MICMACS

Directed by Jean Pierre Jeunet
Starring Danny Boon, André Dossollier, Nicholas Marie, Jean Pierre Marielle, Yolande Moreau

★★★

Jeunet is back! I for one (and a good number of others I expect) experience a certain rush of excitement upon hearing the news that Jean Pierre Jeunet is to release a new film. Aside from being an avid fan of the man, I guess it’s got something to do with the length of time between his projects and the fact that until he has a film out, there is not going to be anything quite like one in the interim. Continue reading MICMACS

Paranormal Activity

Starring Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat
Directed by Oren Peli

★★★

2009 has shown itself to be a promising year for the horror film; after the Asian wave of originality had just about run dry and Hollywood’s best answer was to remake nearly all of those films one by one and scene by scene, the future was looking decidedly bleak. Then earlier this year hopes were significantly raised with the arrival of superb Swedish vampire yarn, Let the Right One. Now Paranormal Activity ensures that the year also closes on a reasuring high. Continue reading Paranormal Activity