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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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Pete’s Peek | Amer is a stylish, sensual love letter to the Italian giallo genre

Posted on 2 February 2011 by peter

When it comes to suspense, horror and the fantastique, the calibre of film-making can range from slick, big-budget blockbusters to fan-made, blink-or-you’ll-miss-it, endeavours. I love them all equally but, only occasionally, does something come along that really touches me. One … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 28 January 2010 by admin

(500) Days of Summer Heart of the matter… This American rom-com sees a young man (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) fall for a woman (Zooey Deschanel), who doesn’t believe in true love. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash … Continue reading →

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Avatar, The Hurt Locker and An Education get loved up by BAFTA

Posted on 21 January 2010 by heidi

The luvies at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts have just announced their nominations for this year’s BAFTAs and surprises are in fairly short supply. James Cameron’s eco-friendly sci-fi blockbuster Avatar looks set to be one of the … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 8 January 2010 by admin

District 9 Illegal aliens… A bureaucrat’s attempts to relocate a stranded alien species from a refugee camp in Johannesburg go awry in this Peter (Lord of the Rings) Jackson produced sci-fi. If you can see this, then you might need … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 11 December 2009 by admin

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince It’s a kind of magic… Harry and his Hogwarts cohorts have to contend with a new potions teacher, Voldemort’s Death Eaters, and raging hormones in their sixth year at the School of Witchraft and … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Inglourious Basterds

Posted on 5 December 2009 by Jason Best

I’m still not fully won over by Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, but there’s no denying his darkly comic World War Two action movie’s brazen counter-factual cheek or its genre-hopping panache. The story that allows Tarantino to hop from genre to … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Luc Besson, Nikita & le Cinéma du look

Posted on 29 September 2009 by Jason Best

Luc Besson is better known these days as the producer of high-octane Euro thrillers in the Taxi and Transporter series, but from the mid-1980s to the mid-90s he was one of the principal exponents of the so-called Cinéma du look, … Continue reading →

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Posted on 2 September 2009 by admin

The Final Destination End is nigh… This fourth instalment of the horror movie franchise follows a group of friends who cheat death by escaping a race track disaster. But Death soon sets out to collect those who evaded their end! … Continue reading →

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Posted on 26 August 2009 by admin

Inglourious Basterds Bloody battle… Set in Nazi-occupied France during World War Two, Quentin Tarantino’s revenge movie follows a group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers as they attempt to spread fear through the Third Reich. If you can see this, then you … Continue reading →

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