‘Meryl Streep manages to create a credible individual out of all the contradictions surrounding the former Prime Minister’. PLOT For those who feel a little bored with celebrity biopics and their Oscar baiting ways lately, The Iron Lady proves that portraying a famous person need not begin and end with imitation. Meryl Streep manages to [...]

Doranman does. Read his thoughts on Kevin below. Watching the captivating trinity of director Lynne Ramsay, star Tilda Swinton and Lionel Shriver, of whose novel this film is an adaptation, in action, it struck me how rare it is even in this day and age to see top end credit listings dominated by female talent, [...]

Doranman discovers one directors fixation with poverty. And the North. Tyrannosaur is the debut directing feature from Paddy Considine, the actor best known in Hollywood for his supporting roles but elsewhere regarded as the one of the better stars of his generation. If you’ve seen him pop up in The Bourne Ultimatum, In America, as [...]

Doranman looks at Von Trier’s latest and braces himself for more of the same. Only to be surprised by a new found maturity. Has Lars Von Trier finally grown up? Has Nazism finally become kitsch? These are the kind of famous last words that invite disaster, and as Lars learned to his detriment at Cannes [...]

Ben Wheatly lives up to his literary namesake with Kill List, the follow up to 2010’s acclaimed Down Terrace. While adding a welcome element of verisimilitude to the familiar motifs of Dennis Wheatley’s campy scare stories, the movie kind of misses the point – these things are meant to be, y’know, fun right?

Drive is the new film from Nicholas Winding Refn, director of 2008’s Valhalla Rising. Despite concerning the adventures of a Hollywood stunt driver in modern day Los Angeles, the movie has more in common with the latter’s axe wielding, sword and sandals-based shenanigans than you might think, such is the role of mythology and iconography [...]

Like many under-achieving twenty something singletons, I usually enjoy Sunday dinners at my mother’s house, amid the din of clattering plates and general enquiries about the state of my life. So what did you get up to this week sonny? ‘Oh, just the usual mama, I managed to kick the heroin, and Diesel has agreed [...]

Details Dir. Pavel Lungin (2009) Cast: Pyotr Mamonov, Oleg Yankovskiy. Far East of the sleepy taverns where William Shakespeare conceived his Scottish tragedy, there ruled a real life Thane of Cawdor beyond even the bard’s dark imaginings. Ivan Vasilyevich, a.k.a. Ivan The Terrible, is the subject of a new film from director Pavel Lungin and [...]

Disclaimer: This time the views and opinions expressed in the post by the author do reflect the official policy or position of Filmplicity Dir. Francoise Romand Mix-Up, a 1985 “documentary fiction” film from French director Francoise Romand, describes the story of Margaret Wheeler and Blanche Rylatt, two strangers whose daughters were switched at birth in [...]

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this post are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Filmplicity Tagline You’ve got a very important date Details Dir. Tim Burton Cast. Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter. It’s Walt Disney meets Tim Burton! It’s Tim Burton meets [...]