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Surreal story suits Alice in Wonderland cast
ASSEMBLED in a grand ballroom, sitting beneath a picture of themselves having afternoon tea, the cast of Alice In Wonderland look suitably surreal.
Pixar speaker booked for Animex festival
AN animator from an Oscar nominated film will be among the speakers at Teesside University’s ANIMEX INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL next week.
Princess and the Frog is return to Disney of old
WITH the aid of continually improving computer gadgetry, we all know that drawing film cartoons by hand is a skill long confined to movie history. Wrong!
Precious touches on a raw nerve
ON PAPER, a film about an obese illiterate teenager who is pregnant with her father’s child, doesn’t seem destined for box-office success.
Armored puts new spin on heist genre
THERE may be no longer any mystery as to how the gang robs the safe, steals the gold or takes the picture, yet reruns of heist movies remain endlessly popular and continue to spawn modern remakes.
Film Reviews & Previews
Review: Alice in Wonderland (PG)
COMBINING a unique aesthetic, conjured from his twisted imagination, with dark humour and heartfelt emotion, Tim Burton has remained a visionary in a sea of profit- driven conformity.
Review: Crazy Heart (15)
JEFF Bridges seems destined to win the Academy Award as Best Actor in a Leading Role for his turn as a washed-up Country and Western singer who lives by the bottle.
Review: Case 39 (15)
SOME people are just too good to be true. That’s certainly the case in horror films– the person least likely to wield an axe with murderous intent invariably turns out to be the raging psychopath with evil in their heart.
Review: Chloe (15)
DIRECTOR Atom Egoyan probes the destructive power of obsession in this English language adaptation of Anne Fontaine’s 2003 film, Nathalie.
Review: Everybody's Fine (12A)
IF Hollywood has taught us anything over the decades, it’s that resentment, regret and anguish simmer beneath the surface of almost every seemingly perfect family.
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Review: Case 39 (15)
SOME people are just too good to be true. That’s certainly the case in horror films– the person least likely to wield an axe with murderous intent invariably turns out to be the raging psychopath with evil in their heart.
Review: Everybody's Fine (12A)
IF Hollywood has taught us anything over the decades, it’s that resentment, regret and anguish simmer beneath the surface of almost every seemingly perfect family.
Review: Solomon Kane (15)
IN THE Bible, the character of Solomon – son of David and King of Israel – is venerated for his wisdom.
