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Review: Baz Luhrmann’s THE GREAT GATSBY Is A Failure

I went into Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby with great trepidation. As a fan of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, I was worried that Luhrmann’s style would clash with the world of Fitzgerald’s tale. It should be no shock to say that it does. The [...]

March 22, 2014

DVD Review: South Korean Drama THE TASTE OF MONEY Is More Southfork Than Shakespeare

Im Sang-soo’s The Taste Of Money wants to be a commentary on big business and social decadence in South Korea. It’s a visually impressive piece, but much too shallow considering the corrupt word and weighty themes it tries to explore. The film [...]

February 1, 2014

Weekend Box Office Lowdown: 27th May 2013

Fast & Furious 6 exploded in its debut, grossing a Diesel-fuelled $98 million during its first three days at the US box office. That’s up on the $86 million that Fast Five grossed on its debut back in 2011. That film topped out at $209 million [...]

May 27, 2013

DVD Review: Owen Wilson In Woody Allen’s MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

It’s pretty much standard to hail every new Woody Allen film as a “return to form”. Now, Midnight in Paris may not be vintage Allen, but it is one of his finer efforts in recent years, and like many of Allen’s films over the last decade or [...]

February 24, 2012