Film review | Headhunters – Nail-biting Nesbø thriller that’s so good you...
From The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to The Killing, when it comes to crime the Scandinavians currently have the rest of the world running scared. Slick and suspenseful thriller Headhunters, based on...
View ArticleFilm review | Jackpot – Nordic noir hits a winning streak
Fans of Nordic noir are in for a treat with Jackpot, a darkly comic thriller based on a story by bestselling Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbø. Piling on the gore and grim humour right from the start,...
View ArticleDVD review | Headhunters – Cunning Nordic art thief meets his match in...
A corporate headhunter finds he has become the hunted in Headhunters, a slick and suspenseful thriller based on the book by best-selling Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbø. Askel Hennie’s Roger is Norway’s...
View ArticleFilm review | Oblivion – Mopping up after the apocalypse: Tom Cruise’s...
‘We won the war but lost the planet,’ declares Tom Cruise’s ex-soldier Jack Harper in voice-over at the start of epic sci-fi adventure Oblivion, introducing us to the post-apocalyptic Earth of 2077....
View ArticleHercules | Film review – Dwayne Johnson brings muscled charm to...
With his combination of built-like-a-breeze block bulk and genial, self-deprecating charm, Dwayne Johnson makes a perfect lead for this amiably tongue-in-cheek adventure about the mythical Greek hero....
View Article58th BFI London Film Festival | Pick of the Day: Wednesday 8th October – The...
The 58th BFI London Film Festival kicks off tonight with The Imitation Game, a suspense-filled biopic of British mathematician and cryptographer Alan Turing, cracker of Nazi Germany’s seemingly...
View ArticleThe Imitation Game | Film review – Cumberbatch cracks the tragic enigma of...
‘Are you paying attention?’ asks Benedict Cumberbatch’s protagonist at the start of The Imitation Game, but there’s no risk of our being anything but rapt during this gripping biopic of mathematician...
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