Tag: movie review
Scene On Film: 'Skyfall'
By Joan Ellis
Bond to a beauty: “I like you better without your Beretta.” Skyfall is first-rate James Bond from beginning to end.
Writers Neal Purvis, Robert...
Scene On Film: 'The Other Son'
By Joan Ellis
It is likely that you will leave your own life behind and simply disappear into The Other Son. This is a story...
Scene On Film: 'The Flat'
By Joan Ellis
Doesn’t the richness of history lie in the footnotes? It’s there that we find the memories and stories that make our past come...
Scene On Film: 'Taken 2'
By Joan Ellis
Taken 2 opens with scenes of gentle warmth before plunging suddenly into unrelenting violence. The mayhem is entirely physical – guns, knives,...
Scene On Film: 'Argo'
By Joan Ellis
Ben Affleck has hit a thundering home run with Argo.
As director and principal actor, he has managed to avoid excess and melodrama...
Scene On Film: 'Trouble with the Curve'
By Joan Ellis
Would tolerance have come more easily if Trouble with the Curve had been released before instead of after the ordeal of watching...
Scene On Film: 'The Master'
By Joan Ellis
At the risk of being consigned to the dustbin, I will tell you about The Master, a movie Rolling Stone – among...
Scene On Film: 'Arbitrage'
By Joan Ellis
Arbitrage brings the Wall Street predators of today’s headlines to vivid life. In an unexpectedly strong performance, Richard Gere creates Robert Miller, a...
Scene On Film: 'The Words'
By Joan Ellis
The Words slipped into town on a raft of mediocre reviews and little hype. What a surprise then to enjoy every frame of...
Scene On Film: 'The Intouchables'
By Joan Ellis
The Intouchables is lifted high by two actors who know how to transcend the ordinary. Francois Cluzet and Omar Sy repeatedly reach for...
