Posts by Jake Farrell
Interview: 2012 Time For Change
February 21, 20112012: Time for Change is a strange animal. As a film concerned in equal parts with the acceleration of human consciousness and the prevention of deforestation it sits uneasily with the often fire-brand polemics designed to jolt people out of… Continue reading →
Anyone got a light?
February 21, 2011Films can be defined by one improbably striking image. Whether an audience is shown Paris folding inward on itself like a deck of cards, a jolting jump cut that turns a bone into a space station in orbit or simply… Continue reading →
Review : The King’s Speech
January 21, 2011Colin Firth was destined to be Hollywood’s go to guy for period drama since he stepped out of the water, all dripping breeches and haughty stare, in the BBC’s version of Pride and Prejudice. In The Kings Speech he may… Continue reading →
Review : 127 Hours
January 16, 2011Danny Boyle could have been forgiven for taking a breather after the career defining success of 2008′s Slumdog Millionaire. Instead he opted to tackle Aron Ralston’s visceral real life account of survival against the odds in the wilderness of Utah.… Continue reading →
Tron Legacy : Review
January 4, 2011Tron : Legacy is ambitious beyond it’s holiday release date and multiplex baiting marketing budget. Stymied by its predecessors visual singularity and awkward narrative it has to work hard to both look good and fashion a story line from Trons… Continue reading →
Tron: Legacy
November 26, 2010Back from the future, players are re-immeresed in Tron’s 3-D science fiction fantasy. Fan-boy enthusiasm is a potent tool. If it is strong enough then it inevitably translates into huge returns at the box office, regardless of studio commitment to… Continue reading →
Digital De-aging: The Future of Cinema?
November 10, 2010Sequels often pose problems, especially if the actors who played central roles in the original have aged out of all recognition with the time line of the narrative, cinematic dinosaurs in a shiny new world. Digital de-aging’s has been mooted… Continue reading →
Affecting, Poignant Cinema – On Television
September 23, 2010Shane Meadows is widely recognised as one of the most authentic voices working in British Cinema at the moment. His output may not be impeccable (see the sweet but featherlight Somers Town for evidence) but his best work is invariably… Continue reading →
Review: Toy Story 3
July 30, 2010It is a testament to the quality of Disney Pixar’s work that with every release people dare to question: is this the year that an animated film gets a best picture nod? Perhaps the suggestion that such a feat is… Continue reading →
Review: Inception
July 26, 2010This review may be slightly after the event but in order to do Christopher Nolan’s latest justice I felt a second viewing was required. Points may have been elucidated and the plot may be slightly clearer but overall Inception is… Continue reading →
