SUBMARINE, a delightful surprise from Wales, takes the familiar coming-of-age tale and gives it an approach so original as to make the familiar seem fresh. The protagonist, Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) is painfully self-aware and deliciously oblivious, a hopeless romantic when it comes to the coolly ironic Jordana Bevan (Yasmin Paige), and a cynical observer… Read More »
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As an exercise in ethics, people have been known to ponder the morality of going back in time to kill Hitler before he rose to power and committed any crimes against humanity. Some though, to adhere to the polar opposite sort of principles that Hitler espoused, thought a much more effective way to stop him… Read More »
LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE
When the production notes for a non-period film spend more than a paragraph on the costume design, you can be reasonably sure that the creative focus of the project was not optimally aimed at a stellar piece of filmmaking. Hence we learn that the fabric Angelina Jolie’s silver diving ensemble comes from Japan, because that… Read More »