http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php? en editor@oxfordcityguide.com Copyright 2010 2010-03-10T16:45:03+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/hachiko_a_dogs_story_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/hachiko_a_dogs_story_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: This affecting man-and-dog tale largely steers clear of mawkishness Film Reviews 2010-03-10T16:45:03+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/film_review_i_love_you_phillip_morris/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/film_review_i_love_you_phillip_morris/ Bottom Line: Jim Carrey struts his versatility in this filmic gay-ety. Film Reviews 2010-03-10T15:49:49+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/shutter_island_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/shutter_island_--_film_review/ Frantic psychological thriller is beautifully crafted but suffers from a surfeit of plot ingredients. Still, genre fans should help make this another commercial hit for veteran auteur Martin Scorsese. Film Reviews 2010-03-10T15:43:48+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_girl_with_the_dragon_tattoo_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_girl_with_the_dragon_tattoo_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: A dark vitality fuels this cold case in the cold north of Sweden. Film Reviews 2010-03-10T15:28:47+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/case_39_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/case_39_--_film_review/ Renee Zellweger’s social worker discovers there’s more to abused 10-year-old Lillith than meets the eye in this horror co-starring Ian McShane Film Reviews 2010-03-03T09:48:20+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/exit_through_the_gift_shop_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/exit_through_the_gift_shop_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Hugely entertaining doc challenges conventional concepts of legitimate art and the creative process Film Reviews 2010-03-03T09:22:45+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/crazy_heart_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/crazy_heart_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Jeff Bridges is terrific but the movie only ordinary. Film Reviews 2010-03-03T08:59:50+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/a_single_man_--_film_review1/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/a_single_man_--_film_review1/ Colin Firth is mesmerising as a bereaved gay man with a death wish in fashion designer Tom Ford’s superb debut Film Reviews 2010-03-03T08:52:59+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/alice_in_wonderland_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/alice_in_wonderland_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Truly, madly wonderful. Film Reviews 2010-03-03T08:45:04+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/leap_yearfilm_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/leap_yearfilm_review/ It feels like four years Film Reviews 2010-02-24T08:31:49+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/from_paris_with_love_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/from_paris_with_love_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Travolta has/is a blast in an action-thriller-comedy that otherwise comes up short on all three counts. Film Reviews 2010-02-24T08:21:13+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/extraordinary_measures_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/extraordinary_measures_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Harrison Ford is always watchable in this otherwise routine tear-jerker. Film Reviews 2010-02-24T08:16:13+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_boys_are_back_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_boys_are_back_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: A smart, sensitive exploration of a father who falls in love with his two sons. Film Reviews 2010-02-24T08:05:05+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/capitalism_a_love_story_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/capitalism_a_love_story_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Building the case for capitalism as an obscene evil was never so easy. Film Reviews 2010-02-24T07:57:23+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/micmacs_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/micmacs_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Another beguiling if draining fantasia from Jean-Pierre Jeuet that harkens back to silent movies. Film Reviews 2010-02-24T07:51:38+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_last_station_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_last_station_--_film_review/ “Masterpiece Theatre”-style drama soars beyond the trappings of the genre. Film Reviews 2010-02-17T09:46:03+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/film_review_the_lovely_bones/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/film_review_the_lovely_bones/ Peter Jackson’s elaborate visualization of the Alice Sebold best-seller fails to capture the poignant power of the original. Film Reviews 2010-02-17T09:00:38+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/valentines_day_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/valentines_day_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Like a lot of Valentine’s Day gifts, showy and easily forgotten. Film Reviews 2010-02-10T08:43:04+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/film_review_--_percy_jackson_and_the_lightning_thief/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/film_review_--_percy_jackson_and_the_lightning_thief/ While you suspect it’s really just a big Clash Of The Titans spoiler, there’s enough action in Jackson to make it succeed on its own terms. Lerman’s a likeable lead, though it’s the game supporting cast that keeps you watching. Film Reviews 2010-02-10T08:32:38+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/a_single_man_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/a_single_man_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Sensitive and stylish, Tom Ford appeals beyond gay audiences. Film Reviews 2010-02-10T08:23:09+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/invictus_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/invictus_--_film_review/ A temperate, evenhanded perhaps overly timid film about an intemperate time in South Africa. Film Reviews 2010-02-03T10:51:44+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/youth_in_revolt_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/youth_in_revolt_--_film_review/ Teen spirit smells like a winner in a rollicking comedy that’s a little bit Holden Caulfield, a little bit “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.” Film Reviews 2010-02-03T10:33:15+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/film_review_the_princess_and_the_frog/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/film_review_the_princess_and_the_frog/ Disney’s return to 2D animation, starring its first African-American lead, offers a flavorful gumbo of entertainment for holiday family audiences. Film Reviews 2010-02-03T10:26:28+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/precious_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/precious_--_film_review/ “Precious” has no bounds. It’s a disturbing, overwhelming story of one Harlem girl’s merciless degradations. Film Reviews 2010-01-27T16:35:28+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/im_gonna_explode_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/im_gonna_explode_--_film_review/ Anger, rebellion, romance and despair are keynotes of this freewheeling picture from director Gerardo Naranjo, writes Peter Bradshaw Film Reviews 2010-01-27T16:28:26+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/edge_of_darkness_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/edge_of_darkness_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: An intense Mel Gibson performance anchors this brutally effective crime thriller. Film Reviews 2010-01-27T16:18:25+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/sex_drugs_rock_roll_-_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/sex_drugs_rock_roll_-_film_review/ Andy Serkis is mesmerising as Ian Dury, the punk hero who defied the crippling effect of polio to pen some of pop’s most potent lyrics Film Reviews 2010-01-27T14:56:00+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/astro_boy_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/astro_boy_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Derivative bits aside, the pint-sized Japanese icon takes flight in vibrant CG animation—no 3D glasses required. Film Reviews 2010-01-27T14:44:45+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/a_prophet_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/a_prophet_--_film_review/ Filmmakers love a good prison. No, scrub that, filmmakers adore a bad prison. You can see why. Film Reviews 2010-01-20T12:03:41+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/brothers_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/brothers_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: A remake of a Danish film has much to admire but never comes together with the impact of the original. Film Reviews 2010-01-20T11:49:16+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/film_review_all_about_steve/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/film_review_all_about_steve/ Total misfire from the first scene to the last Film Reviews 2010-01-13T09:52:11+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/up_in_the_air_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/up_in_the_air_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Laughs and heartbreak meld seamlessly in this brilliant character javascript:promptTag(“link”);drama Film Reviews 2010-01-13T09:12:31+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_book_of_eli_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_book_of_eli_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: A well-made post-apocalyptic action drama with simple themes and archetypal characters that strains a little too much at Seriousness. Film Reviews 2010-01-13T09:00:36+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/its_complicated_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/its_complicated_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Another new and familiar old-fashioned romantic film from Nancy Meyers about mature adults and their oft-times immature sexual escapades. Film Reviews 2010-01-06T10:49:50+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_road_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_road_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: A bleak vision of human life, but intense throughout Film Reviews 2010-01-06T10:37:15+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/daybreakers/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/daybreakers/ The Upside: It is a dystopian, sci-fi vampire film that is every bit as entertaining as it is thought-provoking. The Downside: If your penchant is whiny, wussy vamp love stories, you will be sorely disappointed Film Reviews 2009-12-30T11:13:08+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/did_you_hear_about_the_morgans_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/did_you_hear_about_the_morgans_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Yes, you probably have, if you’ve seen the ubiquitous trailer for this all-too-familiar romantic comedy. Film Reviews 2009-12-30T11:06:01+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/sherlock_holmes_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/sherlock_holmes_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Guy Ritchie’s flamboyant, scorched-earth style ill fits Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation, but few among modern moviegoers will care. Film Reviews 2009-12-22T09:39:14+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/nowhere_boy_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/nowhere_boy_--_film_review/ Sam Taylor-Wood tackles the troubled teenage years of lairy, mouthy John Lennon in her debut Film Reviews 2009-12-22T09:14:04+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/nine_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/nine_--_film_review/ Can you hear a sort of whooshing and gurgling? That is the sound of Daniel Day-Lewis flushing his mystique down the toilet Film Reviews 2009-12-22T08:55:23+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/avatar_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/avatar_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: A titanic entertainment—movie magic is back! Film Reviews 2009-12-18T08:34:36+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/cracks_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/cracks_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Ridley’s daughter makes her directing debut with this stylishly unstuffy period piece. Film Reviews 2009-12-16T18:33:04+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/alvin_and_the_chipmunks_2_the_squeakquel_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/alvin_and_the_chipmunks_2_the_squeakquel_--_film_review/ what we’re offered is a succession of lifeless scenes punctuated by pratfalls that only a handful of kids in the audience found funny Film Reviews 2009-12-16T16:47:31+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/where_the_wild_things_are_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/where_the_wild_things_are_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: A reverential but uninvolving adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic illustrated book for children. Film Reviews 2009-12-08T15:04:25+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_white_ribbon_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_white_ribbon_--_film_review/ A superb and disturbing film, Michael Haneke’s vision of pre-first world war Germany offers no easy answers. Film Reviews 2009-12-02T08:31:38+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/me_and_orson_welles_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/me_and_orson_welles_--_film_review/ Christian McKay’s impersonation of young Orson Welles is sensational in this enjoyable, though slight, historical fiction about a teen who spends a memorable week with the legendary wonder Film Reviews 2009-12-02T08:24:00+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_descent_part_2_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_descent_part_2_--_film_review/ A de(s)cent sequel that won’t cave you in with disappointment. Film Reviews 2009-12-02T08:09:16+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_box_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_box_--_film_review/ The Upside: Some good performances from Marsden and Langella, and several scenes that are really rewarding. The Downside: A muddled story that doesn’t line up, a score that doesn’t line up, and a director who can’t be esoteric without attempting to let you know what he means. Film Reviews 2009-12-02T07:55:45+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/planet_51_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/planet_51_--_film_review/ A playful throwback to the days when cartoons were mostly aimed at children. Film Reviews 2009-11-25T08:54:12+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/paranormal_activity_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/paranormal_activity_--_film_review/ Effective jolts await in this ultra-low-budget haunted-house tale, but audiences will need extraordinary patience Film Reviews 2009-11-25T08:41:12+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/law_abiding_citizen_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/law_abiding_citizen_--_film_review/ It’s basically Saw with Gerard Butler as Jigsaw Film Reviews 2009-11-25T08:30:24+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_fourth_kind_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_fourth_kind_--_film_review/ This has to be one of the most disturbing films I’ve seen since Blair Witch. Film Reviews 2009-11-23T10:02:51+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/a_serious_man_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/a_serious_man_--_film_review/ The Coen brothers may just have made their masterpiece with this, their 14th feature and yet another hairpin-bend change of direction, which has been their trademark for their entire career. Film Reviews 2009-11-18T12:12:15+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_informant_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_informant_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: A comedy about corporate fraud, malfeasance and a mental disorder that never quite succeeds as a comedy. Film Reviews 2009-11-18T10:49:56+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/amelia_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/amelia_--_film_review/ The new bio-pic Amelia about female aviator and historic icon Amelia Earhart, flies under the radar and falls short of anything spectacular. Film Reviews 2009-11-12T08:35:35+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/2012_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/2012_--_film_review/ There’s nothing sophisticated or remotely plausible about Emmerich’s apocalyptic vision Film Reviews 2009-11-12T08:27:13+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_men_who_stare_at_goats_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_men_who_stare_at_goats_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: A coy spoof on the Army’s interest in psychic research only laughs so far. Film Reviews 2009-11-05T07:07:48+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/disneys_a_christmas_carol_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/disneys_a_christmas_carol_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Exuberant movie technology overwhelms, then buries Dickens’ emotional tale. Film Reviews 2009-11-04T09:58:21+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/an_education_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/an_education_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Wonderful coming-of-age story in 1961 London with a breakout performance. Film Reviews 2009-10-27T17:16:43+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/cirque_du_freak_the_vampires_assistant_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/cirque_du_freak_the_vampires_assistant_--_film_review/ It’s very energetic, but a more relaxed sequel, in which everyone has fun, might be a big improvement. Film Reviews 2009-10-21T09:47:50+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/fantastic_mr._fox_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/fantastic_mr._fox_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Although sometimes too sly for its own good, this great-looking carnivorous caper brings Wes Anderson’s whimsical melancholy to a kids’ classic. Film Reviews 2009-10-15T10:17:40+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/katalin_varga_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/katalin_varga_--_film_review/ Strickland and his star, Hilda Peter, have delivered a film of remarkable assurance and intensity. Film Reviews 2009-10-14T17:41:02+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/couples_retreat_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/couples_retreat_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: This intermittently funny tale of four couples undergoing relationship therapy struggles hard for its occasional laughs. Film Reviews 2009-10-14T17:25:59+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_imaginarium_of_doctor_parnassus_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_imaginarium_of_doctor_parnassus_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Colorful fantasy from Terry Gilliam has Heath Ledger’s last performance but fails to reach the heights. Film Reviews 2009-10-14T16:53:40+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/fish_tank_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/fish_tank_--_film_review/ Arnold’s second film builds on her Oscar-winning short ‘Wasp’ and follows a girl whose mother brings home a stranger promising riches. Film Reviews 2009-10-07T10:25:45+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/love_happens_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/love_happens_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Magic doesn’t happen in this leaden love story. Film Reviews 2009-10-07T07:07:29+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/up_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/up_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Pixar again raises the bar to wondrous new heights. Film Reviews 2009-10-07T06:54:38+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_invention_of_lying_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_invention_of_lying_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: One of the fall’s funniest films—honest. Film Reviews 2009-09-30T12:55:12+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/zombieland_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/zombieland_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: A bloody, disgusting blast. Film Reviews 2009-09-30T12:36:31+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/pandorum_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/pandorum_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: In space, no one can you hear scream. But they can probably hear snoring. Film Reviews 2009-09-30T12:19:02+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_soloist_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_soloist_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Excellent if flawed film version of LA Times columnist Steve Lopez’s series on his relationship with a schizophrenic homeless man. Film Reviews 2009-09-23T09:24:19+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/away_we_go_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/away_we_go_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Terrific performances make this tender if slight little film worth the trip. Film Reviews 2009-09-17T06:53:32+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/cloudy_with_a_chance_of_meatballs_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/cloudy_with_a_chance_of_meatballs_--_film_review/ ...it’s the most satisfying and original non-Pixar CG animated movie to hit screens in a while. Film Reviews 2009-09-17T06:47:03+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/miss_march_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/miss_march_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Forget March, this one misses by a mile. Film Reviews 2009-09-09T13:43:40+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/julie_and_julia_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/julie_and_julia_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: One sings, the other doesn’t Film Reviews 2009-09-08T16:33:22+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/film_review_--_gamer/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/film_review_--_gamer/ The audience gets played in “Gamer.” Film Reviews 2009-09-08T16:15:52+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/district_9_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/district_9_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: A genuinely original science fiction film that grabs you immediately, not letting go until the final shot. Film Reviews 2009-09-02T16:41:50+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_hurt_locker_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_hurt_locker_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: War made exciting Film Reviews 2009-08-25T14:04:47+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/500_days_of_summer_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/500_days_of_summer_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: A “what went wrong” romantic comedy that is smart and funny but never solves the mystery since the woman isn’t asked. Film Reviews 2009-08-25T11:28:16+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/funny_people_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/funny_people_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: A more mature but still funny Judd Apatow comedy whose move into serious human relation issues nearly scuttles the third act. Film Reviews 2009-08-25T11:16:10+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/broken_embraces_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/broken_embraces_--_film_review/ Penelope Cruz stars in ‘Broken Embraces’, the latest film from Spanish maestro, Pedro Almodóvar. Film Reviews 2009-08-25T10:52:26+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/film_review_--_sin_nombre/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/film_review_--_sin_nombre/ Bottom Line: Intense Spanish-language feature debut intrigues but doesn’t quite gel. Film Reviews 2009-08-20T08:57:36+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/dance_flick_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/dance_flick_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Not a perfect 10, but the Wayans crew hit their mark more than they miss. Film Reviews 2009-08-18T14:38:05+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/imagine_that_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/imagine_that_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Eddie Murphy and young Yara Shahidi make a strong comic pair in this amusing family film. Film Reviews 2009-08-12T10:07:01+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_time_travelers_wife_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/the_time_travelers_wife_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: “Ghost” meets “Love Story” meets “Back to the Future”—too much meeting and not enough emotional truth. Film Reviews 2009-08-12T09:39:10+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/shorts_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/shorts_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: CGI goes wild in this sometimes over-the-top family film from Robert Rodriguez. Film Reviews 2009-08-12T08:52:13+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/inglourious_basterds_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/inglourious_basterds_--_film_review/ Bottom line: A surprisingly tame war movie from the king of pulp fiction Quentin Tarantino. Film Reviews 2009-08-12T08:47:53+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/aliens_in_the_attic_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/aliens_in_the_attic_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: Amusing family comedy about kids battling space aliens upstairs while the grown-ups remain downstairs, oblivious to this war of the worlds. Film Reviews 2009-08-11T08:46:08+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/orphan_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/orphan_--_film_review/ If you’re not easily offended or upset, there is much to enjoy in Orphan Film Reviews 2009-08-11T08:41:48+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/bandslam_--_film_review/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/bandslam_--_film_review/ Bottom Line: This savvy, music-fueled high school comedy really rocks. Film Reviews 2009-08-11T08:34:11+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/coco_before_chanel/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/coco_before_chanel/ Bottom Line: Love triangle brings shape, sense and sparkle to story of Chanel’s early life. Film Reviews 2009-08-11T08:29:54+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/review_revolutionary_road_2009/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/review_revolutionary_road_2009/ Revolutionary Road (2009) is one of those films that, when you step out of the cinema into the glaring amber lights of the street, stays with you for days to come. Not necessarily because it is the best movie you have ever seen, or because it is a spectacle so far removed from your own life that it is a place you want to escape to, but because in the lives of the protagonists and the situation they are in there is an uncomfortable overlap with your own life… Film Reviews 2009-02-08T08:59:00+00:00 http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/slumdog_millionaire/ http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/ee2/index.php?/OCG/article_filmreview/slumdog_millionaire/ Film Review for the Danny Boyle film. Film Reviews 2009-01-16T08:49:02+00:00