Reviews in a nutshell
The Polsky Brothers, Alan and Gabe’s directorial debut, The Motel Life, is a gradual and quietly moving, low-key affair. It’s an adaptation of Richmond Fontaine frontman Willy Vlautin’s 2007 novel of the same name, pivoting on the central character-driven performances from Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff – the latter of which, especially, re-emphasises the actor’s …
Ol Parker – he of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel notoriety – is fast becoming the director of choice for sanitising death for those who fear its onset most. As with his last film about a bunch of OAPs on a latter-years, lifetime’s trip to India, he takes the subject and makes it not only palatable …
Since the Spielberg heyday of E.T. and The Goonies, we’ve been waiting for a really smart, contemporary kids sci-fi adventure to match. Although Super 8, a project produced by the film-maker and written and directed by another great, J.J. Abrams (Cloverfield), is a damn fine extraterrestrial Noughties version that will totally capture the hearts and …
