A horrific, almost literal adaptation of the timeless ballet Swan Lake, Darren Aronofsky’s evocative thriller Black Swan tells the story of Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman), a talented ballerina selected for the leading role in the company’s production of Tchaikovsky’s classic.

A driven perfectionist, Nina is the White Swan personified, yet ballet director Thomas (Vincent Cassel) stresses that she lacks the emotional resilience and passion that it takes [...]

Whoever made the Nine trailer deserves an award, what an amazing teaser! Unfortunately most of the film doesn’t live up to any expectations of Rob Marshall or the plethora of high calibre actors within the film. Adapted from the stage musical of the same name which was based on Fellini’s 8 ½.

Some might argue that Rob Marshall in his previous musical Chicago, actually took something big and made it better. However second time around it doesn’t seem like Nine is really capitalising on its huge potential and previous history.