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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Pete’s Peek | Catch George A Romero’s gory masterpiece Day of the Dead on Blu-ray
When George Romero began making Day of the Dead in the mid-1980s, flesh-eating ghouls were a dime a dozen and the novelty was starting to wear with filmgoers and a burgeoning new market – home video. While Euro-horrors Zombie Flesh … Continue reading
Posted in DVD Releases, Pete's Peek
Tagged 25th Anniversary, Arrow Video, Day of the Dead, George A Romero
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At the Cinema | No One Knows About Persian Cats – Rock the Casbah! The mullahs don’t like it!
The low-key, tuneful indie music played by Iranian boy-girl duo Negar and Ashkan is so mild and well-mannered that you couldn’t imagine it rocking any foundations, let alone a government, yet in an Iran where all Western-influenced music is banned … Continue reading
At the Cinema | The Blind Side – White lady saves the day & Sandy scoops a gong
I’m not sure whether Sandra Bullock really deserved her Worst Actress gong at the Razzies for her performance in All About Steve, but if the Razzie folk were a tad uncharitable in giving her the Golden Raspberry then this year’s … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases, Reviews, The Best View
Tagged All About Steve, Blind Side, Golden Raspberry, Leigh Anne Tuohy, Michael Oher, Oscars, Quinton Aaron, razzies, Sandra Bullock
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At the Cinema | Perrier’s Bounty – Irish comedy thriller puts price on Cillian’s head
Remember how Martin McDonagh gleefully combined pitch-black humour, shockingly profane dialogue and savage violence with his hit-men-in-hiding movie In Bruges? Well, Irish writer
The Best Apocalyptic Movies – Couch Potato investigates
I’ve been giving some thought to apocalyptic movies this week. I guess that suggest what sort of mood I’ve been in – probably something to do with a nasty bout of food poisoning at the weekend. Anyway, I’ve been attempting … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged 28 Days Later, a boy and his dog, apocalyptic movies, ava gardner, Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, bruno lawrence, Charlton Heston, Children of Men, Clive Owen, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Fred Astaire, George A Romero, Gregory Peck, I Am Legend, Julianne Moore, Living Dead, Mad Max, mad max beyond the thunderdome, Mel Gibson, Night of the Living Dead, on the beach, the omega man, the quiet earth, The Road, Tina Turner, twelve monkeys, Viggo Mortensen, Will Smith
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Win epic disaster movie 2012 on Blu-ray
This competition has now closed. Cinema’s master of disaster Roland Emmerich delivers another end-of-the-world epic with 2012, a jaw-dropping disaster movie starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Cusack plays a struggling writer striving to get his family to … Continue reading
Posted in Competitions, DVD Releases
Tagged 2012, Amanda Peet, Blu-ray, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Competition, Disaster Movie, John Cusack, roland emmerich
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At the Cinema | Kick-Ass – Comic-book hero gets a kicking from the tabloids
Forcing my way through the post-screening throng after London’s first Kick-Ass preview, I bumped into a journalist friend who was fizzing with excitement over Matthew Vaughn’s new comic-book movie. A few paces more and I came upon two other … Continue reading
Pete’s Peek | Does Paranormal Activity really deserve the hype?
When it comes to hyped-up movies, I run a mile. I never saw The Blair Witch Project on the big-screen because I just didn’t want to ‘follow the crowd’. When I finally caught it on DVD, it was exactly as … Continue reading
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