http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/ Catch up on film reviews and news. In-depth reports on the story, effects and cast of all the latest film releases. en-gb http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/16/charlie-bartlett-61634-20920604/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/16/charlie-bartlett-61634-20920604/ THIS is a bittersweet schooldays comedy about a rebellious teenager battling his demons with the help of psychiatric drugs, which he also exploits for personal gain. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/16/smart-people-61634-20920602/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/16/smart-people-61634-20920602/ INTELLIGENCE is a poor substitute for common sense and good manners. That’s certainly the case in Smart People, a pithy coming of middle age story about a university professor who can wax lyrical about the poems of William Carlos Williams, but is incapable of saying ‘I love you’. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/16/shutter-61634-20920603/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/16/shutter-61634-20920603/ IN The Ring and its sequels, the humble video recorder whirred with demonic intent as a portal for a murderous, vengeful spectre while the mobile phone took on a similarly ghoulish role in One Missed Call. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/09/doomsday-61634-20883648/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/09/doomsday-61634-20883648/ IF you were in Glasgow on April 3 this year, then we have some alarming news: you’re doomed! http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/09/what-happens-in-vegas-61634-20883650/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/09/what-happens-in-vegas-61634-20883650/ ALL’S fair in love and war, especially when there is a $3m divorce settlement at stake. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/09/speed-racer-61634-20885998/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/09/speed-racer-61634-20885998/ BASED on the Japanese animated series, this signals the return of Andy and Larry Wachowski, the brothers who pioneered "bullet time" in The Matrix trilogy. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/02/iron-man-61634-20850629/ Thu, 01 May 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/02/iron-man-61634-20850629/ WITH great power comes great responsibility ... and great temptation to abuse that power for personal gain. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/02/made-of-honour-61634-20850630/ Thu, 01 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/02/made-of-honour-61634-20850630/ HOW soon is too soon when it comes to a remake? Two years? Five years? 10? http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/02/nim-s-island-61634-20852809/ Thu, 01 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/05/02/nim-s-island-61634-20852809/ IF more proof were needed that 12-year-old Abigail Breslin, Oscar-nominated star of Little Miss Sunshine, is destined for superstardom, look no further than this. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/25/forgetting-sarah-marshall-61634-20819226/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/25/forgetting-sarah-marshall-61634-20819226/ FORGETTING Sarah Marshall is a wonderful, touching romantic comedy about one guy’s disastrous efforts to recover from the heartbreak of being dumped by his girlfriend. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/25/three-and-out-61634-20819227/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/25/three-and-out-61634-20819227/ SUICIDE is no laughing matter. Screenwriters Steve Lewis and Tony Owen evidently disagree, contriving this comedy of errors about a London Underground driver who can earn a compensation package if he can persuade someone to leap in front of his train. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/25/the-eye-61634-20819338/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/25/the-eye-61634-20819338/ FRENCH film makers David Moreau and Xavier Palud co-direct this English language remake of Oxide & Danny Pang’s 2002 horror thriller about a woman plagued by nightmarish visions of the dead. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/18/flashbacks-of-a-fool-61634-20784643/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:24:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/18/flashbacks-of-a-fool-61634-20784643/ FLASHBACKS Of A Fool is a meandering nostalgia piece about a washed-up Hollywood actor coming to terms with an inglorious childhood tinged with tragedy. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/18/street-kings-61634-20783786/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/18/street-kings-61634-20783786/ WRITER-director David Ayer has certainly found his groove in gritty crime thrillers about morally tainted cops, but he’s in danger of getting stuck in it. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/18/happy-go-lucky-61634-20784658/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/18/happy-go-lucky-61634-20784658/ WITH award-winning films like Vera Drake and Secrets & Lies, Mike Leigh has cultivated a reputation as a writer-director who embraces misery. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/18/in-bruges-61634-20784690/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/18/in-bruges-61634-20784690/ BLESSED with the same moribund wit and explosive violence as his Olivier Award-winning stage plays, Martin McDonagh’s feature film directorial debut is a gloriously offbeat jaunt through modern day Belgium. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/11/rec-61634-20761525/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:29:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/11/rec-61634-20761525/ THE faux documentary style of The Blair Witch Project, which brought terror kicking and screaming into the real world, appears to be back. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/11/leatherheads-61634-20761425/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/11/leatherheads-61634-20761425/ EVERYBODY loves George Clooney but public affection for the actor-writer-director will be tested – though not too strenuously – by this uneven screwball comedy. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/11/21-61634-20761499/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/11/21-61634-20761499/ ADAPTED from Ben Mezrich’s book Bringing Down The House: The Inside Story Of Six M.I.T Students Who Took Vegas For Millions, Robert Luketic’s new film is a high stakes drama about a group of gifted youngsters who risk all in the gambling capital of the world. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/04/son-of-rambow-61634-20717223/ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/film-reviews/2008/04/04/son-of-rambow-61634-20717223/ MANY of us who lived through the 1980s will recall it as the decade of leg warmers and Space Dust popping furiously on the tongue.