The Impossible – DVD release
The extraordinary story of one family’s experience of the 2004 tsunami is released on DVD Cast: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland Director: J.A Bayona Verve rating: 4 out of 5 Review by Natalie Dimitrova “Close your eyes and think of something nice,” says Maria to her son. I doubt that the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 would come to mind. Nine years... Read More
Our Children – film review
Our Children Victoria Martyniak reviews Joachim Lafosse’s art-house movie that shook up 2012′s Cannes Film Festival Director: Joachim Lafosse Cast: Niels Arestrup, Tahar Rahim, Emilie Dequenne Verve rating: 3 out of 5 The French award-winning film Our Children is an extremely poignant, yet also tragic piece of cinema. Based on true events,... Read More
Beautiful Creatures – Film review
Beautiful Creatures Misbah Ayub meets the stars of cinema’s latest fantasy love story, and talks characters, costume and Twilight comparisons. Verve rating: 3.5 out of 5 The film Beautiful Creatures is the story of a pair of star-crossed lovers with a twist. Told from the male perspective, we see the journey of Ethan Wate and Lena Duchannes as they fall in... Read More
Film Competition: Win 2 tickets to The Dictator World Premiere!
To celebrate the release of Sasha Baron Cohen’s latest film ‘The Dictator’, Verve Magazine are offering you the chance to attend the London red carpet World Premiere. Read More Read More
The 10 films not to miss in 2012
By Isabelle Holst I love Christmas – obviously. I love it because of many different things. Like, when you get off Central line at Oxford Circus, sweating like crazy, since you could swear that it was about a thousand degrees in there (or at least felt it), just to see the Christmas lights. Or maybe just because you finally decided to join the other ‘shopping-soldiers’ on... Read More
Film Review: 50/50
By Marta Corato There are two good reasons to say that 50/50 is not just another movie about cancer – you know, the ones that have probably been taken from a Nicholas Sparks paperback. First of all, screenwriter Will Reiser drew from his own experience as a cancer patient, which makes things a tad more realistic than usual. Secondly, it’s a comedy. With Seth Rogen.... Read More
Film Review: Wuthering Heights
By Marta Corato There is no peace for the Brontë sisters this year. Just a few months ago the cause of our sighs was Jane Eyre, and now it’s the turn of Heathcliff and Cathy. James Howson as Heathcliff. Image: image.net Wuthering Heights is different from every period drama you have ever seen: there is no music, no frills, no curtsies. Actually, there isn’t much... Read More
London Film Festival 2011
By Marta Corato The London Film Festival volunteers have already dismantled the red carpets that have been blocking out most of Leicester Square for two weeks, George Clooney has taken his plane back to the US, and we have been sleeping for an entire weekend to relax our very tired eyes. The same as every year, we managed to catch just a tiny part of the more than 300 films... Read More
Film review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
By Marta Corato When you think of espionage films, the first that comes to your mind is 007. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is the opposite. In the early seventies, retired secret agent George Smiley (Gary Oldman) is called back to MI6 to discover the identity of a mole who has been passing information to the Soviets. But there is more to it than he expects: they all are high-ranking... Read More
Film review: Friends with Benefits (2011)
By Marta Corato There has been an excess of friends with benefits in the latest movie productions – from Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman in the not-so-great “No Strings Attached”, to Jon Hamm and Kristen Wiig in “Bridesmaids”, to Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway in “Love and Other Drugs”. Are there really that many friends with benefits in real life? Maybe not,... Read More