Happy-Go-Lucky

British director Mike Leigh's latest is an uncharacteristic story about an indomitably joyful woman – a lovely state of being, perhaps, but not necessarily of dramatic interest.

"...in line at the grocery store) who parades about London wearing a perpetual smile, quirky outfits – complete with..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Cassandra's Dream

Woody Allen is still making movies at the rate of at least one a year. The problem is that he doesn’t make good movies at the rate of one a year.

"...consequences of immorality, this time the murder of a London man by two affable but down-on-their-luck British brothers, Ian..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Deep Water

The documentary Deep Water tells the white-knuckled true story of the first single-handed around-the-world yacht competition.

"...In the summer of 1968, The Sunday Times of London launched the competition and nine aspiring history-makers signed up...."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Eastern Promises

In Cronenberg's film about the Russian mob in London, the director and star Viggo Mortensen relates a corker of a story.

"...like several films at once. The story begins as London midwife Anna (Watts) delivers the baby of a very..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Provoked

What should have turned out as a terrific movie about the crime of spousal abuse has instead received the equivalent of a ham-handed molestation by director Jag Mundhra.

"...story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia (Rai), a Punjabi housewife in London, who after enduring 10 years of beatings and rape..."

June 8, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

28 Weeks Later

This continuing story of a populace that fears infection from a "rage virus," forges ahead with panic-paced sequences of graphic, random violence.

"...in real life, things are much, much worse now. London is dead, and the zombified hordes have eaten everyone..."

May 11, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Ken Loach paints a grim realist portrait that captures the solemnity of an Ireland turning on itself and the tragedy of two brothers spiraling away from each other.

"...in Ireland in 1920 whose plans to move to London are sidetracked by the Irish War for Independence, a..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Shut Up and Sing

The Dixie Chicks' struggle with the conflicting demands of art and commerce as portrayed in this documentary shows that they're still not ready to make nice.

"...of the Dixie Chicks during a 2003 concert in London. The group's show coincided with the imminent invasion of..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

Hide the lasagna: The fat, lazy cat – and his doppelgänger – is back.

"...them (talking farm animals! a sneering villain! topiary hedges! London scenery!) and nothing before them (Meyer and Hewitt are..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Kinky Boots

One man's ailing boot factory and a transvestite's need for extra-large thigh-highs become a perfect match in this British comedy about tolerance.

"...teams up with black transvestite Lola (Ejiofor), whose cross-dressing London cabaret is desperately in need of the titular, saucy..."

May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Yes

While the unconventional Yes doesn’t realize all of its artistic ambitions, its depiction of romantic passion still resonates.

"...much from the film’s narrative about an affair in London between an unhappily married American biologist (Allen) and an..."

July 29, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fever Pitch

Don’t go into the Farrelly brothers’ Fever Pitch seeking an adaptation along the lines of the merely Yankified remix of the Nick Hornby novel High Fidelity: This is not that – not even close.

"...and downs (mostly downs) of the legendary Highbury, North London, footballers Arsenal F.C., and which serves as the basis..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cursed

The latest from the Scream team hardly merits a weak yelp.

"...past, most notably John Landis’ An American Werewolf in London and most unlikely David Cronenberg’s Rabid (lycanthropism as an..."

March 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Being Julia

There are so few really great film roles written for middle-aged women that when one comes along and it stars the near-perfect Annette Bening, it’s disappointing that the rest of the movie does not equal her performance.

"...pedestrian and predictable. The story is set in 1938 London, which also raises the inevitable problem that always occurs..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Alfie

Jude Law's new Alfie is less tramp and more scamp: the modern metrosexual.

"...moving the nattily dressed chauffeur’s home base from swingin’ London to über-stylish Manhattan, the filmmakers have also attempted to..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Touch of Pink

This queercentric romantic comedy gets its inspiration from culture clash and the ghost of Cary Grant.

"...his devout Muslim mother, Nuru (Mathew), who’s come to London in the hopes of prodding him to return to..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Heart of Me

"...sisters in love with the same man in 1930s London. It’s all veddy stiff-upper-lip – this is romance from..."

July 25, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Swimming Pool

Ozon’s film is like Eric Rohmer meets Brian DePalma – questions of identity and perception come to the fore, but slowly.

"...the summer, she accepts, and the film shifts from London to Luberon, leaving behind the bustle and overcast skies..."

July 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What a Girl Wants

"...not knowing her pops, so off she goes to London to track down the father she never knew. Conveniently..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hours

"...Woolf (Kidman) creatively and spiritually suffocating in the 1923 London suburbs as she recuperates from a bout of debilitating..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Me Without You

"...up from grade-school confidantes into half-ass punks in Thatcher-era London and then finally into semi-lost twentysomethings, best friends Holly..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Intimacy

"...modern love lodged in a void, in this case London. The film has netted a raft of awards already,..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sexy Beast

"...a scheme that's happening a thousand miles away in London, but Ray, and DeeDee, aren't having it. The less..."

June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

High Fidelity

"...primary deviation from the book, which is set in London. Otherwise, lines of dialogue and the story's interior monologues..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The End of the Affair

"...though beautiful and thoughtful, lacks passion. Set in wartime London, the film jumps back and forth in time and..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Very Thought of You

"...thrown into a jumble when Martha, freshly arrived in London from Minneapolis, meets them each separately and they each..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Twice Upon a Yesterday

"...Douglas Henshall and Lena Headey. Two films set in London's quaintly upscale Notting Hill neighborhood within one month (the..."

June 18, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Metroland

"...(Secrets & Lies) star in the story of two London friends in the mid-Sixties who thumb their noses at..."

May 28, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Little Voice

"...honey, it's the real thing. Based on a successful London play written especially to showcase Horrocks' talent for mimicry,..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Shakespeare in Love

It's flighty, improbable stuff, meant not to be a historical restorative but a modern romantic tribute to the scribe whose words have launched a million sonnets.

"...introduced to him here, Shakespeare is just another scribbling London hack, who is suffering a bad case of writer's..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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