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Monthly Archives: September 2009
News Hound | 30 September 2009
Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – so you don’t have to get your paws dirty… Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedy Brüno has been banned in Malaysia for its gay … Continue reading
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The Best view | Luc Besson, Nikita & le Cinéma du look
Luc Besson is better known these days as the producer of high-octane Euro thrillers in the Taxi and Transporter series, but from the mid-1980s to the mid-90s he was one of the principal exponents of the so-called Cinéma du look, … Continue reading
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Tagged Amélie, Angel-A, Anne Parillaud, Atlantis, Betty Blue, Big Blue, Cinéma du look, Diva, Dollhouse, Eliza Dushku, Eric Serra, Jean Reno, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Jeanne Moreau, La Femme Nikita, Last Battle, Léon, Leos Carax, Luc Besson, Natalie Portman, Pulp Fiction, quentin tarantino, Rie Rasmussen, subway, Taxi, Transporter
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Pete’s Peek | Mr Halloween v Dr Chopper
Here’s a Halloween double-bill from the folks at MVM that will certainly give you the shivers, but not in the way you may think. First up is Mr Halloween. In the non-descript town of Sauquoit, New York, locals believe the … Continue reading
Pete’s Peek | Zom-Com Wasting Away on DVD
Brain freeze has never been so bad once you’ve tasted Ale Cream, as four friends inadvertently eat some radioactive ice-cream, turning them into zombies. Only problem is they don’t see themselves as the undead, but as super soldiers. And that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Return of the Living Dead, Wasting Away, Zombies
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Pete’s Peek | Tony Manero
It’s 1978 and General Pinochet’s military dictatorship has a tight grip on Chile and its citizens. In the midst of this, fifty-something Raul and an amateur group of dancers perform dance routines from Saturday Night Fever at a small bar … Continue reading
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Pete’s Peek | Skins meets Scream in Tormented
Being a fan of revenge movies, especially ones where the bullied school outsider gets to kill off their classmates in gruesome fashion (à la the 1974 classic Twisted Brain), I was looking forward to this homegrown horror. And I wasn’t … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings | Dirty Dancing – a weekend of Patrick Swayze
Across the UK today, a film I am strangely keen to see is opening at select Picturehouse/City Screen cinemas. Morris: A Life With Bells On is a mockumentary about that traditional English hankies and bells leaping activity known as Morris … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings | Ghost – a weekend of Patrick Swayze
Following Patrick Swayze’s death last week, the channels here in the UK have all jumped at the chance to show his repertoire of TV shows and films. Hardly surprising of course. It was bound to happen. On the morning the … Continue reading
The Best view | Creation – Classy biopic of Charles Darwin ruffles the feathers of evolution deniers
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection has been described (by philosopher Daniel Dennett) as “the single best idea that anyone has ever had”. That it’s also the most explosive idea anyone has ever had is confirmed by the fuss … Continue reading
News Muse – Wanna live forever?
So with the brand new, all-singing, all-dancing 2009 version of Fame coming to a cinema near you today, News Muse couldn’t resist the chance to debate the insidious effect of celebrity culture on the younger generation and the toll it … Continue reading
