Touch of Evil – Review
Orson Welles’s career can be split into three distinct periods. The early period charts his rise from the Mercury theatre players in 1938, onwards to his movies beginning with the all-time clas...
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Rampart – Review
Before viewing this film I had no idea what the title referred to. I had to do a bit of digging to find something about it. Rampart refers to a division of the LAPD. There was a scandal in the late ...
Carnage – Review
There is probably not another figure in cinema with the same notoriety as Polish film director Roman Polanski. From directing acclaimed films such as Rosemary’s Baby and the all-time classic Ch...
Transit – Review
Sometimes movies do not get the general release that they deserve. A lot of factors can decide whether it makes it to the big screen. Considering some of the stuff that makes it to the multiplex it i...
Themes for an Imaginary film
A bit of a stretch this one for a movie review site. A review of the 2012 album Themes for an Imaginary Film by the band Symmetry featuring Johnny Jewel and Nat Walker. During the making of th...
Kill List – Review
A film that divided critics last year was kill List. Some such as Mark Kermode had it in his top ten of the year while others totally trashed the film, calling it dreadful. It seems there is no middl...
The Guard – Review
There are usually two ways that a low-budget film from a first-time director can go. It can be a bit messy with too many ideas crammed into it. Or it can be worked on until it is a slick engaging fil...
Moneyball – Review
I must admit that I do not know very much about Baseball. I know the basics of the game but the intricacies, the stats, and the language of the game are a bit of a mystery to me. So my approach to th...
Drive Soundtrack
After moviescramble’s recent review of Drive we have a listen to the accompanying soundtrack. Tracklisting 01 “Nightcall” – Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx 02 “Under Your S...
Drive – Review
Who’s gonna drive you home? Having missed seeing Drive at the cinema in 2011, I finally caught up with it this week on Blu Ray. Topping a few best of year lists and gaining a lot of love online...