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Category Archives: Drama

Amores Perros

This hard-hitting drama following intersecting lives on the mean streets of Mexico boasts quality storytelling, an interesting context and Gael García Bernal’s breakthrough role. Well-worth it as a foray into Latin American film-making. Not suitable for vegetarians.

The Bounty Hunter

This romantic comedy cum half baked crime thriller is a hopelessly unfunny, unoriginal and ultra-irritating movie. On this form Aniston and Butler, and their slappable faces, should be consigned to the scrapheap of Hollywood.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Measured storytelling, comprehensive characterisation and a number of hard-to-spot plot twists, should make this perfectly crafted crime thriller Sweden’s best export since Ikea.

Green Zone

Greengrass and Damon deliver enough intrigue and full blooded action to satisfy fans of the Bourne series but they fail to create three-dimensional characters or add anything substantial to the genre.

Children of Men

With an involving story, realistic setting and well executed action scenes, Children of Men is one of the best Dystopian movies out there.

Crash

Deserving of the praise lavished upon it, Crash’s excellent cast of unknowns and A-Listers deliver a thought provoking depiction of the racial fabric of modern day America.

Micmacs

Being too kooky for it’s own good makes Micmacs a cringing watch.

Dear John

Two appealing leads and a superb performance from Richard Jenkins make this weeper more watchable than I’d expected.

Valentine's Day

An exercise in how to waste a stellar cast. This vacuous piece of rom-com fluff is to be avoided like the plague.

The Wolfman

Not a bad horror remake but with maximum werewolf screen-time it’s all looks a little ridiculous.