Review

As a writer/director (he also acts), Tom McCarthy specialises in the regeneration of social misfits. The Station Agent has an antisocial dwarf (Peter Dinklage, who else?) moving into a disused New Jersey rail station before gradually succumbing to friendship and love. In The Visitor, Richard Jenkins plays an emotionally withdrawn …

The forces of religion and splashy FX clash awkwardly again in Scott Stewart’s follow-up to Legion, which sees the latter’s archangel Paul Bettany back for more righteous violence. This time he’s the titular clergyman, whose church is an all-powerful order of assassins offering salvation from a race of feral vampires. …

Not too long ago, 20th Century Fox convinced the makers of Angry Birds to release an expansion to their popular casual franchise featuring the characters from Rio, an animated feature about the world’s last two Spix’s Macaws. That game arguably rivaled the first in terms of awesomeness, and Fox probably …

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If Gameloft expects us to play a console port of an iPhone game that’s normally enjoyed in five minute increments while sitting on the toilet, then they damn well better make it worth the increased price. Too bad that can’t be said of Dungeon Hunter: Alliance. Sure, for $12.99, PS3 …

Loud noises! complained moronic meteorologist Brick Tamland when Anchorman ’s arguments became too heated for his tiny brain to cope with. He’d do well to avoid the latest from Saw writer Leigh Whannell and director James Wan. Besides a score so emphatic it could resurrect Bernard Herrmann, this slick shocker …

Written and directed by Daniel Barnz (Phoebe In Wonderland) and starring the unholy union of High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens and moon-eyed Mary-Kate Olsen, this new-fangled take on a very old tale makes the odd assumption that what tweenage audiences want in their fairytale adaps is more smartphone product …

Don’t be fooled by the title – there’s nary a culinary tip to be found in this misjudged culture-collision-com. A Canadian couple relocate to Delhi after she, a diplomat, gets a new job. Chef Michael’s left to play house hubbie, and bonds with housekeeper Stella (played with sly grit by …

MotorStorm: Apocalypse is action all the way. It’s packed full ofcollapsing skyscrapers and disintegrating bridges, with the driving experience built around turbo boosting, jumps and vehicular combat. But does turning youriPod up to max volume and listening to it for 6-8 hoursautomatically create a classic album you’ll want to come …

Peter Bogdanovich’s promising directorial career eventually went into steep decline, but he’ll always hold a place in the pantheon for this, his 1971 second movie. Skilfully adapted from a novel by Larry McMurtry (who co-screenwrote this and Brokeback Mountain), it’s a heartfelt study of young people growing up in a …