http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/ Chorley Citizen /leisure/cinema/film_reviews/ en-gb Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:36:44 +0000 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:36:44 +0000 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/resources/images/1001251/?type=rsslogo http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/ http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5059380.Film_review__The_Girl_With_The_Dragon_Tattoo__15_/?ref=rss Scandinavian director Neils Arden Oplev introduces a memorably unconventional heroine in his superb adaptation of the best-selling novel by Stieg Larsson. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:16:01 +0000 d0f36fb1cb6d0fe789bb8cd4ab9a677d http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5059387.Film_review__Green_Zone__15_/?ref=rss Award-winning British filmmaker Paul Greengrass and actor Matt Damon, the driving forces behind The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, turn their attention to Iraq in this riveting thriller. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:19:43 +0000 e005f869d6bff5ef50b2dfa7534f0f16 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5059377.Film_review__Shutter_Island__15_/?ref=rss THE lunatics are taking over the asylum, or that’s what Martin Scorsese’s impeccably crafted psychological thriller would have us believe. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:14:06 +0000 dea2f65336668762e8c8ba1c5bc01016 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5044307.Film_review__Case_39__15_/?ref=rss In Christian Alvart’s ludicrous, supernatural yarn, Renee Zellweger takes the lead as social worker Emily, who takes in 10-year-old Lillith (Jodelle Ferland) after saving her from being killed by her parents. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:47:24 +0000 9cb580f2c23315c4a62089fb8c4e1eb8 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5044301.Film_review__Crazy_Heart__15_/?ref=rss JEFF Bridges seems destined, undeservedly, to win the Academy Award as Best Actor In A Leading Role for his turn as a washed up country and western singer, who lives by the bottle. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:46:07 +0000 8cf3cc4604cd8814f263b29b5d32d61b http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5042954.Film_review__Alice_In_Wonderland__PG_/?ref=rss Combining a unique aesthetic, conjured from his twisted imagination, with dark humour and heartfelt emotion, Tim Burton has remained a visionary in a sea of profit-driven conformity. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:41:34 +0000 0440b229537dd1444ebede005de06354 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5031838.Film_review__From_Paris_With_Love__15_/?ref=rss PARIS: The city of romantic overtures, fine cuisine, sartorial elegance and crunching car chases along the Avenue des Champs-Elysees. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:03:57 +0000 2c76df2062c4e9e3bdd347ae40f95a37 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5031889.Film_review__Extraordinary_Measures__PG_/?ref=rss Extraordinary Measures is a well-intentioned real-life battle against adversity, that would surely have been consigned to the small screen were it not for a starry, A-list cast, including an executive producer’s role for Harrison Ford. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:18:24 +0000 e1080df6665d54578f5be275299e699c http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5031824.Film_review__Leap_Year__PG_/?ref=rss THE luck of the Irish runs out for one hopeless romantic in Anand Tucker’s implausible comedy, so it does, to be sure, to be sure. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:00:49 +0000 a83149753cae711fbf4ced6064d06894 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5029737.Film_review__Everybody___s_Fine__12A_/?ref=rss If Hollywood has taught us anything over the decades, it’s that resentment, regret and anguish simmer beneath the surface of almost every seemingly perfect family. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:48:12 +0000 9856916cd224cfe8ae06f41567bcf261 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5019236.Film_review__Solomon_Kane__15_/?ref=rss Michael J Bassett writes and directs this historical action adventure based on the character created by Robert E Howard. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:31:53 +0000 257fd9f92893b7353e3819bf26536cdd http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5019232.Film_review__The_Last_Station__15_/?ref=rss It’s easy to appreciate creative genius, but it must be hell to live with it. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:30:32 +0000 4f08c51e86130266d0d51d432163c925 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5019231.Film_review__The_Lovely_Bones__12A_/?ref=rss There is life after death in Peter Jackson’s visually stunning interpretation of the bestseller by Alice Sebold, which proves to be one adaptation too far for the Oscar-winning director of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy and King Kong. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:28:35 +0000 e261e8a4afaf870be4c43eee1252ed5d http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5013461.Julianne_Moore_talks_Chloe/?ref=rss Four-time Oscar nominee Julianne Moore has one of the richest and most varied CVs in Hollywood. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:43:23 +0000 b36a30a59670ed8f3bdf7fd7a6f33254 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5005864.Film_review__Percy_Jackson_and_the_Lightning_Thief__PG_/?ref=rss YOU wait years for an all-action adventure inspired by Greek mythology, and then two come along at virtually the same time. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:54:22 +0000 a339a45beb037dd604b6b14b6b4afd62 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5005869.Film_review__Valentine_s_Day__12A_/?ref=rss Why should we all feel compelled to bare our souls on February 14, when any other day of the year would do just as well and isn’t nearly as expensive? Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:58:16 +0000 381519a44a6ab5b07263c97e43019174 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5005874.Film_review__A_Single_Man__12A_/?ref=rss Oscar-nominated Colin Firth stars in Tom Ford’s first cinematic outing, which is a haunting drama about a professor who secretly says farewell to the people he loves as he contemplates suicide after the death of his lover. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:59:44 +0000 d84c064a9d3b54a5c0edbfabef71ec67 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/5003430.Film_review__The_Wolfman__15_/?ref=rss Some of cinema’s most iconic creatures, including Count Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster and The Mummy, hark back to the golden age of Universal Studios in the 1930s and 1940s, when Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Claude Rains stalked the big screen with malicious intent. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:51:23 +0000 b7a47ee03e410eb7e5ffac6425c1518b http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/4992622.Film_review__The_Princess_And_The_Frog__U_/?ref=rss In an extraordinary career, producer Walt Disney redefined the boundaries of hand-drawn animation. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:29:36 +0000 9442bd6c597c7a6f553c8fdd74482244 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/4992659.Film_review__Astro_Boy__PG_/?ref=rss The iconic figure of Astro Boy takes flight in a new computer-animated adventure directed by David Bowers, with a storyline that puts a futuristic spin on the classic tale of Pinocchio. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:39:31 +0000 4fc5f08f14ffd000e4fcb7aef2426d78 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/4992623.Film_review__Invictus__12A_/?ref=rss 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. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:29:53 +0000 ef28ea6d785945421121cb94c3600124 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/4881336.Film_review__Edge_Of_Darkness__15_/?ref=rss AWARD-WINNING, meaty British television dramas are providing plentiful food for thought across the pond in Hollywood. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:42:24 +0000 e74c4efa9e46034cd12283cb28838c23 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/4881352.Film_review__Adoration__15_/?ref=rss Toronto high school student Simon is still haunted by the death of his parents in a car accident many years ago and the young man struggles to understand why the universe chose to take them from him. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:48:12 +0000 4985682708289eb6a3393cf8bcde6930 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/4881344.Film_review__Precious__Based_On_The_Novel____Push____By_Sapphire__15_/?ref=rss AN average of 60 children are sexually abused in Britain every single day. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:45:41 +0000 5a06414168d8e0a8c404c1e57c810d71 http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/4867418.Film_review__Ninja_Assassin__18_/?ref=rss The title of James McTeigue’s martial arts action adventure succinctly sums up the vicarious thrills of this chopsocky nonsense. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:05:37 +0000 ff6eec1f68460c7b34594cda6a633c1c http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/4867424.Film_review__The_Boys_Are_Back__12A_/?ref=rss A widower struggles to raise his young son in the aftermath of terminal illness in Scott Hicks’s moving drama, based on the emotionally devastating memoir of Simon Carr. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:08:44 +0000 3687a1a35cc16b4f9e9d2d414595f0ed http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/4864688.Film_review__Brothers__15_/?ref=rss All’s fair in love and war. In Jim Sheridan’s English-language remake of Susanne Bier’s celebrated Danish drama, Brodre, love is war as two siblings — polar opposites — are divided by their deep bond to the same woman. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:55:14 +0000 d2a86667d0c75fcec157e4f77fa6c3bc http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/4852464.Film_review__All_About_Steve__12A_/?ref=rss Sandra Bullock was the undisputed queen of Hollywood in 2009. Alas, a snow-laden 2010 doesn't treat her so well. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:23:47 +0000 c7a7dd1ece0c9cd2904bbb49e008ea4e http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/4852196.Film_review__Up_In_The_Air__15_/?ref=rss Comedy Drama. George Clooney, Anna Kendrick, Vera Farmiga, Melanie Lynskey, Danny McBride, Jason Bateman, JK Simmons. Director: Jason Reitman. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:03:43 +0000 a914bfcaae0ca165cadf57036828577f http://www.chorleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/cinema/film_reviews/4842396.Film_review__Sherlock_Holmes__12A_/?ref=rss Guy Ritchie’s reinvention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary sleuth should have been a dream new beginning for the director. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:12:02 +0000 608eb50504db334bd659121ed71c94a6