A hitman thriller that casts Jason Statham alongside Robert De Niro, Killer Elite doesn’t even work as a guilty pleasure: its embarrassing attempts to engage with the politics of the Middle East sit uncomfortably with the testosterone-drenched fight scenes.
John Michael McDonagh’s comedy-thriller stars Brendan Gleeson as a dissolute Irish copper who breaks more laws than he enforces, and Don Cheadle as a slick American agent who’s forced to work with him.
The Salt of Life, like Gianni Di Gregorio’s Mid-August Lunch (a far superior film), is the sort of low-key whimsy that encourages critics to dish out praise like “charming”, “life-affirming” etc.
Nature doesn’t get any better than this. David Attenborough, Britain’s greatest asset, narrates the BBC’s sensational documentary on the Arctic and Antarctic.
Penguins dressed in Santa Claus costumes are seen at Everland, South Korea’s largest amusement park, on December 19, 2008 in Yongin, South Korea. Christmas has become increasingly popular over the years in South Korea, which is the only East Asian country to recognise Christmas as a national holiday
“It’s on the news, that means it’s real,” maintains Charlie (Riley Griffiths) to his best pal, Joseph (Joel Courtney).
Irish broadband users are at last getting a wide range of movies and TV on-demand
Todd Haynes’s first, hugely successful Hangover caper was innovative, crude and funny, the lead characters – decent Doug (Justin Bartha), indecent Phil (Bradley Cooper), unhinged Alan (Zach Galifianakis) and neurotic Stu (Ed Helms) – were obnoxious but still endearing, particularly Helms’s bullied dentist.
Harry Potter’s film incarnation can now settle where he belongs – the pre-Christmas shopping melee.
THE history of the River Tyne is being celebrated in a DVD which features the cream of North East talent.