Tag Archives: Paul Giamatti

DVD review | The Ides of March – Clooney and Gosling are a class act on the campaign trail

Posted on 6 March 2012 by Jason Best

For his fourth film as director, George Clooney plunges into the murky world of US politics and reveals some of its dirty tricks. An intricately plotted thriller set during the race to choose the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, The Ides … Continue reading →

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Film review | The Ides of March – Ryan Gosling gets his hands dirty in George Clooney’s political thriller

Posted on 29 October 2011 by Jason Best

For his fourth film as director, George Clooney plunges into the murky world of US politics with The Ides of March, an intricately plotted thriller set during the race to choose the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate. Clooney takes the part … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Ironclad

Posted on 18 July 2011 by Jason Best

Picking up where Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood left off, gory medieval action drama Ironclad shows what happened after dastardly King John reluctantly signed the Magna Carta in 1215. The petulant monarch (Paul Giamatti) is aghast at the effrontery of his … Continue reading →

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Win Win – Paul Giamatti’s small-town loser hits the mat

Posted on 20 May 2011 by Jason Best

As he’s proved in a string of films from Sideways to Barney’s Version, Paul Giamatti has a particular knack for portraying middle-aged men in crisis: he lets his characters’ flaws hang out on screen and we end up empathising with … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Cold Souls – Paul Giamatti loses his soul in surreal comedy

Posted on 12 November 2009 by Jason Best

A surreal storyline: check. A famous actor playing himself: check. Playful existential comedy Cold Souls certainly ticks some of the same boxes as Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman’s Being John Malkovich, yet first-time writer-director Sophie Barthes’s assured feature film debut … Continue reading →

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BFI 53rd London Film Festival – Opening night… and the pick of the rest

Posted on 14 October 2009 by Jason Best

The Times BFI London Film Festival opens tonight with the world premiere of Fantastic Mr Fox, Wes Anderson’s screen version of Roald Dahl’s much-loved children’s story. Hollywood royalty will be turning out in force at the gala screening in Leicester … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Duplicity

Posted on 27 July 2009 by Jason Best

Julia Roberts and Clive Owen make a classy double act as sneaky partners in love and crime in the romantic caper thriller Duplicity. The duo play former government spies: Owen an agent for MI6 and Roberts for the CIA. Now … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Duplicity – Julia Roberts & Clive Owen shine as double-dealing spies

Posted on 19 March 2009 by Jason Best

Five years after playing double-dealing lovers in the claustrophobic chamber drama Closer, Julia Roberts and Clive Owen team up again on screen as sneaky partners in love and crime in the jaunty globetrotting spy caper Duplicity. They play a pair … Continue reading →

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Sideways

Posted on 13 December 2008 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings On Channel 4 tonight at 10.05pm Jack: If they want to drink Merlot, we’re drinking Merlot. Miles: No, if anyone orders Merlot, I’m leaving. I am NOT drinking any Fxxxing Merlot! Two 40something friends go on a … Continue reading →

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The Best view | The Happening is a non-event: Has M Night Shyamalan lost the plot?

Posted on 4 November 2008 by Jason Best

What has happened to the career of M Night Shyamalan? Less than a decade ago, after the shock success of The Sixth Sense, the Indian-born, Philadelphia-raised director was being spoken of in the same breath as Spielberg and Hitchcock as … Continue reading →

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