Month: May 2012

Declaration of War

Original title: La guerre est déclarée A quirky and upbeat film about… cancer. Hmm. But before you switch off, this is based on a couple’s true story and stars the couple as versions of themselves. Bit weird, yes. French, obviously. As Juliette (Valérie Donzelli, also the director/co-writer) takes her eight-year-old son Adam into a hospital… Read More Declaration of War

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The Woman in Black

Widowed and depressed lawyer Arthur (Daniel Radcliffe) is sent to a remote village to sort out the paperwork in a deceased woman’s crumbling old manor house. There, instead of supermarket coupons and catalogues full of velour comfortwear (this is vaguely Edwardian in setting) he discovers ghostly and malevolent goings-on, not to mention ominous violin music… Read More The Woman in Black

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