{ "#" : "After a run of flat and indifferent films, Joel and Ethan Coen return to their best with this astounding adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s a bleak examination of western archetypes caught in the winding gears of vintage film noir." , "b" : "No
{ "#" : "Ang Lee follows his groundbreaking gay love story, Brokeback Mountain, with a similarly frank and emotionally resonant adaptation of a short story in this Chinese spy drama. pulsates with as much dramatic satisfaction as it does sexual eroti
Directed by Steve Hickner and Simon J Smith, Nationwide, G
Almost ten years on from his first iteration, director Shekar Kapur and star Cate Blanchett revisit the Virgin Queen for this sumptuously mounted but indiscriminately-told period epic, which sees Elizabeth I battle the invading Spanish for control of
David Cronenberg’s outstanding a sister film to his scorching A History of Violence, opens with a throat slashed in a barber’s chair and a pregnant teenager collapsing in a pool of blood on a chemist’s tiled floor. Eastern Promises,
Matthew Vaughan’s lavish adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel looks to be The Princess Bride for our times; a funny, knowing fairytale that will appeal to anyone, old or young, fantasist or curmudgeon. Stardust
Kevin Costner does a John Travolta turnaround in his blackly comic new thriller, reinventing himself from faded former star into a compelling, multifaceted lead. It’s some trick. Mr Brooks,
In Neil Jordan’s latest film, Jodie Foster plays New York radio host Erica Bain, who survives a vicious Central Park mugging in which her husband-to-be (Naveen Andrews) is killed.
