ph: Simon Upton
Saturday, November 28, 2015
New Stuff: Rocket From the Tombs
Founded in the mid 70s Rocket From the Tombs are still producing some great rock songs.
Happy Ever Afters (2009)
Two weddings collide when both receptions are held at one hotel.
Likable Irish comedy made as an attempt to create an old-fashioned screball comedy; the result is only occasionally hilarious.
Friday, November 27, 2015
First Lines: John Le Carré - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
The truth is, if old Major Dover hadn't dropped dead at Taunton races Jim would never have come Thursgood's at all.
Freelancers (2012)
The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops.
Messy cop thriller with more ambition than it can handle; the top-notch cast deliver rather wobbly performances.
Maltin BOMB: "Stylistically rocky New Orleans-shot throwaway is another of too many movies where De Niro seems to be phoning in his performance."
Okuribito (2008)
A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.
Subtle and touching tale of man pursuing an unusual and frowned upon work; made in good taste and not without some fine humour.
Maltin***: "Offbeat, leisurely paced, and disarmingly funny at times, this likable film becomes highly emotional as loose ends in Motoki's life are tied up and he comes to embrace nis unusual profession. Some will find this manioulative; others will succumb and tears will flow."
