Vortex Reviews
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Below you'll find our latest reviews of films out in cinemas and on DVD, as well as updates on festivals and short films. For a list of older reviews just click on the relevant section from the menu above.
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Shutter Island Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are in the midst of forming the sort of collaborative partnership that in the past has yielded some of the greatest films ever made. Some of their earlier films might not have been up to the high standards they are ... In Cinemas | Wednesday, 10 March 2010 Read more |
The Father of My Children Films about filmmaking are rarely something everyone can enjoy, even the effort to use Rober de Niro to attract audiences to the adaptation of producer Art Linson's memoirs failed pretty miserably. So it is with some surprise that my first acknowledgement of this review is ... In Cinemas | Sunday, 7 March 2010 Read more |
Ondine A unique modern fairy tale, Ondine somehow makes the simplest and most far-fetched of plots into something that is not only believable and absorbing, but utterly devoid of all that is saccharin, self-indulgent or over ... In Cinemas | Saturday, 6 March 2010 Read more |
Motherhood According to writer / director Katherine Dieckmann, Motherhood is equal parts Mrs Dalloway and Curb Your Enthusiasm. It certainly shares a visual tone with the latter, but one can only assume that Dieckmann has never read Mrs Dalloway and has cribbed that comparison from Wikipedia.... In Cinemas | Friday, 5 March 2010 Read more |
Case 39 If you want more proof that children are evil soulless monsters, then looks no further. Case 39 provides more than enough reason to stay sprog free.Social worker Emily (Renee Zellweger) is buried in work, so she’s none too pleased when yet another case file lands ... In Cinemas | Friday, 5 March 2010 Read more |
Legion What initially looked like a promising and original take on the 'End of the world' genre of movies, ends up being a significant let down with only a few moments of note... and even those are played for ... In Cinemas | Friday, 5 March 2010 Read more |
Alice in Wonderland Make no mistake, despite the wraping of a Lewis Carroll story this film is very much the vision of Tim Burton brought to life... and just as he has his fans, he also has numerous ... In Cinemas | Wednesday, 3 March 2010 Read more |
Chloe From Chloe’s opening scene it’s: ‘Hello vamp. Goodbye innocent Amanda’. It’s quite literally eyebrow-raising, erotic stuff to see Mamma Mia!’s sweet little Amanda Seyfried lose all inhibitions.... In Cinemas | Wednesday, 3 March 2010 Read more |
The Crazies It might well be a remake, but The Crazies proves to be a sharp and intelligent take on the zombie genre. If it could have stayed away from cheap tricks to get easy scares then it would have been a right ... In Cinemas | Friday, 26 February 2010 Read more |
Extraordinary Measures Its been so long since we last saw Harrison Ford in anything good, some people might well have forgotten what a great star he was/is. Extraordinary Measures certainly won't do him any favours, but at least it reminds us that he's still alive... and indeed ... In Cinemas | Thursday, 25 February 2010 Read more |
Leap Year It’s hard to say what’s most surprising about Leap Year. It’s certainly not the fact that it fails on both the “rom” and the “com” side of things – because it certainly isn’t the first film in this over-populated genre to have that problem. But ... In Cinemas | Thursday, 25 February 2010 Read more |
Everybody's Fine With a title like that you can be sure that everybody is most certainly not fine and that’s what Robert De Niro is about to discover as he embarks on a cross-country road trip to visit his adult children who have all simultaneously pulled out ... In Cinemas | Thursday, 25 February 2010 Read more |
From Paris with Love Thanks to film-making duo Pierre Morel and Luc Besson, we’re back in Paris for more inane violence, untrustworthy females and big action sequences.... In Cinemas | Thursday, 25 February 2010 Read more |
MicMacs There is something about the style of Jean-Pierre Jeunet that manages to transport audiences to a completely different world in every film he makes. It can't just be his love of yellow filters (which have a quasi-mystical ability to make everything seem otherworldly), nor can ... In Cinemas | Wednesday, 24 February 2010 Read more |
The Unloved Many know Samantha Morton as an actress of great talent and integrity from films as diverse as Code 46 and Minority Report to Sweet and Lowdown. Now she has turned her hand to directing in a film that draws from her own childhood experiences of ... In Cinemas | Wednesday, 24 February 2010 Read more |
The Headless Woman A dusty sunny day somewhere in Argentina, three young boys play by the roadside canals with their Alsatian dog. A middle aged woman drives her car down the road and is momentarily distracted by her cell phone; she leans away from the wheel and hits ... In Cinemas | Sunday, 21 February 2010 Read more |
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Sinking of Japan Having seen so many Hollywood films borrow and steal from Japanese cinema, here's is your chance to see the Japanese equivalent of an American blockbuster... but is it worth ... At Home | Sunday, 7 March 2010 Read more |
Kill Zone Widely regarded as one of the finest martial arts films of recent years, Kill Zone is an intriguing little release which almost lives up to the ... At Home | Sunday, 7 March 2010 Read more |
Saw VI If you've managed to keep up with the increasingly incomprehensible Saw franchise, then you've done better than most. With the Jigsaw killer dead but not forgotten, there is a new man in charge of the gruesome devices set to test the morals of the immoral.... At Home | Sunday, 7 March 2010 Read more |
Fantastic Mr Fox - Interviews To celebrate the release on DVD and Blu-ray, we managed to catch up with the guys behind the amazing animation to get some insigt. Joining me were Ian McKinnon Andy Ghent and Andy Biddle...FANTASTIC MR. FOX is visionary director Wes Anderson's first animated film, utilizing ... At Home | Monday, 1 March 2010 Read more |
DVD Round-Up DVD Round UpMichael Jackson's This Is ItFeature-length documentary about the late 'King of Pop' and the preparation for his final tour. Director Kenny Ortega (High School Musical 1-3), who also choreographed the routines for the shows, presents some extraordinary footage of Jackson as he creates ... At Home | Sunday, 21 February 2010 Read more |
The Shinjuku Incident Provocative, compelling and underscored with hard-hitting action, the pulse-pounding thriller, The Shinjuku Incident explodes with tension and delivers a career-defining performance from international action-superstar, Jackie ... At Home | Sunday, 21 February 2010 Read more |
Robot Chicken/Aqua Teen Vol 3 No cow is too sacred, no star too celestial to escape the Robot Chicken treatment. Created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, Robot Chicken Season 3 delivers 20 fifteen minute episodes of fastly-paced sketches featuring an impressive list of vocal talent from creator Seth Green ... At Home | Tuesday, 26 January 2010 Read more |
Sin Nombre Crossing boundaries is an underrated virtue in film. Whether it's forcing people to look at something which is controversial or taboo, or blurring the line between various genres, there is always something to be gained by stepping outside of the industry standards. Sin Nombre is ... At Home | Monday, 25 January 2010 Read more |
Cry, the beloved country & The Proud Valley CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY (1952) Based on the novel by Alan PatonStarring Sidney Poitier and Canada LeeDirected by Zoltan KordaOut To Own On DVD January 18th 2010Cry the Beloved Country is the story of a black minister Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee)’s search for his missing ... At Home | Thursday, 21 January 2010 Read more |
Ocean Waves It's not ventured outside of Japan before, and now a hidden treasure from one of the greatest animation studios around is finally getting a release in the ... At Home | Tuesday, 19 January 2010 Read more |
Big River Man With a fervour for the extreme and borderline absurd that comes close to that of the great Werner Herzog, documentarist John Maringouin creates a fascinating portrait of overweight, alcoholic long-distance swimmer Martin ... At Home | Monday, 11 January 2010 Read more |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Superstars Denzel Washington and John Travolta Collide in Director Tony Scott’s Action-Packed Thriller THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 ... At Home | Monday, 11 January 2010 Read more |
Family Guy: Something Something Something Dar After the success of the Family Guy Star Wars parody Blue Harvest, a follow-up takeoff of The Empire Strikes Back was almost inevitable. SSSDS takes the familiar setting of the Star Wars universe and adds Family Guy’s irreverent humour, resulting in a mixed bag of ... At Home | Tuesday, 22 December 2009 Read more |
The Queen of Spades It never fails to amaze me just how many amazing films disappear from the public eye and, worse, the public imaginations. It is therefore always hugely welcome when near-forgotten cinematic masterpieces are unearthed and brought vividly back to life. The Queen of Spades is one ... At Home | Sunday, 20 December 2009 Read more |
The Hangover DVD This is the one film i have been dreading watching for a second time... not because i disliked it the first time around but because i loved it so much when it was released. Surely it wouldn't be as funny on DVD? Well i'll tell ... At Home | Sunday, 6 December 2009 Read more |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force There's nothing finer than late night stupidity, particularly when drunk. And on those wonderful moonlit nights, nothing satisfies more than a crazy, messed-up and utterly ridiculous cartoon. Aqua Teen Hunger Force is exactly that, and seasons 1-4 are now available in a massive DVD box ... At Home | Sunday, 6 December 2009 Read more |
