North East Film Previews and Reviews
Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (18)
FOR the second time in as many years, Scandinavian cinema comes up trumps with a stylish and invigorating thriller guaranteed to have audiences teetering excitedly on the edge of their seats.
Review: Green Zone (15)
WHEN American and British forces withdraw completely from Iraq – a military strategy which seems unthinkable seven years into the campaign – the lasting legacy won’t be peace and democracy.
Review: Shutter Island (15)
THE lunatics are taking over the asylum, or that’s what Martin Scorsese’s impeccably crafted psychological thriller would have us believe.
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.
Review: From Paris With Love (15)
PARIS: The city of romantic overtures, fine cuisine, sartorial elegance and crunching car chases along the Avenue des Champs-Elysees.
