StreetDance 3D(2010)

"Dancing? On the street? In 3D? YES PLEASE!"

People spontaneously bursting into synchronised dancing has always made me massively happy so I was ridiculously excited to see this film. The story line is always going to be predictable (can anyone name a dance film that isn't about underprivileged kids overcoming adversity to win a competition...

by Anna Kostyrina

Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time(2010)

"Jake Gyllenhaal is a welcomed but big surprise as Dastan!"

Video game adaptations don't have a great track record; from the abysmal Doom, to the more passable Resident Evil and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider so you'll be forgiven if you thought this would be more of the same. Well in short, it's not, far from it, with the involvement of creator Jordon Mechner ...

by Marc J Ali

Lebanon(2010)

"If there’s one thing we’ve learnt from movies, it’s that war is hell."

If there’s one thing we’ve learnt from movies, it’s that war is hell.  Samuel Moaz brings his real-life experience of the First Lebanon War to the big screen and the result is a tense, claustrophobic thriller that doesn’t quite have the emotional punch that it needs t...

by Jez Sands

Robin Hood(2010)

"As the cinematic revision of our history goes, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood descended upon Robin Hood"

As the cinematic revision of our history goes, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood descended upon Robin Hood – a tale ripe for the retelling after Kevin Costner’s mullet bobbed unsavourily on to our screens in 1991.

This incarnation of Robin Hood is very much an orig...

by Jez Sands

A Nightmare On Elm Street(2010)

"Freddy’s back, but original will always be best"

Freddy Krueger.  Michael Myers.  Jason Voorhees.  Back in the 80’s, these three ruled the horror/slasher genre with an iron fist.  They were truly nightmarish characters, and for those of us old enough to remember, they set a benchmark for horror films that has rarely be...

by Olly Mitchell

The Back-up Plan(2010)

"For a film that claims to be empowering to the modern woman it does nothing but patronise us"

Basically what we have here is Jenny running around her block trying to get pregnant. Having failed that she goes to a sperm bank and gets some artificial insemination action, only to bump into the man of her dreams as she leaves the clinic. Of course he wants her, she's weary, then she wants him...

by Anna Kostyrina