It’s hard not to root for a director like Terry Gilliam. Though often a little rough around the edges, his creations can’t help but showcase the enthusiasm of his warm personality, despite their abstract style and ponderous subject matter. Add to that the almost comical amount of terrible luck Gilliam has faced over his film-making […]
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Guillaume Canet starred in a French film titled Les Liens du Sang, a.k.a. Rivals, back in 2008. The film told the story of two brothers, one a pimp and the other a cop, and the issues that ensued as their lives went different ways. Canet must have obviously loved the film a great deal, because
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‘I believe we have a choice in this world about how to tell sad stories.’ Right from the beginning, The Fault in Our Stars makes it clear to you how it is going to tell its sad story: honestly, with a bit of humour. Deftly and delicately, Fault navigates the tricky line between moving and
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Writer-director Asghar Farhadi has been making great dramas since 2003’s Dancing in the Dust, but it was his 2011 masterpiece A Separation that deservedly pushed him directly into the worldwide spotlight. A tense study of marital constructs and gender equality, A Separation packed a wallop, and rightfully marked Farhadi as one of the world’s finest
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill are back in 22 Jump Street, the creatively titled follow-up to the 2012 hit-comedy 21 Jump Street. Based on the Johnny Depp-starring series of the same name, 21 Jump Street saw Tatum and Hill play two cops who are placed undercover in a high school, posing as students in order to
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It’s been too long since we’ve enjoyed the adventures of Hiccup and his dragon Toothless. Dean DeBlois (Lilo & Stitch) returns to helm Dreamworks’ latest franchise edition with How to Train Your Dragon 2. The adaptation of Cressida Cowell’s young-adult book series charmed viewers with its feel-good, adventurous and heartfelt spirit, and in a world
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This is going to sound harsh, but A Million Ways to Die in the West is the kind of film that leaves you wondering why it was made. Who thought this was a great idea? Why didn’t somebody stage an intervention during the production process? These are not the kind of questions that you want
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Director Olivier Dahan, who directed Marion Cotillard to her Oscar win in the impressive biopic La Vie en Rose, has had quite a lengthy struggle getting his biopic of Grace Kelly to the big-screen. The main issues stemmed from a long-running dispute with distributors The Weinstein Co. regarding the film’s final edit. It’s a familiar
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