David Watson is a screenwriter, journalist and 'manny' who, depending on time of day and alcohol intake could be described as a likeable misanthrope or a carnaptious bampot. He loves about 96% of you but there's at least 4% he'd definitely eat in the event of a plane crash. Email: david.watson@filmjuice.com
Living alone with her father Erik (Eric Bana) in a snowy forest high above the Arctic Circle, Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) is much like any other teenage girl. If that teenage girl has
When was the last time you were scared by a movie? Genuinely scared? Not the fleeting exhilaration you experience when something jumps out at you or a teenager is squashed by a
American Indie cinema’s favourite chunky monkey, Philip Seymour Hoffman, finally makes his directorial debut with his first feature, Jack Goes Boating. Though Fat Bloke Learns To Swim might have been a more
With recent headline-grabbing events from the WikiLeaks revelations to the Iraq war inquiry still very much fresh in the mind, it’s difficult not to begrudge Fair Game’s pervading sense of having missed
A platoon of raw, inexperienced recruits. A tough but caring sergeant. Guilt-stricken soldiers, haunted by their actions. The raw, sustained terror of combat. The seductive siren song of war. All that’s missing
How many times have you watched the good guys defeat Freddy, Jason, Chuckie or Michael Myers only for them to come back to life in the final act? And how many times
Over the next few weeks you’re going to see a lot of reviews for Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch. Some will be good. No, really. Many will be stinkers. But none of them
Ever since a pubescent Linda Blair puked cold pea soup and did unmentionable things to a crucifix in her head-spinning turn as Regan in William Friedkin’sThe Exorcist, the Devil and the men
Every so often a film comes along that gets the collective knickers of the chattering classes in a twist. It’ll be controversial, taboo, dangerous. Usually it’s violent, often it’s sexually explicit. The