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55th BFI London Film Festival – Opening night film 360 sends globetrotting lovers in a whirl

Posted on 12 October 2011 by Jason Best

The 55th BFI London Film Festival kicks off tonight with 360, Fernando Meirelles’ globetrotting 21st-century take on Arthur Schnitzler’s classic play La Ronde. City of God director Meirelles has teamed up with Frost/Nixon writer Peter Morgan and a stellar cast … Continue reading →

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55th BFI London Film Festival – 10 films we can’t wait to see & tips on how to get tickets for the rest

Posted on 21 September 2011 by Jason Best

This year’s BFI London Film Festival kicks off in three weeks’ time and, as usual, there’s a staggering lineup of films and special events to choose from, including over 200 features and 110 shorts, 13 world premieres, 18 international premieres … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Agora – Secular saint falls victim to zealots in stirring historical epic

Posted on 23 April 2010 by Jason Best

Religious fanaticism: as big a threat to civilisation as global warming. Think I’m exaggerating? Watch Alejandro Amenábar’s thought-provoking historical epic Agora and you may reconsider. Set in the ancient world, Amenábar’s film bristles with chilling parallels to the present day. … Continue reading →

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News Hound | 15 May 2009

Posted on 15 May 2009 by Adele Craciun

Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – so you don’t get your head stuck inside the wrong bin… Madeleine Stowe’s directorial debut Unbound Captives will be a must-see period … Continue reading →

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The Best view | The Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor on DVD

Posted on 1 December 2008 by Jason Best

The terrible events in Mumbai last week were a grim action movie playing in real time on our TV screens. I’m not sure how comfortable I’d feel just now watching a tale of derring-do set in Asia involving guns and … Continue reading →

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The Best View – The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Posted on 8 August 2008 by Jason Best

The makers of the wildly lucrative Mummy franchise are flogging a dead corpse. After 1999’s cheesy Indiana Jones knock-off The Mummy, 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns, and two Scorpion King spin-offs, they’ve clearly exhausted the possibilities of digging up any … Continue reading →

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