One of my biggest gripes with the Hollywood remake is that it makes me feel as though great films aren't entrusted to succeed on their own merits given their foreign language and I always feel that a remake is a mere depreciated version of what has come before. However, due to disliking the Urugu...

Hailed by some as one of the most incredible action films to hit our screens in decades, it's hard not to take such bold statements with a pinch of salt, treating the seemingly overstated comments as you do with any generic movie quotes you come to expect during the publicity of an upcoming film....

The Lucky One is yet another film adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel, and yet another mawkish and overly-sentimental romantic flick, joining the back of a long line of unsatisfying adaptations of the work of the hugely successful American novelist.

Zac Efron plays Logan, a brawny Ameri...

As a keen supporter and optimist of British cinema it begrudges me to say it's been somewhat of a disappointing year so far for British film, with far too much mediocre drivel consistently being released. There have of course been some wonderful films such as Shame and Wild Bill, but sadly the ba...

When watching Sesame Street as a child it never once crossed my mind that there was a bloke sitting under a table putting on a voice. Yet now, older and somewhat wiser, I can't think of anything more interesting than to delve into the life of the man behind the muppet, in Constance Marks fascinat...

Based on the gothic novel of the same name by British author Matthew Lewis, The Monk is set in Spain, by a German director and has a French cast, covering the universal theme that is religion. In theory, this is a film that should appeal to a rather wide audience.

Set in 17th century Madr...