Francis Lawrence

She goes to spy school, or something, and shows her boobs.

The concept of the Sparrows - attractive female spies trained to use their sexuality to compromise male targets - sounds like something that would be right at home in farcical espionage literature. Remember Xenia Onatopp from GoldenEye?

The novel on which The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I is based is, by a distance, the weakest of Susan Collins’ trilogy, so it is for commercial rather than artistic reasons Lionsgate have resolved on a two part treatment. That worked for…

 "Hunger Games" 2: more of the same -- only,  some think, better (I don't) Everyone is so eager to say the second Hunger Games movie ("Cathing Fire ") is even better than the first  the first. Why do they say that? Anyway it's just assumed…

Before we get to the main body of my review, I need to address a few things. First of all, remember that I liked The Hunger Games. I reviewed it on my blog and gave it 6/10, which I think is a fair score. Second, since when did "well,…

The dreaded sequel to a first instalment is the make-or-break point in any film franchise.  Most have a tendency to be inferior to the original film, but then once in a while, you get a sequel that exceeds all expectations or even better…

I Am Legend is the most recent of the cinematic adaptations of the Richard Matheson tale and it's also, in oh so many ways, the worst. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that even I Am Omega is slightly better than this film because at least…

Water for Elephants is more than a love story, it’s a tale about overcoming the odds and turning supposed failure into success. After a tragic accident leaves both of his parents dead, Jacob (Robert Pattinson) leaves school—along with…

Based on a novel of the same name by Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants is a majestically mounted period picture. Set in a superlatively depicted depression era Circus, the film aspires to operate as a swooning romance, but genuinely finds…