Couch Potato Pickings | Wild Child
If the blonde, tanned American teen that exclaims “ewww” at everything non-artificial sets your teeth on edge, then this surprisingly enjoyable teen comedy will see you mentally patting the filmmakers...
View ArticleThe Best view | 4.3.2.1. – Hot ice + Cool girls. Do they add up for Noel Clarke?
A man’s reach should exceed his grasp. Noel Clarke is a man who clearly takes Browning’s famous adage to heart. For proof just watch his ambitious girl power caper thriller 4.3.2.1. – the flashy tale...
View ArticleCouch Potato Pickings | Kidulthood and Adulthood
London’s urban youth lingo was once a complete and utter mystery to me. For many years, whenever I heard kids chatting on their phones on my commuter train, I’d feel incredibly frustrated. I just...
View ArticleLymelife – Ticked off: A tragi-comedy set in 1970s suburbia
What Ang Lee did for early 1970s Connecticut with his tragic-comic 1997 film The Ice Storm, Derick Martini attempts for late 1970s Long Island with his debut film, the similarly tragic-comic Lymelife....
View Article4.3.2.1. – A girl power heist thriller with something for the boys
“4 Girls, 3 Days, 2 Cities, 1 Chance…” So runs the tagline for Kidulthood creator Noel Clarke’s self-consciously tricksy caper thriller 4.3.2.1. Emma Roberts, Tamsin Egerton, Ophelia Lovibond and...
View ArticleCouch Potato Pickings: 4.3.2.1. reasons I enjoyed this Noel Clarke movie
4 Weddings and a Funeral this is not. If, like me, you’re completely weddinged out following the relentless media build-up to yesterday’s royal nuptials, you’ll be relieved to know that there isn’t...
View ArticleFilm review | The Art of Getting By – Taking the Shine off a New York Loafer
Freddie Highmore, appealing child star of Finding Neverland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, still has the look of a tender fledgling, but he’s moved into stroppy adolescence with his role in...
View ArticleAdult World | Film review – John Cusack’s droll poet gives Emma Roberts’...
Emma Roberts plays a daffy, deluded 22-year-old with dreams of becoming a famous poet in quirky indie comedy Adult World. Forced by her long-suffering parents to get a job, she winds up working behind...
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