Tag Archives: John Hurt

DVD review | Melancholia – The end-of-the-world blues prove beautiful for Lars von Trier & Kirsten Dunst

Posted on 23 January 2012 by Jason Best

A sublimely beautiful film about the end of the world, Lars von Trier’s Melancholia is nothing if not perverse. A strange mix of apocalyptic sci-fi and darkly comic social drama, the film is glacially slow in tempo but filled with … Continue reading →

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Film review | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Oldman’s spycatcher Smiley hunts for a mole in the Circus

Posted on 16 September 2011 by Jason Best

John le Carré’s classic spy novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy gets brought to the big screen by Let the Right One In director Tomas Alfredson – and the result is a superbly clever, fiendishly gripping thriller that more than measures … Continue reading →

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Name That Chest: Do you want to see more?

Posted on 14 September 2011 by Beth Williams

Well, whether you do or you don’t, you will – next week when I reveal who the owner of this mystery chest is. I’ll give you a clue though – and by the way, you’ve had one little one already … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Outlander – Beowulf meets Alien in a Viking/sci-fi monster mash-up

Posted on 23 April 2009 by Jason Best

As if yesterday’s Muppets/Ocean’s 11 mash-up wasn’t goofy enough, we’ve just come across an even loopier fanboy homage – a zanily recast trailer for the new movie Outlander, which comes out in UK cinemas tomorrow. A shot-by-shot revamp of the … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | The Oxford Murders

Posted on 17 March 2009 by Beth Williams

On Sky Movies Premiere this morning at 10am Two men, one of them highly intelligent, the other not quite so intellectual, potter around in the vicinity of the Sheldonian Theatre and

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The Elephant Man

Posted on 21 January 2009 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings A congenital defect what was caused Joseph Merrick to develop the dreadful condition that earned him the name The Elephant man in Victorian London. This moving movie tells his heartbreaking story superbly. It always has me in … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings – Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

Posted on 9 September 2008 by Beth Williams

On BBC1 tonight at 10.35pm In case you didn’t know, a Nicolas Cage film came out at UK cinemas on Friday – Bangkok Dangerous. It’s the Pang Brothers’ remake of their 1999 action thriller of the same name. There’s not … Continue reading →

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