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Boobs, Bums & Big Guns: A Feminist Reading of Spring Breakers (2013)
The opening scene of Harmony Korine’s latest teen-flick-with-a-difference, Spring Breakers, could easily be confused with an episode of MTV’s Jersey Shore - a reality show that is both horrific and hilarious in equal measure. Young, tanned bodies gyrate at the camera, confronting the observer with close-ups of jiggling naked flesh as Skrillex booms over the soundtrack. Drunken teenage girls […]
Review: Amour (2012)
February 5, 2013
Mainstream cinema revolves around the young and the beautiful, but considering the world’s rapidly aging population, it’s surprising that we don’t see more narratives dealing with older protagonists. Most people have witnessed the slow deterioration of a parent or grandparent through aging, and we all live with the knowledge that one day a similar fate […]
Review: Les Misérables (2012)
January 24, 2013
Adapted from the popular stage show (which is in turn an adaptation of Victor Hugo’s nineteenth century novel), Tom Hooper’s film version of Les Misérables was guaranteed for box office success thanks to a ready-made audience of musical theatre fans anxious to see just how well the new film version matched up to the live event. I […]
Review: Holy Motors (2012)
November 8, 2012
Much like the last film I reviewed for this blog, Holy Motors heavily utilises the back seat of a limousine as a key location. Fortunately, Leos Carax’s latest effort succeeds in being infinitely more compelling than Cosmopolis, which bored me to tears. Being totally unfamiliar with Carax’s work when I entered the cinema, and having […]
Review: Cosmopolis (2012)
June 27, 2012
Although David Cronenberg is particularly recognised for creating gruesome venereal horror films, his work in recent years has moved further away from the horror genre. His latest effort, Cosmopolis, embraces a slow-paced, dialogue-heavy style which is far removed from earlier, more commercial films such as The Fly (1986). Adapted from the novel by Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis shows us a […]
Review: Osombie (2012)
May 20, 2012
While the idea of a horror film featuring a zombified Bin Laden may strike some viewers as shockingly distasteful, hundreds of others recognised the potential of the concept when an online Kickstarter fund appeared for the completion of post-production on the film. The film’s creators set the initial goal of $15,000 and this figure was eventually […]
Review: This Must Be the Place (2011)
May 8, 2012
Not being familiar with any of Paolo Sorrentino’s previous productions, I went into this one blind. My only knowledge of the film prior to viewing was that Sean Penn plays the lead role as a comical retired rocker named Cheyenne. And, to be honest, that fact alone should be enough to entice anybody. Cheyenne’s huge […]
Review: The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
April 25, 2012
Five teenagers set out for a wild weekend away at a remote woodland cabin. As horror movie set-ups go, it’s hardly the most original. But as you may have guessed already, there’s a little more to The Cabin in the Woods than meets the eye. The movie poster tagline reads “You think you know the story. […]
Review: The Hunger Games (2012)
March 29, 2012
The Hunger Games movie is the first adaptation in a trilogy of novels written by Suzanne Collins. The teenage demographic of the series, as well as its sudden popularity at the box office, have inevitably resulted in comparisons with other popular young adult movie/book franchises: Twilight and Harry Potter. Viewers will also have noticed a striking resemblance […]
Review: Trishna (2011)
March 18, 2012
Michael Winterbottom’s contemporary adaptation of Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, borrows the key events from the classic 19th century English novel and places them in modern-day India. For anybody not familiar with the story, the protagonist of Hardy’s novel is Tess – a rural peasant girl who meets, and gradually falls in love […]
May 20, 2013
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