Monthly Archives: August 2012

Pete’s Peek | Let your imagination run wild in the American Gothic suspense thriller The Fields

Posted on 31 August 2012 by peter

In a rural Pennsylvania town in 1969, young Steven (Joshua Ormond) goes to stay on his grandparents’ farm following a violent altercation between his warring parents. But soon after his arrival, a sinister presence lurking in the cornfields surrounding the … Continue reading →

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Film review | Berberian Sound Studio – Toby Jones’s boffin goes bonkers in Rome

Posted on 30 August 2012 by Jason Best

One of the most striking features of British director Peter Strickland’s debut film, the haunting rape-revenge thriller Katalin Varga, was its eerie sound design, created from a combination of electronic music and heightened natural sounds. It’s apt then that his … Continue reading →

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Film review | A Few Best Men – Wedding-day jitters for badly groomed Brits Down Under

Posted on 30 August 2012 by Jason Best

A raunchy in-your-face wedding comedy in The Hangover vein, A Few Best Men dispatches an English groom-to-be and three blundering chums on a disaster-laden trip to his nuptials in Australia. When laid-back Brit David (Xavier Samuel) invites best friends Tom, … Continue reading →

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Name That Chest: The hands are important…

Posted on 29 August 2012 by Beth Williams

… so hopefully you won’t care too much about the chest being obscured by the furious knitting – of an infant’s cardy perhaps? That’s enough clues now, but I suppose it’s also worth knowing that it’s this star’s birthday today. … Continue reading →

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Film review | Total Recall – Your mind isn’t playing tricks. You have seen this before

Posted on 29 August 2012 by Jason Best

Do we need a Total Recall remake? Unless your memory’s been wiped, the answer is clearly no. Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 sci-fi thriller was undeniably sleazy and ultra violent, but it also had a rollicking energy, a sly satirical edge and … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Damsels in Distress – Girls to the rescue with soap, donuts and tap dancing

Posted on 28 August 2012 by Jason Best

The films of writer-director Whit Stillman, the WASP Woody Allen, are very much an acquired taste and Damsels in Distress, his first movie in 13 years, is no exception. Set on the campus of a fictional East Coast college, this droll, … Continue reading →

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Film4 FrightFest the 13th | A trio of terror closes FrightFest 2012

Posted on 27 August 2012 by peter

The closing day of the festival featured three powerhouse treats. CHAINED (UK premiere) Released 2013 ‘A harrowing study of psychological manipulation and sadistic control’ Following the brutal murder of his mother, a young boy is held as a slave by … Continue reading →

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Film4 FrightFest the 13th | Berberian Sound Studio and Sinister make day four a sensorial delight

Posted on 26 August 2012 by peter

Lots to see on day four, including the sensorial sensations Berberian Sound Studio and Sinister, but seeing the restored versions of some Hammer classics and a special presentation The Bride of Frankenstein on a biggish screen was a real treat. … Continue reading →

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Thought for the Day from O Brother Where Art Thou

Posted on 26 August 2012 by Adele Craciun

“It’s a fool who looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart.” O Brother Where Art Thou (2000) Share this thought for the day on our Movie Talk Facebook page or Movie Talk Twitter stream.

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Film4 FrightFest the 13th | Day three rolls out the blood red carpet for Italy’s Manetti Brothers and Frederico Zampaglione

Posted on 25 August 2012 by peter

PAURA 3D (UK premiere) ‘104-minutes of unrelenting torture porn – can you last the distance?’ Italian directors Marco and Antonio and Manetti must have a kink for being bound, gagged and interrogated. They’re sci-fi The Arrival of Wang (also shown … Continue reading →

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