http://www.theleglesscritic.com/ The Legless Critic en Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:09:00 GMT Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:09:00 GMT info@theleglesscritic.com info@theleglesscritic.com http://www.theleglesscritic.com/images/the-legless-critic.gif http://www.theleglesscritic.com/ http://www.theleglesscritic.com/dragontattoo/ BASED on the acclaimed novel by late Swedish author Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a cleverly constructed murder mystery that keeps the viewer guessing. While waiting... http://www.theleglesscritic.com/dragontattoo/#comments http://www.theleglesscritic.com/dragontattoo/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:09:00 GMT http://www.theleglesscritic.com/nowhere-boy/ NATURALLY, the life of John Lennon after he became one of the most famous people on Earth is well documented, but his tumultuous childhood has rarely been investigated in film... http://www.theleglesscritic.com/nowhere-boy/#comments http://www.theleglesscritic.com/nowhere-boy/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:34:00 GMT http://www.theleglesscritic.com/dg/ THIS year marks the 155th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde, and it's a powerful testament to the man that his work still stands up today. This latest retelling... http://www.theleglesscritic.com/dg/#comments http://www.theleglesscritic.com/dg/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:39:00 GMT http://www.theleglesscritic.com/vdl/ IN 1822, eight desperate convicts escaped from the harshest penal colony in the world on the remote west coast of Tasmania. Based on the shocking confessions of an Irish thief... http://www.theleglesscritic.com/vdl/#comments http://www.theleglesscritic.com/vdl/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:26:00 GMT http://www.theleglesscritic.com/ph/ PURPORTING to be making a documentary on the nature of love, stand-up comedian Charlyne Yi travels across the US interviewing real people about romance. Along the way, she meets Hollywood... http://www.theleglesscritic.com/ph/#comments http://www.theleglesscritic.com/ph/ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:57:00 GMT http://www.theleglesscritic.com/anvil/ ANVIL is the biggest rock band you've never heard of. Formed in Toronto, Canada in 1978 by best friends Steve 'Lips' Kudlow and Robb Reiner, they influenced the likes of... http://www.theleglesscritic.com/anvil/#comments http://www.theleglesscritic.com/anvil/ Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:09:00 GMT http://www.theleglesscritic.com/rc/ THE word 'epic' gets thrown around a lot, but it certainly applies to John Woo's spectacular Red Cliff. Set in China in 208AD, the movie is based on historical events... http://www.theleglesscritic.com/rc/#comments http://www.theleglesscritic.com/rc/ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:21:00 GMT http://www.theleglesscritic.com/the-escapist/ FRANK (Brian Cox) is a lifer in a tough London jail, where a vicious bastard named Rizza (Damian Lewis) runs the show, dealing drugs and enforcing the criminal pecking order... http://www.theleglesscritic.com/the-escapist/#comments http://www.theleglesscritic.com/the-escapist/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:24:00 GMT http://www.theleglesscritic.com/disgrace/ BASED on the novel of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author JM Coetzee, Disgrace is a brutally honest look at post-Apartheid South Africa, as seen through the eyes of... http://www.theleglesscritic.com/disgrace/#comments http://www.theleglesscritic.com/disgrace/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:19:00 GMT http://www.theleglesscritic.com/mary-and-max/ FIVE years ago, Aussie writer/director Adam Elliot won an Oscar for his short claymation film Harvie Krumpet. Now he's back with his first feature-length movie and an all-star cast of... http://www.theleglesscritic.com/mary-and-max/#comments http://www.theleglesscritic.com/mary-and-max/ Fri, 15 May 2009 01:32:00 GMT http://www.theleglesscritic.com/defiance/ IN 1941, the Belarusian Bielski brothers took on Hitler's invading army and managed to save more than a thousand fellow Jews from certain death at the hands of the SS... http://www.theleglesscritic.com/defiance/#comments http://www.theleglesscritic.com/defiance/ Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:33:00 GMT http://www.theleglesscritic.com/pumping-iron-1977/ FILMED during the lead-up to the 1975 Mr Universe and Mr Olympia bodybuilding contests in Pretoria, South Africa, the main reason this well-made documentary is considered a classic is because... http://www.theleglesscritic.com/pumping-iron-1977/#comments http://www.theleglesscritic.com/pumping-iron-1977/ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:42:00 GMT http://www.theleglesscritic.com/ltb/ FOR his directorial debut, Hollywood star and all-round top bloke Eric Bana picked a subject close to his heart - his first car. The result is an emotionally charged documentary... http://www.theleglesscritic.com/ltb/#comments http://www.theleglesscritic.com/ltb/ Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:54:00 GMT http://www.theleglesscritic.com/reader/ WHEN 15-year-old Michael Berg (played brilliantly by David Kross) gets sick on his way home from school in 1950s West Germany, a pretty 30-something tram conductor named Hanna (Kate Winslet... http://www.theleglesscritic.com/reader/#comments http://www.theleglesscritic.com/reader/ Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:46:00 GMT http://www.theleglesscritic.com/hn/ BY THE early 1950s, people knew exactly what to expect from a western. The clean-cut good guy in the crisp white hat would inevitably defeat the snarling bad guy in... http://www.theleglesscritic.com/hn/#comments http://www.theleglesscritic.com/hn/ Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:45:00 GMT