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SUBMARINE
Cineworld Glasgow, 25.03.11 On the walls of teenager Oliver Tate’s (Craig Roberts) bedroom in his family home in 1980’s Swansea are numerous film posters and drawings. Alongside a portrait of Woody Allen are posters for the French nouvelle vague film Ma Nuit Chez Maud (Eric Rohmer, 1969) and Jean-Peirre Melville’s Le Samourai (1967). The iconic image…
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TINTIN AT THE MOVIES
TINTIN AND THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE (1961) TINTIN AND THE BLUE ORANGES (1964) BFI DVD As a young boy growing up in the West of Scotland, I used to read the Hergé comic books about the boy reporter Tintin and his globe-trotting adventures with his faithful dog Snowy and friends Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus. There was…
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OSS 117: CAIRO, NEST OF SPIES & LOST IN RIO
ICA FILMS DVD Spoof movies are a difficult thing to get right, and even more so when a successful first movie gives rise to a sequel or two. For every Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Naked Gun and Hot Shots! there is an Austin Powers: Goldmember, Naked Gun 33 1/3 and a Hot Shots:…
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THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Cineworld Glasgow, 19.03.11 It’s sometimes difficult to remember that Matthew McConaughey can be taken seriously as an actor. It’s been a while since the earnest lawyers portrayed in Amistad (1997, Spielberg) and A Time To Kill (1996, Schumacher), and even the easy-going charm of EdTV (1999, Howard) and Sahara (2005, Eisner) has worn thin with a serious…
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THE COMPANY MEN
Cineworld Glasgow, 15.03.11 The economic downturn and it’s affect on corporate America are explored in this film from John Wells. Let me begin by saying The Company Men is a good film. Written and directed by John Wells, more known for his TV work like ER and The West Wing, he brings similar intelligence and well-constructed drama…
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Iain Kelly 