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Carnage
Meet the parents ...Roman Polanski style.
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 31-01-2012 18:00
Samurai Girls
Sexy samurai sirens in saucy new anime series.
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 27-01-2012 12:00
W.E.
Madonna's very personal view of Wallis Simpson. Can it really be as bad as the critics claim?
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 26-01-2012 00:00
The Well Digger's Daughter
Daniel Auteuil returns to the world of Marcel Pagnol (Manon de Sources) for his debut directing feature.
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 08-12-2011 00:00
The Artist
Who would have thought a black-and-white silent movie could be in with a shout at the Oscars in 2012?
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 05-12-2011 20:00
Romantics Anonymous
French romantic comedy done French-style with the emphasis on comedy ...and chocolate.
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 30-11-2011 12:00
Eden of the East: Movie 2 – Paradise Lost
One of the best anime series of recent years reaches its conclusion...
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 20-11-2011 19:30
Wuthering Heights
Andrea Arnold gives Emily Bronte’s classic romance a dose of harsh social realism to remarkable effect…
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 14-11-2011 20:00
ICE
A futuristic SF anime considers the implications of a catastrophe that has killed off the world’s male population...
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 06-11-2011 12:00
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Steven Spielberg finally manages to bring his version of Tintin to the screen, with a little help from some friends...
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 26-10-2011 12:30
Freedom
Akira on the Moon? Maybe not, but Katsuhiro Otomo’s vision is evident in this 2006 sci-fi anime OVA.
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 25-10-2011 00:00
Black Butler: Collection 2
The Victorian gothic-horror anime draws to an apocalyptic conclusion.
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 10-10-2011 06:00
Tyrannosaur
Only tenuously related to Jurassic Park, Paddy Considine’s directorial debut has monsters of a more human kind.
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 06-10-2011 06:00
Midnight in Paris
Owen Wilson meets some famous people from the 1920s in the latest film from Woody Allen...
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 05-10-2011 12:00
Eden of the East: Movie 1 - The King of Eden
The first of two movies to conclude one of the most original anime series in years...
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 02-10-2011 00:00
Melancholia
Depression. It's the end of the world as we know it...
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 28-09-2011 18:00
Sacred Blacksmith
Demons, magic, girls with big swords and other big assets... you know the score...
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 27-09-2011 12:00
To - 2001 Nights
Classic deep space sci-fi rendered in 3D CG animation from the director of Vexille and Appleseed.
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 20-09-2011 06:00
Eureka Seven, The Movie
Q: How do you condense a 50 episode series into a 2-hour movie? A: You don't.
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 17-09-2011 12:00
A Better Life
A modern reworking of Bicycle Thieves set in the Mexican immigrant community of LA.
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 14-09-2011 08:00
Birdy the Mighty: Decode 2
Season 2 of the Japanese sci-fi anime series raises the stakes considerably and impressively.
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 12-09-2011 08:00
Ken Loach at 75
A season of films in London and in Belfast to celebrate the 75th birthday of a great British filmmaker.
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 09-09-2011 13:15
The Art of Getting By
Indie high school drama about an outsider who meets a beautiful girl, but is she out of his league?
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 08-09-2011 06:00
Jane Eyre
There'll be swooning in the aisles with this new gothic romance version of Charlotte Bronte's classic
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 06-09-2011 06:00
Death Notice - Ikigami
A government policy kills random citizens within 24 hours of notification. How would you react?
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 02-09-2011 10:00
Birdy the Mighty: Decode 1
Teen drama + alien threat from outer space = Earth faces an apocalypse.
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 26-08-2011 10:30
Black Butler: Collection 1
Jack the Ripper, demons and a killer hound feature in this Japanese Victorian gothic horror anime
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 23-08-2011 20:00
The Skin I Live In
An obsessed scientist works on a horrific project in the latest film from Pedro Almodóvar
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 23-08-2011 08:00
In A Better World
Susanne Bier's powerful Danish drama, winner of Best Foreign Film at the 2011 Oscars.
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 16-08-2011 08:00
The Big Picture
Romain Duris stars as a man forced to create a new identity for himself in Eric Lartigau's French thriller.
Posted by Noel Megahey
on 09-08-2011 20:00