The Oxford Times | Cinema/TV

Parky at the Pictures (In Cinemas 9/2/2012)

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:35:54 +0000

Reviews of A Dangerous Method; Casablanca; and Girl Model

Parky at the Pictures (DVD 9/2/2012)

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:33:58 +0000

Reviews of Castle of the Living Dead; Conspiracy of Hearts; A Day to Remember; Deadline at Dawn; Every Girl Should Be Married; Girl on Approval; The Great Game; Her Private Hell; The High Bright Sun; Hunted; Mermaids of Tiburon; Mr District Attorney; Miss Tulip Stays the Night; New York Confidential; The Rocking Horse Winner; The Shakedown; The Spy in Black; The Stoty of Shirley Yorke; The Three Musketeers; and Violent Playground

The Woman in Black and The Muppets

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:53:43 +0000

Less is certainly more in The Woman in Black, a chilling film version of the novel by Susan Hill, which has been re-imagined as a television movie, a radio series and a hit stage play in the 30 years since its publication.

Parky at the Pictures (In Cinemas 2/2/2012)

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:35:15 +0000

Reviews of Carnage; Tsar; Best Laid Plans; and Bombay Beach

Parky at the Pictures (DVD 2/2/2012)

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:33:26 +0000

Reviews of Tosca; Der Rosenkavalier; Underwater Love; Eating Out: Drama Camp; Longhorns; Judas Kiss; The One; Harvest; and Buffering

Young Adult and Carnage

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:09:32 +0000

Gentlemen don’t prefer blondes in Young Adult, a scabrous black comedy about a faded beauty queen who clings on to the past to avoid acknowledging the loneliness and despair that hang over her like cheap perfume.

Parky at the Pictures (In Cinemas 26/1/2012)

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:34:54 +0000

Reviews of Patience (After Sebald); House of Tolerance; Acts of Godfrey; All's Well, Ends Well; and Mercenaries

Parky at the Pictures (DVD 26/1/2012)

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:32:53 +0000

Reviews of Blitz; Blood Out; Death Bell; Juice; The Rig; Setup; Shiver; South Central; and This Boy's Life

The Descendants and The Grey

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:23:09 +0000

Good things come to those who wait and it’s been an agonising seven years since writer-director Alexander Payne ventured to the sun-dappled vineyards of the quirky Oscar-winning comedy Sideways.

J. Edgar and W.E.

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:07:23 +0000

During a turbulent and contentious period in office spanning almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was instrumental in the fight against criminality in America.