Author Archives: Paul Gallagher

Somers Town

August 22nd, 2008 | by Paul Gallagher

After the critical recognition and BAFTA success of the intense and powerfully moving This Is England, Shane Meadows’ new film


Elegy

August 8th, 2008 | by Paul Gallagher

Elegy is Hollywood’s newest attempt at bringing Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Philip Roth’s writing to the screen. Adapted from his novel


Man On Wire

August 1st, 2008 | by Paul Gallagher

The thing about walking on a tightrope – from the little experience I’ve had – is that if you make


Baby Mama

July 25th, 2008 | by Paul Gallagher

Baby Mama is a film in danger of going completely unnoticed in UK cinemas this summer. Its two stars, Tina


WALL-E

July 18th, 2008 | by Paul Gallagher

You could be forgiven for feeling somewhat short-changed by blockbuster filmmakers at this point in 2008; it’s been a lukewarm


In Search of a Midnight Kiss

June 13th, 2008 | by Paul Gallagher

This micro-budgeted drama, set in LA over New Year’s Eve 2005, has an air of over-familiarity to its set-up; Wilson


Casanova

February 17th, 2006 | by Paul Gallagher

Casanova, or more acurately, Lasse Hallström’s continuing adventures in mediocrity, is something of a castrated beast. For any sense of


Seducing Doctor Lewis

January 1st, 2006 | by Paul Gallagher

Arriving on these shores a few years after its completion, Seducing Dr Lewis is a little French-Canadian film that has



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