emily mortimer

A microcosm of a decadent and brilliant age, now long gone, Bright Young Things is a gaudy, spangled delight. An adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel Vile Bodies, the film is an insight into the sybaritic lives of a handful of wealthy…

I suppose the new horror / thriller Mary, from American director Michael Doi, proves one thing if nothing else - namely that you shouldn't set your expectations too high. Based around the premise that parts of the original Mary Celeste…

There's a bit with some kids, a bit with some kids who have grown up and a bit with that dude from The Kings Speech.

Even though Emily Blunt has had only three film credits to her name this year, she is already getting award buzz for two particular performances. One is her performance as Evelyn in A Quiet Place, and another is her portrayal of P.L.…

At one point in The Party - the new, viciously dark, comic drama written and directed by filmmaker Sally Potter, a character called April (Patricia Clarkson) tells her partner Gottfried (Bruno Ganz) to "shut up" as his "cliches are…

It is hard to ignore a film boasting a cast including Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Michelle Dockery and Emily Mortimer, especially when it is based on a novel that won the Booker Award in 2011. However, with such a complex narrative…

I really didn't know what to expect when I finally managed to see Hugo. I'd seen the trailers in the cinema and had assumed it was a family movie but that was all I knew. I didn't know the plot details, apart from seeing that an automaton…

Since the massive success of James Cameron's Avatar, 3D has become a key element of today's cinema, despite the mixed reactions. From the "retrofitted" conversions to the actual shooting of the format, 3D is for the most part, a gimmick.…

A boy film historian Martin Scorsese's Hugo is a serious, lush movie made for children and would-be children from a book (by Brian Selznick) that follows from the director's own long preoccupation with preserving the fragile artifacts of…

Horror fans, for the most part, have been very excited ever since the announcement that Scream 4 was a go. The movie, released in cinemas this week (April 15th is the big day, I believe, and you can check out the trailer here), has a hell…