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Review: Astro Boy

By Damon Smith

FROM an auspicious beginning in a 1951 Japanese manga comic book , Astro Boy has become firmly embedded in popular culture around the world.

Review: The Princess And The Frog

By Damon Smith

WALT Disney redefined the boundaries of hand-drawn animation. Disney collected 26 Oscars for his pioneering efforts and today, his legacy lives on in the studio which bears his name.

Review: Invictus

By Damon Smith

ON February 11, 1990, when Nelson Mandela walked free from Robben Island after more than a quarter of a century of incarceration in his eight feet by eight feet cell, he discovered a country divided by apartheid.

Review: Edge Of Darkness

By Damon Smith

AWARD-winning, meaty British television dramas are providing plentiful food for thought across the pond in Hollywood. Here we have Martin Campbell’s slick reduction of the 1985 BBC mini-series, Edge Of Darkness.

Review: Precious

By Damon Smith

PRECIOUS (full title Precious: Based On The Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire) is a harrowing account of one of the unheard voices of child abuse – a 16-year-old girl living in Harlem – and the journey of self-discovery that leads her out of the darkness.

Brutally brilliant

Julia Coulton wrote: Very violent?– yes. Superb entertainment? – indeed. Best film of 2010 so far?– definitely. Read more…

Interseting insight into Japanese domesticity

Julia Coulton wrote: This new Japanese portrait of a family still grieving the tragic death of their eldest son 12 years previously is a gentle mirror on the intricacies of a family who are, like many families, not at all at ease with each other. Read more…

Bleak, bleak, bleak but powerful stuff

Julia Coulton wrote: The road of the title refers to the journey made by a man and his young son after a catastrophic disaster has wrecked havoc on Earth, leaving any survivors prey to starvation, murderous gangs, and cannibalism. Read more…

Bleak IS the word.

paul c schofield wrote: Bleak Read more…

Mexican teen love tale - with no happy ending

Julia Coulton wrote: This is a Mexican teenage love and angst movie from Gerardo Naranjo, with Gael Garcia Bernal as one if its executive producers. The story is told from the perspective of 15 year old Maru, impressively played by Maria Deschamps. Read more…