Tag Archives: Paul Greengrass

At the Cinema | Green Zone – Matt Damon is Bourne-again in war-torn Iraq

Posted on 15 March 2010 by Jason Best

Matt Damon teams up again with Paul Greengrass – his director in the last two Bourne movies – for Green Zone, a frenetic conspiracy thriller set in post-invasion Iraq. The film is inspired by Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s highly acclaimed non-fiction book … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | United 93

Posted on 11 September 2009 by Beth Williams

Today it’s September 11th, the anniversary of that terrible date in 2001 when four commercial passenger planes were hijacked by terrorists in the US – two crashing into the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center, another crashing into the Pentagon and … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Titanic, and other fact-based disaster movies

Posted on 9 September 2009 by Beth Williams

  Is it just me, or has it been difficult to avoid the 9/11 programming on TV in the UK this week? As recent years have shown, when the anniversary of the 2001 September 11th atrocities approaches, the schedules respond. … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Watchmen

Posted on 6 March 2009 by Jason Best

Fans of graphic novels have been trying for years to convince me of the medium’s merits. Try as I might, though, I’m afraid I can’t shake off my prejudice that a comic book in the hands of a grown-up is … Continue reading →

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