Tag Archives: Jane Goldman

DVD review | The Woman in Black – Daniel Radcliffe puts Harry’s ghost to rest with an eerie Gothic chiller

Posted on 18 June 2012 by Jason Best

Daniel Radcliffe may have put the cares of Harry Potter behind him, but this chilling screen adaptation of Susan Hill’s hit ghost story The Woman in Black finds him once more contending with supernatural evil. Here he’s a widowed young … Continue reading →

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Film review | The Woman in Black – Radcliffe strives to put Harry’s ghost to rest in this eerie Gothic chiller

Posted on 9 February 2012 by Jason Best

Daniel Radcliffe may have put the cares of Harry Potter behind him to star in The Woman in Black, but this chilling screen adaptation of Susan Hill‘s hit ghost story finds him once more contending with supernatural evil. Again brimming … Continue reading →

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DVD review | X-Men: First Class – Born in the heat of the Cold War: How the Marvel mutants became X-Men

Posted on 31 October 2011 by Jason Best

X-Men: First Class lives up to its title. Smart and spectacular, it’s up there in the top rank of superhero films. With Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn at the helm, the sci-fi action series goes back to the beginning for an … Continue reading →

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Film review | X-Men: First Class – Matthew Vaughn gets the Marvel Comics mutants back on track

Posted on 30 May 2011 by Jason Best

The sci-fi action series featuring the Marvel Comics mutants took a dip with its last two outings, 2006’s sprawling X-Men: Last Stand and 2009’s scrappy Wolverine spin-off, but X-Men: First Class lives up to its title. Smart and spectacular, it’s … 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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