Tag Archives: Eva Green

Win Perfect Sense on DVD and a poster signed by Ewan McGregor

Posted on 25 January 2012 by peter

OK, it’s January and it’s all a bit dismal but at the end of this month Perfect Sense is released on DVD. If Ewan McGregor and Eva Green can manage to find love as the world is crashing down around … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Perfect Sense – Global disaster fare on a shoestring budget? Perfect nonsense more like!

Posted on 25 January 2012 by Jason Best

What would happen to humanity if our senses started packing in, one by one? Would society inevitably break down? Would love survive? Those are the questions facing Ewan McGregor’s cocky Glasgow chef and Eva Green’s rueful epidemiologist in David Mackenzie’s … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Cracks – Maidens in uniform… and swimming costumes

Posted on 29 March 2010 by Jason Best

Imagine a heady mix of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Lord of the Flies, with a dash of Maidens in Uniform, and you’ll have some idea of the febrile mood of this sensual boarding school melodrama set in … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Cracks – Ridley Scott’s daughter goes back to school for her film directing debut set in 1930s England

Posted on 4 December 2009 by Jason Best

Imagine a heady mix of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Lord of the Flies, with an added dash of early-1930s classic Maidens in Uniform, and you’ll have some idea of the febrile mood of this sensual boarding school … Continue reading →

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BFI 53rd London Film Festival – Opening night… and the pick of the rest

Posted on 14 October 2009 by Jason Best

The Times BFI London Film Festival opens tonight with the world premiere of Fantastic Mr Fox, Wes Anderson’s screen version of Roald Dahl’s much-loved children’s story. Hollywood royalty will be turning out in force at the gala screening in Leicester … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Quantum of Solace on DVD

Posted on 23 March 2009 by Jason Best

Daniel Craig’s second screening outing as James Bond kicks off where his first left off. Literally. Quantum of Solace starts half an hour after the end of Casino Royale with a scorching car chase along a twisting corniche road that … Continue reading →

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The Best View | Shaken not stirred by James Bond – Quantum of Solace & Casino Royale

Posted on 20 October 2008 by Jason Best

I’ve just seen the new James Bond movie and I must admit: Quantum of Solace left me shaken not stirred. Don’t get me wrong: much of 007’s latest big-screen adventure is hugely enjoyable. Daniel Craig, the first actor in the … Continue reading →

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