The Iron Lady

Margret Thatcher is a woman who invites a great deal of strong opinions, her ruthless taxes and cost-cutting policies spilt the nation, undoubtedly she has become one of the most hated Prime Ministers in British history. The Iron Lady (Thatcher was given that nickname by communist Russia) concerns Margret Thatcher (Meryl Streep) in her elderly years and in declining health as she is suffering from dementia which causes her to have hallucinations of her late husband Denis (Jim Broadbent). The main focus of the story is Thatcher’s old age, but the film revisits the major moments of Thatcher’s life, and political career such as the Falkland’s War, her controversial policies and how she became the most powerful person in the country in an area dominated by men.

The Artist

Alfred Hitchcock once said ‘If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on’ The Artist is one of those films. Without dialogue for 99.9% of its running time The Artist is quite a niche product for Harvey Weinstein Production Company and it has turned out to be an absolute critical hit and a favourite for Best Picture Oscar (which would be company’s second Best Picture in a row).

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Steig Larsson’s Millennium trilogy is undoubtedly very popular his first book, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (originally entitled Women Who Hate Men), sold over 65 million copies and around 9 million people have seen the Swedish thriller, so an opportunity for an American production company to pointlessly remake the film is an opportunity not to be missed.

Another Earth review.

In a year of sequels, reboots, remakes and prequels it is refreshing to get something that is quite unique, original and different, and even though parallel worlds have been on Dr Who for years, Another Earth is all three of those attributes previously mentioned.  Another Earth is an American independently produced film with a very intriguing premise but does the premise match the execution?

It maybe Midnight in Paris but The Sitter gets A Separation from his girlfriend in a night known as Fright Night.

Midnight in Paris stars Owen Wilson who plays a Woody Allen style character named Gil Pender who, with his fiancée (Rachael McAdams), travels to Paris for pleasure but Pender is distracted by the fact he can’t seem to finish his novel. Pender is hoping that Paris will give him inspiration in adding the final touches to his novel and it does in a rather peculiar way via some magical vehicle transportation carriage which every midnight takes Gil off to a place of high intellectual vibe.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.

Many people looked on the 2009 Sherlock Holmes blockbuster with scepticism as Guy Ritchie never seemed like the kind of director who would bring Sherlock Holmes back to the big screen and imagine the surprise when we discovered it was actually quite good.  Both positive reception from audiences and critics made it inexcusable for a second film not to be made.

Cowboys and Aliens.

With a sharp gasp for air an unnamed man (Daniel Craig) wakes up and finds himself injured and lying in the middle of the desert.  He has no memory of how this happened, who he is or what this weird bracelet thing is on his arm but before he or we can even begin to think of the million possibilities three drafters on horses arrive on the scene believing him to be worth a bounty reward. They are quickly beaten by the man with no name who then steals one of the horses and with company of man’s best friend sets off to the nearest village.