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Film review | Pusher – The drugs aren’t working
Back in 1996, Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) made his directing debut with Pusher, a giddily hectic crime drama about a few desperate days in the life of a small-time Copenhagen drug dealer. Sixteen years later, Spanish director Luis … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases, Reviews, The Best View
Tagged Agyness Deyn, drive, Nicolas Winding Refn, Pusher, Richard Coyle
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Oscars! Schmoscars! Triumph, travesty and throwbacks galore
Silence was golden again at the Oscars this year, with The Artist, already hotly tipped, tap-dancing off with the three big awards of the night: Best Film, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius and Best Actor for Jean Dujardin. Dujardin made … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Awards, Uncategorized
Tagged drive, Gone With the Wind, Hattie McDaniel, Hugo, Jean Dujardin, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Michael Fassbender, Michel Hazanavicius, Midnight in Paris, Nicolas Winding Refn, octavia spencer, Owen Wilson, Shame, The Artist, The Iron Lady, Woody Allen
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The Oscars 2012 – Who will win? Who should win? Who’s missing?
Who’s going to make the biggest noise at this year’s Oscars? Will silence prove golden for hot favourite The Artist? Will The Help clean up? Or will The Descendants inherit all the glory? With the clock ticking down to Sunday … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Awards
Tagged albert nobbs, alexander Payne, Beginners, Bérénice Bejo, Brad Pitt, Bridesmaids, Christopher Plummer, demian bachir, drive, extremely loud & incredibly close, Gary Oldman, George Clooney, Glenn Close, Golden Globes, Hugo, Hunter McCracken, janet mcteer, Jean Dujardin, Jessica Chastain, Jonah Hill, Kenneth Branagh, Martin Scorsese, Max von Sydow, melissa mccarthy, Meryl Streep, Michael Fassbender, Michel Hazanavicius, Michelle Williams, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, My Week with Marilyn, Nick Nolte, Nicolas Winding Refn, octavia spencer, Oscars, Rooney Mara, Shame, Terrence Malick, The Artist, the descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, The Iron Lady, The Tree of Life, Tilda Swinton, Viola Davis, War Horse, Warrior, We Need to Talk about Kevin, Woody Allen
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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Secrets and lies… John le Carre’s classic spy novel gets a slow-burn big screen adaptation with an all-star cast, including Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy and Kathy Burke. If you can see this, then you … Continue reading
Posted in Small Screen - DVD Top 10
Tagged Bridesmaids, Chris Hemsworth, Colin Firth, Crazy, drive, Gary Oldman, John Le Carré, love, Neil Patrick Harris, Paul, Red Riding Hood, Ryan Gosling, Simon Pegg, Soldier, Spy, Steve Carell, Stupid, Tailor, The Inbetweeners Movie, The King’s Speech, The Smurfs, Thor, Tinker
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Who will win this year’s BAFTAs?
Movie Talk is putting its reputation on the line and making a few brilliantly inspired predictions about who is going to be walking out of the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday night with a great big smile on their … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Awards
Tagged Adam Deacon, BAFTA, Bridesmaids, Chris Hemsworth, Chris O'Dowd, Christopher Plummer, drive, Eddie Redmayne, Gary Oldman, George Clooney, Hugo, Jim Broadbent, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Kidulthood, Lynne Ramsay, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Michel Hazanavicius, Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn, octavia spencer, Shame, The Artist, the descendants, The Help, Thor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tom Hiddleston, Tomas Alfredson, War Horse, We Need to Talk about Kevin
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DVD review | Drive – Ryan Gosling is the new ‘King of Cool’ in this turbo-charged noir thriller
Oozing attitude and dripping with charisma, Ryan Gosling proved himself a worthy heir to Steve McQueen as the nameless hero at the wheel of this terrific, precision-tooled thriller – my top film of 2011. A laconic tough guy who is … Continue reading
Posted in DVD Releases, DVD Reviews
Tagged Albert Brooks, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, drive, Nicolas Winding Refn, Ryan Gosling
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The Best Films of 2011
Looking back over my favourite films of 2011, it’s clear that many of the directors who impressed me most this year have been doing precisely that – looking back. Some of them did so simply by setting their movies in … Continue reading
Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…
Johnny English Reborn Secret service… Rowan Atkinson’s hapless spy gets a second big screen outing in this action comedy, which sees the titular secret agent tasked with preventing the assassination of the Chinese premier. The Lion King Circle of life… … Continue reading
Posted in Big Screen - Cinema Top 10
Tagged Alexandre Dumas, Colin Firth, Dolphin Tale, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, drive, Footloose, Gary Oldman, Hugh Jackman, Johnny English Reborn, Kevin Bacon, Midnight in Paris, real steel, Rowan Atkinson, Soldier, Spy, Tailor, The Lion King, the three musketeers, Tinker, Tom Hardy
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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…
Johnny English Reborn Secret service… Rowan Atkinson’s hapless spy gets a second big screen outing in this action comedy, which sees the titular secret agent tasked with preventing the assassination of the Chinese premier. If you can see this, then … Continue reading
Posted in Big Screen - Cinema Top 10
Tagged Abduction, Colin Firth, Crazy, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, drive, Gary Oldman, Johnny English Reborn, katie holmes, love, Midnight in Paris, Rowan Atkinson, Ryan Gosling, Soldier, Spy, Steve Carell, Stupid, Tailor, Taylor Lautner, The Debt, The Inbetweeners Movie, The Lion King, Tinker, Tom Hardy, Woody Allen
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