Category: Film
REVIEW: MARLEY AT EXETER PICTUREHOUSE
Running at nearly two and a half hours long, this documentary by the Oscar-winning Kevin Macdonald paints a remarkable picture of the legendary Bob Marley. As well as the musical path of the great man, Marley covers many other angles: the background of Jamaican music that began with ska, Jamaica’s politics, the poverty in which [...]
REVIEW: MARVEL’S AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
It was in a short post-credits sequence in 2008′s comic adaptation Iron Man that Marvel first laid the groundwork for an Avengers movie: a superfilm of sorts that promised to one day unite the leads of Marvel’s film canon in a veritable orgy of punches, explosions and spandex/leather combos. Four years later, with the release [...]
PLYMOUTH STUDENT DEBUTS WORK AT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Film Department at Plymouth College of Art is celebrating outstanding success so far this year as students past and present continue to gain recognition of their filmmaking talent at well-respected film festivals on both sides of the pond. Tim Francis, who is currently in the second year of his Film Arts Foundation Degree, has [...]
REVIEW: 21 JUMP STREET
A common problem with modern comedies, especially the funnier ones, is the purported need for a satisfying, well rounded story. Some, such as 2007′s Superbad, are able to weave an organic narrative that compliments and enhances the comedy, whilst others only manage to muster a skeletal, formulaic plot that often more resembles a feature-length joke [...]
THE LIBERTINES: THERE ARE NO INNOCENT BYSTANDERS SCREENINGS POSTPONED
The film tour for The Libertines – There Are no Innocent Bystanders has been postponed. The tour which, was due to begin today, to take place in key cities at the O2 Academy venues, has been rescheduled to take place at the end of April 2012. The decision was taken as Roger Sargent, the band’s [...]
WIN DEVIATION DVD
We’ve teamed up with Revolver Entertainment and Silverleaf Productions to giveaway three copies of Danny Dyer’s new film Deviation on DVD. Released this week, the psychological thriller stars Dyer and Anna Walton is set in today’s London; Deviation takes viewers on a fearful ride in the knowledge that despite the city supposedly being awake 24/7, [...]
REVIEW: YOUNG ADULT
Charlize Theron stars in Young Adult, a comedy-drama about a writer of popular teen novels who returns to her Midwestern hometown in an attempt to woo her high-school boyfriend, hoping to lure him from his wife and baby in the process. Young Adult is a bold movie: asking the audience to identify with someone whose [...]
HOTEL CHOCOLAT TEAMS UP WITH EXETER PICTUREHOUSE FOR VALENTINE’S DAY
Luxury chocolatier and cocoa grower, Hotel Chocolat, is appealing to romantic, chocolate-loving filmgoers across the UK with the launch of a limited edition chocolate to celebrate Valentine’s Day and the release of the quirky romantic comedy, ‘Romantic Anonymous’ . Indeed the chocolate has been specially created to celebrate the release of the film, and is [...]
