Tag Archives: Aaron Johnson

Film review | Savages – Joint venture goes to pot for Oliver Stone’s Laguna Beach ménage à trois

Posted on 24 September 2012 by Jason Best

Never known for restraint, Oliver Stone goes even further over the top than usual with Savages, a lurid thriller in which a trio of privileged young American pot growers fall foul of a ferocious Mexican drug cartel. ‘Just because I’m … Continue reading →

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Film review | Albert Nobbs – Life’s a drag for Glenn Close’s gender-bending 19th-century waiter

Posted on 26 April 2012 by Jason Best

Albert Nobbs. It’s a dull, ordinary name with just a hint of the risible; and you could easily apply the same terms to the name’s bearer: a shy, unassuming hotel waiter in late-19th-century Dublin. Yet, unimagined by the hotel’s clientele … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings: Getting my ass kicked by Kick-Ass

Posted on 19 March 2011 by Beth Williams

When this film  came out at cinemas, a colleague of mine – having just seen it – made a declaration: ‘Kick-Ass is now one of my favourite films.” Now had this comment been made by a bloke, it would have … Continue reading →

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Kick-Ass – Brits take on Hollywood at Comic-Book action

Posted on 6 September 2010 by Jason Best

“Kick-Arse”. That’s how director Matthew Vaughn, comic-book writer Mark Millar and co all say the title of their movie Kick-Ass on the engaging making-of-the-movie extra features on the film’s Blu-ray and DVD release. The unapologetically Anglo-Saxon pronunciation tells you just … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Kick-Ass – Comic-book hero gets a kicking from the tabloids

Posted on 23 March 2010 by Jason Best

  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 →

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Kick-Ass book signing & premiere

Posted on 18 March 2010 by Jason Best

We’ve just learned that comic-book heroes Mark Millar and John Romita Jr – the creators of the series on which new superhero movie Kick-Ass is based – will be signing copies of their graphic novel and the movie companion book … Continue reading →

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BFI 53rd London Film Festival | John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy ends a vintage year

Posted on 30 October 2009 by Jason Best

The 53rd BFI London Film Festival came to a resounding rock ‘n’ roll close last night with the world premiere of Nowhere Boy, artist-turned-director Sam Taylor-Wood’s impressive biopic about John Lennon’s teenage years. I thought Taylor-Wood looked every inch the … Continue reading →

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