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Haute Cuisine
An exquisitely French film for the foodies, Haute Cuisine draws upon the memoir of the first woman to cook for French President Mitterrand at the Elysée Palace during the 1980s...
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Keeping good company
A slow-burning political thriller for those who feel like a change of pace from the high-octane action of the Bourne franchise, The Company You Keep sees Hollywood's golden grey boy Robert Redford at the helm...
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In first position
Going in blind on the subject of youth ballet, my viewpoint of breakthrough documentary of six young dancers was decidedly limited to films ranging from psychological horror Black Swan to Billy Elliot...
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Performance (‘A Late Quartet’)
hillip Seymour-Hoffman, Christopher Walken and Catherine Keener star in Performance, about a world-renowned string quartet that struggles to stay together in the midst of their key cellist becoming ill...
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Warm Bodies
Get ready for nights in, and an excuse for elegantly languid loafing. Combine winter’s soft, warm layers in finer weights to stay comfortable and avoid the dreaded Michelin Man effect...
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Oz the Great and Powerful
Despite being a different story all-together, this new visit to Oz felt a little like a visit to Johnny Depp's Wonka factory as opposed to Gene Hackman's in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...
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Good Witch Michele Williams
Michelle Williams had a great reason to accept the role of Glinda, the Good Witch in Disney’s Oz The Great and Powerful: “I wanted to make a movie that my daughter could see..."
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Wreck-it Ralph
Ralph becomes tired of being the bad guy and dreams of being a hero like Felix. He leaves ‘Fix-it Felix Jr’ to game-hop around the arcade in search of acceptance and a medal of his own.
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Killing Them Softly
Killing Them Softly is a sardonic take on the gangster/crime genre, starring Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins and Ray Liotta. Set in New Orleans, it follows a pair of small-time crooks...
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Two Little Boys
Comedy is a loose term. If we were American, it would most likely be about a guy and a girl who can’t get it right, go through a rough patch and end up happily ever after. Well…Two Little Boys is nothing,and everything like that...
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Judge Dredd returns
Hollywood definitely did not have psychic abilities back in 1995 when they first attempted to leverage off the success of one of Britain’s most iconic comic book characters, Judge Dredd. That version starred Sylvester Stallone...
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Where Do We Go Now?
Set in an isolated Lebanese village Where Do We Go Now? is about a group of Muslim and Christian women whose loss of male family members to the violence of war brings them together...
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