Natalie Portman

Review: Brothers

Is it just me, or has there not been a good comedy out in months? Thanks very much, Oscar season, for a series of thoughtful, harrowing dramas that put you right off your popcorn in the harsh, cold light of day. Yeah gang, let's all go to the movies on a Friday night! That'll be fun! (*sigh*)

Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan just got interesting

Though you shouldn't need any extras reason to be excited about the new film from the director of The Wrestler, how about a little girl-on-girl action? It's true what they say: lesbian sex really brightens up a ballet story.

Review: V For Vendetta

“What we need right now is a clear message to the people of this country. This message must be read in every newspaper, heard on every radio, seen on every television. I want this country to realise that we stand on the edge of oblivion. I want everyone to remember why they need us!” The words here are being spoken, nay, bark...

Review: Closer

Four painfully attractive people meet each other and proceed to jump into each other’s beds like an inter-continental gang bang - on paper, Closer sounds awful, like one of those British films starring a Fiennes brother where you want each and every person involved to suffer a horrible and torturous death. However, on film, Clo...

Review: STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH

Of all the emotions us rapidly ageing cinemagoers feel towards George Lucas, pity is not likely to be a popular one. But give the poor guy a break. Reviving the Star Wars series and going back to tell the origins of the characters we grew up with may never even have been a good idea in the first place, but it was one hell of a...