Film
The Skinny magazine film guide. We bring you the latest new releases, UK film festivals, previews, reviews, exclusive interviews with film directors and actors, opinion pieces and film features.
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CineskinnyMillar Time: Superheroes Take On The Arthouse
Mark Millar, the comic book writer behind The Ultimates and Kick-Ass, talks to The Skinny about bringing superheroes to the festival crowd, his Weegie superhero movie and an onanistic Peter Parker Read more »| 02 Feb 2011 -
Film Events
Film Events – February 2011
For the romantics out there, head to the GFT on Valentine's Day (14 Feb) and take your pick of four love stories, ranging from the classic to the contemporar... Read more »| 31 Jan 2011 -
New Releases
The Fighter
Micky Ward (Wahlberg) is a plucky welterweight who’s been given a rough deal in life – his family. His manager/mother Alice (Leo) and his trainer... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Town
In his directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, Ben Affleck returned to the working class milieu of his breakthrough role in Good Will Hunting (which he co-wrote w... Read more »| 24 Jan 2011 -
Dvd ReviewsMan Hunt
Tired of four-legged prey, legendary hunter Captain Thorndike (Walter Pidgeon) sets his sights on bigger game, sneaking behind German lines to acquire Hitler... Read more »| 24 Jan 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
The Switch
“It's how everybody's doing it these days.” So says Debbie (Lewis) of the 'I'm getting pregnant party' during which her friend Kassie (Aniston) w... Read more »| 21 Jan 2011
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New Releases
The Green Hornet
During the 1930s families would gather round their crackling wireless to hear the radio adventures of a playboy billionaire turned crime fighter, but this wa... Read more »| 19 Jan 2011 -
New Releases
The Reef
Sharks are scary. Almost the perfect movie villains. There's no dialogue to worry about, no fiendish plan to come up with, and all they have to do is threate... Read more »| 17 Jan 2011 -
New Releases
NEDS
What the fuck are you lookin' at? Did I say you could read my review? Did I? The Non-Educated Delinquent: aggressive, confrontational, relentlessly pressing ... Read more »| 14 Jan 2011 -
New Releases
Blue Valentine
In Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine we witness both the birth and death of a relationship. Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams) have been toget... Read more »| 10 Jan 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
The Other Guys
Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg) and Allen Gamble (Ferrell) are mismatched partners in the New York detective bureau. Hoitz's contempt for spineless bureaucrat Gamble ... Read more »| 10 Jan 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
I'm Still Here
With the release of I'm Still Here it became clear that there was method to Joaquin Phoenix's madness. Method acting. His two year odyssey to become a rapper... Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
22 Bullets
Luc Besson and Jean Reno take another shot at the French gangster thriller. Retired crime boss Charly (Reno), who has turned his back on the underworld, surv... Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
A Serbian Film
Milos is a retired porn star who is lured out of retirement for one last skinflick by the promise of a paycheck that will set his family up for life. The cat... Read more »| 06 Jan 2011 -
New Releases
Tron: Legacy
When Steven Lisberger’s Tron first hit cinemas in 1982 the world was a very different place. Cutting edge computer technology had only just allowed for... Read more »| 05 Jan 2011