Natalie Portman

Review: Hesher

Earlier this year on one of my weekly trips to Amazon to buy DVDs I definitely don't need, I stumbled across a film that I've been waiting to hit UK cinemas for years now. Spencer Sussman's black comedy Hesher was the talk of the festival circuit in 2010, but now finds itself ungamely shunted onto DVD shelves without so much as an apologetic press release. No film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Oscar-winner Natalie Portman (star of "The Black Swan" according to the DVD cover) and Rainn Wilson deserves such a fate: Hesher deserves more than one of Matt's DVD round-ups ("I haven't seen it, but...") so here's my review in full.

Natalie Portman's Black Swan body double is kind of a b

The dancer who provided the moves for Black Swan has revealed that Natalie Portman didn't contribute as much as previously stated. "Wah wah wah, where's my Oscar?" she said. I'm paraphrasing, obviously.

Review: No Strings Attached

I'm not about to make apologies for No Strings Attached - it's a soulless movie with zero charm and almost no merits; a film which, if deleted from existence, wouldn't even make the smallest ripple in the space-time continuum. However, speaking from Natalie Portman's point of view, I can understand why she made it. After 12 months of hardcore ballet training for Black Swan, she just wanted to slum it. Acting opposite Ashton Kutcher is the equivalent of dropping down a year in school for someone like her.

Thor! Thor! THOR!

In which Kenneth Branagh, cunning linguist and Shakespeare mouthpiece, resorts to showcasing topless hunks and telling Facebook jokes. This thucks.

Review: Black Swan

How to describe Black Swan? Ballet-based lesbionic headfuck just about does it - there certainly aren't too many pigeon holes you can bash this particular peg into. Though it touches on a number of genres and encapsulates several themes, Black Swan is best viewed as a horror movie - a slow creep into insanity that's touching and terrifying in equal measure.

I wonder if they'll fall in love

Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher get raunchy in the red-band No Strings Attached trailer. I foresee this being an uncomplicated relationship!

Thor trailer hits the web

It's hammer time.

Black Swan trailer is crazy, sexy, features hot girls making out

Darren Aronofsky returns with his follow up to The Wrestler, and... um... Did I just see Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis making out in that trailer? (*swoon*)

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.