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The Best Movies of 2009

Posted on 30 December 2009 by Jason Best

Vampires, aliens and wizards fought it out at the box office in 2009, but the year at the cinema wasn’t just about blockbusters. Plenty of fine movies reached the screens with much less hype and from places other than Hollywood. … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Anvil! The Story of Anvil – Heavy metal doc is a real-life Spinal Tap!

Posted on 20 February 2009 by Jason Best

  ‘Is this another Spinal Tap?’ I scribbled in my notebook when this documentary about the middle-aged members of a failed Canadian heavy metal band got underway. Before seeing this movie last year, I’d never heard of Anvil, so-called ‘demigods … Continue reading →

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BFI 52nd London Film Festival – Opening night… and the pick of the rest

Posted on 15 October 2008 by Jason Best

The Times BFI London Film Festival opens tonight with the world premiere of Frost/Nixon, Ron Howard’s screen version of Peter Morgan’s hit play. Over the past few weeks I’ve been dashing hither and thither, from Leicester Square to, er, Leicester, … Continue reading →

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