The long delayed Gangster Squad is finally released this week, and tells the story of a squad of LA police officers who, in 1949, turned vigilante in order to run Chicago mobster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) out of town. Continue reading
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Cinema Review – The Three Stooges
Larry (Sean Hayes), Curly (Will Sasso) and Moe (Chris Diamantopoulos) must raise $830,000 to save the orphanage where they were raised, but do they have the brains to pull off the job? Continue reading
Trailer Talk – Lawless, Gangster Squad and Dark Horse
Boardwalk Empire has a lot to answer for; the gangster movie seemed to have died in 2009 with Johnny Depp’s misstep Public Enemies. Martin Scorsese makes an admittedly brilliant TV show about prohibition era Atlantic City, and suddenly the gangster movie is back in style. Continue reading
Cinema Review – This Must Be The Place
Cheyenne is a faded rock star, living out his mundane days in Dublin. When his father dies, Cheyenne sets off on a journey of revenge and self-discovery across the US; a journey that will change him forever. Continue reading
Cinema Review – The Tree of Life
In a nutshell, The Tree of Life tells the story of a small Texan family whose world is shattered when one of their members dies. In the film, the dead boy’s mother is described as Grace – calm, nurturing and patient – and his father (Brad Pitt) is Nature. Nature is the opposite to Grace; rough uncompromising, and willing to step on any one who gets in his way. While the story is essentially a microscopic look at this family, it is also the macro – a look at the universe, it’s formation and how Nature and Grace came to be. That’s where the dinosaurs come in. Continue reading
