
Interstellar – Christopher Nolan’s black hole
For two and a half hours I waited for something to pump energy, concept, or even engaging visuals into this bloated Hollywood block buster. And for two and a half hours I waited in vain. Interstellar is excruciatingly bad. Bad, B A D! Why do I say this? Here's why!...

The Mockingjay Mess
Apparently while I wasn't paying attention (i.e. during the second installment of the Hunger Games film trilogy, which I failed to view) Katniss has destroyed the very Games that put her, her buddies and her lumpen no-necked boyfriend Peeta in such deep owl pucky. But...

The Hawking Equation
I expected treacle, but The Theory of Everything turned out to be a beautifully-crafted biopic about astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, his intellectual ascent and his physical decline. Kudos to confident director James Marsh. Made from a book by his wife Jane—who...

The Unbearable Greatness of Birdman
I'm still trying to wrap my head around this surreal bit of brilliance. Michael Keaton's performance in Birdman is blazing. In one of the purest cases of art imitating life, this stunning film casts former action hero Batman Michael Keaton as a former action hero...

Nightcrawler – film review
Travis Bickle—meet Lou Bloom. In the nocturnal swamp-crawl through Los Angeles that is Nightcrawler, Jake Gyllenhaal plays a sardonic psychopath against the gorgeous cinematic sweep of Don Gilroy's new film. Shot by Oscar-winning cinematographer Robert Elswit (There...