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Film Review: Epic 3D

Birmingham Post — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:20:00 GMT

Based on the children's book The Leaf Men And The Brave Good Bugs by William Joyce, Epic is a charming fable that could, with clever parental persuasion, inspire the youngest generation to swap their video games for an invigorating spot of housework.

Movie Review: The Great Gatsby

Birmingham Post — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:45:00 GMT

OPENING in 1922 and based on the 1925 novel by American author F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby has already been adapted for the silverscreen three times.

Movie Review: Fast And Furious 6

Birmingham Post — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:33:00 GMT

Blockbuster sequels are not judged on directorial verve, ingenious plots or award-winning performances, although they certainly help.

Movie Review: Star Trek Into Darkness

Birmingham Post — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:07:00 GMT

In the captain's log from the 1960s TV series, James Tiberius Kirk brazenly split an infinitive as the crew of the Enterprise embarked on a five-year mission "to boldly go where no man has gone before".

Movie Review: Deadfall

Birmingham Post — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:42:00 GMT

Set largely during a blizzard along the Michigan-Canadian border, Deadfall sends a chill of disappointment down the spine.

Erdington firm CMA Moldform plays its part in sci-fi blockbuster Prometheus

Birmingham Post — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:20:00 GMT

A Birmingham company has revealed it played a key role in a £130 million Hollywood space blockbuster from iconic director Ridley Scott.

Movie Review: Chimpanzee

Birmingham Post — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:46:00 GMT

Shot over the course of four years in stifling conditions, Chimpanzee is a remarkable nature documentary that grants us unprecedented access to a family of apes in the jungles of Africa.

Movie Review: Dead Man Down

Birmingham Post — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:42:00 GMT

Like so many European film-makers, Niels Arden Oplev has answered Hollywood's siren song.

Movie Review: 21 & Over

Birmingham Post — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:39:00 GMT

Scott Moore and Jon Lucas, co-writers of the first chapter of The Hangover trilogy, make their directorial debut with a raucous and gleefully foul-mouthed comedy that attempts to replicate the boozy shenanigans of their earlier script.

Movie Review: All Stars

Birmingham Post — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:36:00 GMT

Forged in the same creative fire as StreetDance and its sequel, All Stars is a resolutely feel-good family comedy about a group of resourceful tykes who take matters into their own hands to stop bureaucrats from wrecking their local community.

Movie Review: The Look Of Love

Birmingham Post — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:15:00 GMT

Headline-grabbing publisher and club owner Paul Raymond had a simple business philosophy: give the public, or more specifically men, what they want.

Movie Review: Iron Man 3

Birmingham Post — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:08:00 GMT

Now there's a hint of sunshine in our lives, we can actually contemplate the arrival of summer and in the cinematic terms that means the blockbusters are coming.

Movie Review: Love Is All You Need

Birmingham Post — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT

In her recent films, Oscar-winning Danish director Susanne Bier has meditated on the ability of the human spirit to endure all-consuming grief.

Movie Review: Olympus Has Fallen

Birmingham Post — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

(15, 120 mins) Action/Thriller. Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Finley Jacobsen, Rick Yune, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo, Dylan McDermott, Radha Mitchell, Robert Forster, Phil Austin, Keong Sim. Director: Antoine Fuqua.

Movie Review: Promised Land

Birmingham Post — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

(15, 107 mins) Drama/Romance. Matt Damon, Frances McDormand, Hal Holbrook, John Krasinski, Rosemarie DeWitt, Scoot McNairy, Titus Welliver. Director: Gus Van Sant.

Movie Review: Oblivion

Birmingham Post — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:22:00 GMT

If planet Earth was decimated by a series of earthquakes and tsunamis, followed by an alien invasion designed to exterminate the pockets of human resistance, you'd stake money on Tom Cruise emerging unscathed from the melee.

Movie Review: The Place Beyond The Pines

Birmingham Post — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:19:00 GMT

The sins of fathers are revisited upon the sons in Derek Cianfrance's doom-laden triptych, which reunites the award-winning writer-director with his Blue Valentine star, Ryan Gosling.

Rufus Sewell reflects on his career

Birmingham Post — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Rufus Sewell may have joined the exodus of English actors heading to Hollywood, but he's getting more work back home as a result, in films and on the stage. Sophie Herdman meets a man happy to mix things up.

Movie Review: Dark Skies

Birmingham Post — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:06:00 GMT

Every year, thousands of people claim to have been abducted by aliens.

Movie Review: Spring Breakers

Birmingham Post — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT

Writer-director Harmony Korine has repeatedly stuck two fingers up to the cosy conventions of mainstream film-making.