In the decadent court of pre-revolutinary Versailles an unwitting newly arrived aristo must take part in games of witty repartee and sexual intrigue in order to obtain royal backing and aid to drain his swamp-ridden estate and improve the lot of his impoverished serfs. He soon develops a razor wit and acid tongue in this excellent and biting costumed satire detailing the deceit and moral destitution of pre-Revolutionary Versaille. find out more...

Tim Burton brings Stephen Sondheim's musical prodigy to the big screen and as you'd expect he does a beautiful and atmospheric job of it. Both Depp and Carter revel in the opportunity given to them and the tale has a gloriously dark, gruesomely humourous tone, which brings me on to my own personal issues… the modern musical; much of the the of dialogue in Sweeney Todd is sung and there is just so much lilting 'mockney' cockney I can take. I can accept this is hugely entertaining film, it's just find out more...