Cinema Review Archive: April 2010
A Nightmare On Elm Street
One, two, Freddy's coming for you. Ian Sandwell reviews the latest in a long line of horror remakes....
The Tango Singer
Argentinean cinematographer and director Diego Martinez Vignatti shows that sometimes it only takes one to tango.
Metropia
Vincent Gallo and Juliette Lewis are voice actors for this dark futuristic animated feature from Sweden.
Four Lions
Chris Morris chooses terrorism as the subject of his directorial debut; surely this can't be controversial?...
Moloch Tropical
Raoul Peck takes Sokurov's film version of Adolf Hitler's regime and applies it to contemporary Haiti.
Greenberg
Doing nothing, deliberately.
Clash of the Titans
The fondly-remembered 1981 Ray Harryhausen fantasy is re-imagined as a CGI blockbuster. Is it heaven-sent or hell-bound?...
Strigoi
The communist living-dead arise in Faye Jackson's Romanian located comedy-horror with a - dare I say it - bit of a bite.
Bluebeard
Catherine Breillat delves into the mythology of fairytales and puts a characteristic spin on an old tale.
Dogtooth
A disturbing tale of family dysfunction reminiscent of Michael Haneke, only with a (sick) sense of humour.
A Lake
The dark world of Philippe Grandrieux becomes even more abstract in the sensory overload of his latest film.
Adrift
Vincent Cassel stars in Heitor Dhalia's Brazilian beach melodrama of a young girl's coming of age.
Triage
Opening the Belfast Film Festival, Colin Farrell and Christopher Lee star in a new anti-war drama from Danis Tanovic.
Kick-Ass
You've already decided if you're outraged by its content but is Kick-Ass worthy of talking about? Ian Sandwell finds out....