5 min movie guide

  • THE FIRST BEAUTIFUL THING

    Bruno is a unhappy and somewhat troubled middle-aged college Professor living in Milan with a girlfriend he cannot commit too and the only way that he  makes his days bearable is by taking prescription drugs illegally obtained at a local park.  One day Valeria his sister turns up on his doorstep to tell him that…

  • FRANKENWEENIE

    Tim’s Burton’s latest attempt to scare us is a quite delightful homage to film noir that turns out to rather a tame spoof of a horror movie that makes one laugh rather than cower in fear. It’s a stop-motion animation (that I saw in 3D) about an ingenious young elementary school boy named Victor Frankenstein…

  • INDIE GAMES

    I readily confess that I am possibly not young enough to fully appreciate INDIE GAMES. It’s a new documentary about computer geeks who independently create video games which are very much a staple of daily life for young(er) people these days. (And judging by the film, some not so young too!) A pair of newbie filmmakers…

  • FOR ELLEN

    This is one of those annoying movies with a very small story that was dragged out far too long.  A rock musician was returning to his snow covered god-forsaken small home town to agree the final Divorce terms with his wife.  They included giving him half the value of the house, money he much needed…