Dallas Buyers Club

For a film that is far from being perfect, Dallas Buyers Club is an entertaining watch. Credit goes entirely to Mathew McConaughey who is brilliant as Ron Woodroof - who throws everything into his personal fight with AIDS, driven by the commercial opportunities of beating the system. The film however struggles to develop any kind of real chemistry between Woodroof and the supporting characters. Jennifer Garner is hopeless and drags everything around her down. Jared Leto plays a dreamy transgender woman, Rayon, but remains just that - dreamy in appearance with no real depth in character. A film that engages but leaves you wondering how different it could have been.

Rating: * * +

Lonely Hearts

Ray Fernandez (Jared Leto) is a conman who sluices windows and lonely women of their life savings. But it is when beautiful Martha (Salma Hayek) enters his life that murder enters equation of the con jobs. This is when New York detective Elmer Robinson (John Travolta) starts to sniff their trail with help from his ample able partner, Charles (James Gandolfini). A chilling crime drama based on the true life of the "Lonely Heart Killers" who walked this Earth in the late 40s.

Rating: * * *