Latest Blog Posts for Clapperboard Film Reviews

• The Help
  on Nov 3, 2011 in The Help
  This film should never have been made. In fact, it's a sad testament to humanity that it was. I don't mean that it's a bad film: merely that the events portrayed in the film are based on fact. The film shouldn't have been made because there shouldn't...
• The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
  on Nov 1, 2011 in The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
  First off, let me hold my hands up and say that I haven't read any of the Tintin Adventures and I'm sure I'm missing out on a rich, vibrant and exciting series of comic books which have been lovingly read by generations. So it was with this general i...
• We Need To Talk About Kevin
  on Oct 25, 2011 in We Need To Talk About Kevin
  Some things in life are scary. That creaking floorboard you hear in the middle of the night. The moment you realise you've forgotten to do your homework. The first time you meet your future in-laws. Gordon Brown's smile. All of these can instil fear...
• Johnny English Reborn
  on Oct 20, 2011 in Johnny English Reborn
  I never know which is better: to see something you've been looking forward to and for it to disappoint you, or to never see that something and to hold a happy idea in your head of what it would be like. To be honest, I wish I had never set foot in th...
• Midnight In Paris
  on Oct 13, 2011 in Midnight In Paris
  Paris. 2010. A man, Gil, wanders the streets aimlessly. He is lost and slightly drunk, but fully relaxed and untroubled. He loves Paris at night. He stops on the corner of a street. A nearby church chimes midnight and a car is heard approaching. The...
• Drive
  on Oct 7, 2011 in Drive
  I've never really liked excessive gore. Loyal readers who have read my Final Destination 5 review will know that by now. It's not that I'm squeamish or offended by brain matter being splattered against a bathroom wall or someone's eyes being gauged o...
• Warrior
  on Sep 30, 2011 in Warrior
  Rarely have I been in an audience which, at the end of a film, remains in total silence. Usually as soon as the last line is said, the last plot point is concluded and the characters walk off into the sunset to live happily ever after, there is a sud...
• Jane Eyre
  on Sep 23, 2011 in Jane Eyre
  Still the staple (and perhaps the bane) of many a school child's English classes, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre has been adapted for the big screen for what seems like the gazillionth time. Directed by Cary Fukunaga, the film tells the story of Jane E...
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  on Sep 17, 2011 in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  I've thought long and hard about how to start this review but for some reason I can't seem to find the words to say what I want to say about Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Based on the novel by John le Carré, the film follows Smiley (Gary Oldman – bet...
• Final Destination 5
  on Sep 1, 2011 in Final Destination 5
  I am now the proud owner of a pair of 3D glasses, which cost me the princely sum of 80p. I would have much preferred to spend the money on getting my teeth pulled with a piece of string and a heavy door. It was not through choice that I saw Final Des...

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