Kieran Darcy-Smith turns the pages
“There are two things I really care about when I write something,” Kieran Darcy-Smith says from beneath a baseball cap and over a glass of red wine. “The first thing is I need… Read More
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Red State review
Red State is not your typical Kevin Smith movie, as Neil Martin discovers: Something strange has happened to Kevin Smith. His past as a purveyor of foul-mouthed slacker comedies does not prepare the… Read More
Troll Hunter is sure to be a cult hit
I don’t know about you but I’ve always wondered why there weren’t more films featuring trolls. The troll is a woefully underrepresented creature in cinema history but you can rest easy, as Troll… Read More
Small Town Murder Songs is a quiet storm
Neil Martin casts his eye over Small Town Murder Songs for SYS and likes what he sees: Ed Gass Donnelly’s Small Town Murder Songs is a quiet storm of a film. A powerful and… Read More
Scream 4 offers a disappointing climax
As a fan of horror movies, I absolutely loved Scream in 1996 and enjoyed Scream 2 a year later. Admittedly, I didn’t see Scream 3, owing to my firm belief that sequels get… Read More
Easy A, a love letter to John Hughes
A couple of years after the simply wonderful Juno comes another teen comedy with a brain in its head. Easy A sees a high-school girl, Olive, tell a seemingly innocent white lie about… Read More
Plot schmot, Step Up 3D deserves applause
I’ve yet to be at all convinced by 3D. It seems to be there simply to make people ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh’ as things point at them, without enhancing a story or adding depth.… Read More
Toy Story 3 review
It has been a good year for animation. Up took it to a new emotional level with its fable about friendship, love, living-for-the-moment and helping/relying on others. Anyone who didn’t cry in the… Read More