Film

If you’re into Fair Go, James Bond or Midsomer Murders, you’ll be into a bit of this. Erasing David is David Bond’s first feature film; a ‘docu-drama’ of surveillance and control. Weaving Orwellian themes of compliance vs resistance…

The documentary A Small Act follows the story of a former sponsor child, Chris Mburu, who, having gained a law degree at Harvard and work at the United Nations, finds himself back in his childhood Kenyan village…

Diane Lane stars in Secretariat, a story about a remarkable woman, Penny Chenery-Tweedy, in the tough and male-dominated sport of horse racing. A story extremely well known in the US of A, as Big Red is the equivalent of Phar Lap here…

I can personally say there will be a very high calibre of film-making being showcased throughout the duration of the 2011 Documentary Edge Festival. I would love to see them all (though I know I can’t). Here are five I definitely want to see…

Gazza is your typical Kiwi dad – embarrassing and a bit annoying at times, but essentially a very loyal and devoted father who only wants the best for his kids – even if he gets a little confused at times as to what that might mean…

Voyage of the Dawn Treader was never going to be an easy book to translate to film. It is a book that doesn’t have a lot going on – though it is a great book- so I was always interested in how it was going to follow the other two films…

TRON Legacy has to be one of the most ancipated sequels ever. And one with the longest gap from the original – aside from the prequel Star Wars films – but we don’t like to talk about those. And now there is TRON Legacy 28 years later…

Black Swan was always going to be an interesting watch. Darren Aronofsky, whose past directorial jobs come with ‘controversial’ written all over them, should just concentrate on making a good film, not trying to shock the audience every time…

It is a really accurate character study of two reasonably complicated individuals. But seriously, Anne Hathaway’s breasts are out so much in the first half I wouldn’t be surprised if they end up getting a nomination for best supporting actress…

Kids animated films are often pitched all wrong; as they are often too scary, or have bad storylines, but Tangled is simply not a film with gimmicks at all. It has a lovely hand drawn quality to it, and although obviously pitched at girls in general…