Tag: Sony

  • Of Gods and Men (Alliance Française French Film Festival 2011)

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    Winner of the Grand Prix and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Xavier Beauvois explores the twin subjects of faith and humanity.

    Of Gods and Men (Alliance Française French Film Festival 2011)
  • Battle: Los Angeles

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    REVIEW: The beleaguered City of Angels faces impending doom yet again as aliens take on Tinseltown, clearly tired of Hollywood showing how easy they are to defeat.

    Battle: Los Angeles
  • Inside Job

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    The global financial crisis, as it has grown to be called, is said to be the worst financial crisis the world has seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The crisis cost over $20 trillion, along with the loss of  millions of jobs and homes.  Yet while that era immediately raised the public consciousness…

    Inside Job
  • Faster

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    Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson graduated from a small part in The Mummy Returns to a starring role in series spin-off The Scorpion King and hasn’t looked back. Yet the past few years have seen him follow in the footsteps of Vin Diesel and Arnold Schwarzenegger into the family friendly films, from the updated version of Get Smart to…

    Faster
  • Burlesque

    It seems as though it is barely possible to release a pop record in the 21st century without also have a three-picture deal in the bag. Following in the footsteps of Britney Spears and Mandy Moore, former Mousketeer Christina Aguilera (or Xtina if you prefer) eyes Hollywood in Burlesque. Having already made her mark on…

    Burlesque
  • The Green Hornet

    In an interview with Total Film several years ago, legendary comic book creator Alan Moore said that  “The main reason why comics can’t work as films is largely because everybody who is ultimately in control of the film industry is an accountant”. Those accountants have certainly been counting their receipts over the last few years,…

    The Green Hornet
  • The Tourist

    Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck made his mark on the film world with his 2006 debut feature The Lives of Others, the winner of the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year at the Academy Awards. The study of the German Democratic Republic in the 1980s, during the height of the ‘Stasiland’ era, was a subtle…

    The Tourist
  • Easy A

    Judging from the cinematic output of the United States, the national pastime of the school populace is either trying to lose one’s virginity, talking about losing it or having lost it. Over the last decade or so, from the smash hits of the American Pie series to just about anything with Michael Cera in it…

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