Saw III
Jigsaw is back. The cruel gamester has devised some new tricks for his latest victims. Will they survive the test? Can the filmmakers spin it out one last time? We dare you…
The Last Kiss
Scrubs star Zach Braff does what he does best in this enjoyable remake of an award-winning Italian film from a couple of years ago. He is the downbeat, angst-ridden but charming everyman…
Kung Fu Summer Camp 2008
Kung Fu Summer Camp 2008 Day OneIt was summertime…it was Cornwall… it was the Kung Fu Summer Camp. This was the third year and the numbers just keep growing. That’s even if…
The History Boys
Brilliant theatre director Nicholas Hytner might run the National Theatre but he just doesn’t get it about filmmaking. Brilliant film director he most definitely ain’t in this unimaginative screen adaptation of Alan…
The Departed
So is this Scorsese’s great film for this decade? It has most of the ingredients of his finest work – the violent world of gangsters, cops, and assorted American low life on…
Click
Pass the sick bucket as Adam Sandler returns, farting and grimacing in this charmless and talentless rip-off of the great It’s A Wonderful Life. Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) is an over-worked architect…
Clerks II
So Dante and Randall are back – great news for all lovers of the original (and it was definitely original) movie. OK, so fans of Clerks will be disappointed that the new…
Beerfest
Beer swilling, burping, pissing, throwing up and boob gazing – a typical night’s out with the lads but, just like those nights out, it does go on for much too long. Jan…
The Wicker Man
Edward Woodward starred in the original 1973 B-movie horror classic about a copper who falls foul of a group of weird religious fanatics on a remote Scottish island. Who would believe that…
Volver
With this tragic-comedy, the great Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar wowed the Cannes Film Festival. Penélope Cruz, in the performance of her career, will wow everyone everywhere and not just with the brilliance…
Kungfu Summer Camp Summer 2006
Kungfu Summer CampNewquay, Cornwall12th – 17th August 2006 When we first booked to go on the Summer Camp it was winter so the idea of being by the seaside in the heat…
Monster House
A scary animated movie for kids that gives them just what they love and it’s good fun for adults too. A boy called DJ (Michael Musso) lives across the street from Nebbercracker…
Miami Vice
Michael Mann makes art from his hip 80’s TV series about the man with no socks. Ricardo Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) and Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell, who actually wears socks) are Miami cops…
The Lake House
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, the stars of Speed, are reunited but there’s nothing fast or exciting about this ponderous pen-pal movie. Nice slow-moving architect (Keanu Reeves) moves into a picturesque Chicago…
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Veteran director Ken Loach won the top prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for a moving and powerful film about Ireland’s fight for independence. Damien (Cillian Murphy), his girlfriend Sinead (Orla…
Thank You For Smoking
The witty film of a wittier book has some cracking performances, some great lines but a sentimental under-belly. Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) is America’s finest spin-doctor. He has to be – he…