Reviews

World's Greatest Dad, Bobcat Goldthwait, 100 mins (15)
The Town, Ben Affleck, 125 mins (15)
Eat Pray Love, Ryan Murphy, 140 mins (PG)

Sunday, 26 September 2010

Robin Williams gives a subtle performance in a great film – yes, you read that correctly

DVD: Good Hair, For retail & rental (Icon)

Sunday, 26 September 2010

What does it say about black pride when so many African-American women, up to and including Michelle Obama, have their hair straightened with scalp-melting chemical "relaxers", and many more of them wear "weaves" of long, straight, primarily Asian off-cuts?

DVD: She's Out of My League, For retail & rental (Paramount)

Sunday, 26 September 2010

In which Jay Baruchel, one of the loser sidekicks in Knocked Up, gets promoted to leading-man status, acquiring three loser sidekicks of his own.

First Night: The Social Network, New York Film Festival (Rated 4/ 5 )

Saturday, 25 September 2010

Captured: the socially inept geek with millions of friends

The Town (15) (Rated 4/ 5 )

Friday, 24 September 2010

Affleck turns up the heat

Eat, Pray, Love (PG) (Rated 1/ 5 )

Friday, 24 September 2010

DVD & Blu-ray reviews (Rated 3/ 5 )

Friday, 24 September 2010

World's Greatest Dad (15) (Rated 3/ 5 )

Friday, 24 September 2010

Robin Williams sometimes takes a holiday from his signature mush to play oddballs – see One-Hour Photo – and he does so again, creditably, in a comedy that's cynical to the bone.

Frozen (15) (Rated 3/ 5 )

Friday, 24 September 2010

This minimalist thriller offers the same endurance-test nightmare as Open Water, only here the imperilled characters are marooned on a mountain, and wolves substitute for the sharks.

The Hole In 3D (Rated 2/ 5 )

Friday, 24 September 2010

Joe Dante (Gremlins) delivers a low-tar scare movie that's geared more towards family fun than chills down the spine.