Tag Archives: Melissa Leo

DVD review | Red State – Slacker comedy supremo Kevin Smith takes aim at America’s God squad

Posted on 25 January 2012 by Jason Best

Taking equal opportunity swipes at Christian fundamentalist bigots and the US government, Kevin Smith’s subversively satirical movie keeps its audience continually off balance. Starting off in teen sex-comedy territory as three randy teenage boys barrel along Deep South back roads … Continue reading →

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DVD Review | The Fighter

Posted on 20 June 2011 by Jason Best

The latest boxing movie to slug it out in the cinematic ring, The Fighter is a based-on-truth tale of a scrappy underdog who triumphs against the odds. Played by Mark Wahlberg, ‘Irish’ Micky Ward is a journeyman boxer in early-1990s … Continue reading →

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Conviction – Hilary Swank’s real-life legal crusader goes from bar to bar (pub to court) to save her brother

Posted on 23 May 2011 by Jason Best

Jaw set resolutely forward but upper lip aquiver with emotion, Hilary Swank plays a remarkable crusader for justice in Conviction, a stirring true-story drama based on one of the US legal system’s all too many miscarriages of justice. Her character, … Continue reading →

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Oscars 2011 – Movie Talk’s live report on the 83rd Academy Awards

Posted on 27 February 2011 by Movie Talk

Here we are, Movie Talk’s Jason & Adele, ready to begin our live report on the Oscars. Sadly we’re not at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood Boulevard but in an office in Southwark. By day, Movie Talk tower (aka the … Continue reading →

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The Oscars 2011 – Who will win? Who should win?

Posted on 25 February 2011 by Jason Best

Who’s going to win big at this year’s Oscars? Will The King’s Speech be getting all the applause? Or will The Social Network be the Academy’s friend? With the clock ticking down to Sunday night’s ceremony, we’re going to predict … Continue reading →

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The Fighter – Knockout performances make David O Russell’s boxing drama an Oscar contender with class

Posted on 8 February 2011 by Jason Best

Do true stories make the best boxing movies? In the red corner, Martin Scorsese’s 1980 classic Raging Bull, based on the life of middleweight champ Jake La Motta, comes out swinging in the cause of realism. But over in the … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Frozen River – Melissa Leo keeps it real in gripping blue-collar thriller

Posted on 21 July 2009 by Jason Best

Melissa Leo. Who? No idea? I thought as much. If, though, the name of this 48-year-old American actress does ring a faint bell it’s probably because she was the odd one out among this year’s Oscar nominees; the little known, … Continue reading →

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