a textbook example. Even as I write this I can imagine readers thinking I’m a terrible old curmudgeon for not responding positively to a movie that aims to be nothing more than light entertainment. “What could be […]
The Perks of Being a Wallflower & Howzat!
Saturday, December 1st, 2012 Film Reviews,It’s hard to believe some people actually look back on their teenage years with nostalgia. That terrible state, when one is half-way out of the chrysalis of puberty – not quite an adult but no longer a child – is an ordeal we have to overcome if we are to take our place in the […]