Tag Archives: Los Angeles

Couch Potato Pickings | Crash: Did it deserve that Best Picture Oscar?

Posted on 30 March 2009 by Beth Williams

Showing on Film 4 tonight at 9pm I you visited Movie Talk on Saturday then you’ll already know that I wasn’t happy back in 2006 that tonight’s film won the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards. Now, this is … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Lakeview Terrace

Posted on 29 March 2009 by Jason Best

Neil LaBute’s unnerving thriller Lakeview Terrace fits squarely within the genre dubbed “suburban psycho-neighbour noir” (remember Pacific Heights?). This time the nut next door is Samuel L Jackson’s Abel Turner, an LAPD officer and self-appointed neighbourhood watchman whose niggling harassment … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Angelina Jolie’s heroic single mom takes on the LAPD in Clint Eastwood’s true-crime shocker Changeling

Posted on 28 November 2008 by Jason Best

Angelina Jolie is so gorgeous, so exotic, her looks and manner so singular that you’d think the range of roles open to her would be limited. An ideal Lara Croft; perfect as a slinky assassin in Wanted; Oscar-worthy as a … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Made of Honor & In Search of a Midnight Kiss on DVD

Posted on 29 September 2008 by Jason Best

Has Hollywood lost the plot when it comes to the romantic comedy genre? Watching Made of Honor, which brazenly recycles the plot of My Best Friend’s Wedding, you’d certainly think so. Remember how Julia Roberts belatedly realised she was in … Continue reading →

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