‘Sunshine on Leith’ movie review
As jukebox musicals go, Stephen Greenhorn’s weaving of Proclaimers’ songs into a narrative is a far superior piece of writing to Mamma Mia or We Will Rock You.
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As jukebox musicals go, Stephen Greenhorn’s weaving of Proclaimers’ songs into a narrative is a far superior piece of writing to Mamma Mia or We Will Rock You.
Sometimes an actor gives a performance so strong, it defines their career. Think Russell Crowe in Gladiator or Colin Firth in The King’s Speech. Filth will no doubt be a defining moment in James McAvoy’s career.
In that curious “like-buses” way that Hollywood sometimes works, hot on the heels of this year’s Olympus Has Fallen comes another story about terrorists taking over the White House, and the poor, unfortunate hero who finds himself caught in the middle and having to save the day.
Insidious Chapter 2 has that rarest of things in a horror sequel – they’ve kept the same cast as the original.
Rush is a decidedly middle-of-the-road (sorry) drama buoyed by solid central performances.
Richard B. Riddick has had something of a varied life on screens both big and small up to this point. His first appearance in 2000’s Pitch Black was a screen-dominating, career-defining performance in the middle of one of the most superior sci-fi B-movies since the turn of the millennium.
Anyone who’s ever been 14, a loner, or loved that episode of The Simpsons where they stay at a beach house and Homer laughs at Millhouse during a game of Mystery Date will definitely want to check out this unashamedly feel-good movie from the writers of The Descendants.
When layabout drug dealer David Clark (30 Rock‘s Jason Sudeikis) finds himself on the wrong side of orca-loving drug lord Brad Gurdlinger, he is forced to smuggle an industrial amount of marijuana into the US from Mexico. David enlists the help of his neighbours, the hapless Kenny (Son of Rambow’s Will Poulter) and stripper Rose (Jennifer Aniston), and tearaway teen Casey (Emma Roberts) to pose as his family in order to avoid suspicion.
The latest in this summer’s supersized cinematic offerings is Elysium, a mind-boggling, politically-charged blockbuster fronted by a depilated Matt Damon that encourages its audience to ponder some interesting questions.
2 Guns is that rarest of things in the cinemas of late; a film without super-heroes; without the threat of global destruction; without the mass-marketing behemoth behind it and without a thousand trailers ruining all the good bits.