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Film review | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Oldman’s spycatcher Smiley hunts for a mole in the Circus
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
Couch Potato Pickings | Did Hammer Horror take the dread out of Dracula?
When I was a kid I had this well-thumbed book about mysteries and the unexplained. From UFOs to the Bermuda Triangle, Nessy to the Yeti, and werewolves to vampires, it showcased an exciting range of spooky myths and legends. At … Continue reading
54th BFI London Film Festival – Opening night… and the pick of the rest
The 54th London Film Festival kicks off tonight with the world premiere of Never Let Me Go, Mark Romanek’s eagerly awaited adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel, starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield. Over the next 15 days … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings | Transsiberian, and some other snow-set movies
No, these are not some personal snaps of mine from the past few weeks. These are images from the gripping thriller Transsiberian. It’s the tale of an American couple (Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer) who are travelling on the Trans-Siberian … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Days of Night, Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray, charlie and the chocolate factory, Eduardo Noriega, Emily Mortimer, Fargo, Frances McDormand, Groundhog Day, Jack Nicholson, Kate Mara, Let the Right One In, March of the Penguins, the chronicles of narnia: the lion the witch and the wa, The Day After Tomorrow, The Shining, Trans-Siberian Express, Transsiberian, Woody Harrelson
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The Best Movies of 2009
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
News Muse – Six Degrees of Hollywood: A trip down memory lane
I’ve always had a thing for Hollywood movie star biographies, but I mean old-school Hollywood, like 1930s, 40s and 50s. Some great reads so far have been Ava Gardner – Love is Nothing by Lee Server, Bette and Joan: The … Continue reading
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Tagged ava gardner, bette david, Citizen Kane, Claire Danes, ddavid o selznick, elwood p dowd, femme fatale, film noir, gilda, Harvey, Hollywood, Horror, Howard Hughes, ika i rutan, ika nord, James Stewart, japanese, joan crawford, Joan Fontaine, Katharine Hepburn, let me in, Let the Right One In, louis b mayer, New Mexico, olivia de havilland, orson welles, rita hayworth, Robert Downey Jr, Rock Hudson, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, Steven Spielberg, Swedish, the family stone
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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDS…
17 Again Young at heart… Thirtysomething Mike (Matthew Perry) is stuck in a rut. Then, one morning, he wakes up as a 17-year-old version of himself (Zak Efron) and gets to change the course of his life. Who says you’re … Continue reading
Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDS…
17 Again Young at heart… Thirtysomething Mike (Matthew Perry) is stuck in a rut. Then, one morning, he wakes up as a 17-year-old version of himself (Zak Efron) and gets to change the course of his life. Who says you’re … Continue reading
