The Mouse Trap: How Disney got all Tangled up
Tangled is released in the UK this week, supported by a heavy marketing campaign promoting it as the 50th theatrically-released film from Disney ...
Tag: Flixist UK
Paddy Considine leads Brit success at Sundance
Paddy Considine is one of the most acclaimed British character actors of his generation, having starred in such a wide variety of films ...
Ricky Gervais rips Hollywood a new one at Golden Globes
Hollywood likes to imagine it can poke fun at itself, but Ricky Gervais’ hosting of the Golden Globes last night proved to be ...
Reviews
Review: The King’s Speech
Though they may not be as widely admired as in days gone by, the enduring global fascination with the British monarchy manifests itself ...
Reviews
Review: Another Year
Where Mike Leigh’s previous film Happy-Go-Lucky was seen as a change of direction for the celebrated British director, edging away from the grim ...
UK Review: London Boulevard
The confusing title is the first of London Boulevard‘s many problems and emblematic of all of them. It sounds good, with some retro ...
Reviews
Review: Burke & Hare
[A version of this article was originally posted on November 12th 2010. It is being republished ahead of the movie’s US release tomorrow] ...
Reviews
Review: Four Lions
Having cemented his reputation as the bête noire of British television with a no-taboo-too-big approach to comedy that culminated in the ‘paedophile special’ ...
London Film Festival: Awards and Round-up
The 54th BFI London Film Festival concluded this week and with it, Flixist’s coverage. Spanning fourteen films over the past eleven days – ...
Reviews
London Film Festival Review: Black Swan
The final film in Flixist’s London Film Festival coverage will also be director Darron Aronofsky’s last before moving into the realm of big-budget ...
London Film Festival Review: Biutiful
AlejandroIñárritu was on the receiving end of his first critical slapping for Babel, a film whose story spanned the globe but only returned ...
Reviews
London Film Festival Review: Cold Fish
Director Shion Sono has claimed that his film is loosely based on a true story, that of dog breeder Gen Sekine who was ...