Tag Archives: Revolutionary Road

The Top Ten Bad Date Movies for Valentine’s Day

Posted on 14 February 2012 by heidi

Because we adore romance here at Movie Talk, and because we wouldn’t want any of you to make a love-life-threatening faux pas on Valentine’s Day, we’ve compiled a handy top ten list — with the help of some of our … Continue reading →

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Film review | Take Shelter – Storm clouds gather for Michael Shannon – but are they inside his head?

Posted on 25 November 2011 by Jason Best

A film for troubled times, Take Shelter taps into current anxieties about economic meltdown and climate change disaster with its scarily apt depiction of a man driven to the edge by apocalyptic fears. Michael Shannon plays blue-collar family man Curtis … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Leonardo DiCaprio’s best film?

Posted on 14 July 2010 by Beth Williams

I wonder if Leonardo DiCaprio was always destined to become a massive star. Let’s face it, he has two star signs in his name (well, one and a half). That’s got to have some fortuitous influence, no? Remember this cutey? … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Away We Go – Kooky road comedy meanders and leaves behind a whiff of smugness

Posted on 18 September 2009 by Jason Best

  Sam Mendes shot the comedy Away We Go on the hoof while still in post-production on his last Oscar-bait movie, Revolutionary Road. Unsurprisingly, it’s an altogether lighter, looser and more freewheeling film than its dour predecessor – even if … Continue reading →

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The Best View | Revolutionary Road – The American Dream turns sour for Kate & Leo in 1950s suburbia

Posted on 29 June 2009 by Jason Best

Set in 1950s Connecticut and New York, Sam Mendes’s classy period drama Revolutionary Road inhabits the world depicted so brilliantly by Mad Men, a world where middle-class men in grey-flannel suits troop off to meaningless jobs in the city while … Continue reading →

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Awards Season | The Oscars – Who will win? Who should win?

Posted on 20 February 2009 by Jason Best

If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it’s missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. So do you reckon Slumdog Millionaire is a shoo-in for this year’s … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 12 February 2009 by admin

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Age concern… Brad Pitt plays a man who is born a pensioner and steadily grows younger. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 5 February 2009 by admin

1. Slumdog Millionaire Hot seat… Questions are asked when a teen orphan from the slums of Mumbai makes it to the final rounds of India’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 2. Valkyrie Blast from the past… Tom Cruise heads … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Revolutionary Road

Posted on 30 January 2009 by Jason Best

This portrayal of a marriage turning sour in 1950s American suburbia sees Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio reunited on the big screen for the first time since Titanic launched them both to stardom in 1997. Kate and Leo’s April and … Continue reading →

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Awards Season | Slumdog Millionaire & Benjamin Button lead the field at the Baftas

Posted on 15 January 2009 by Jason Best

Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button are the frontrunners in the race for this year’s Bafta awards, whose nominations were announced today. Slumdog, Danny Boyle’s tale of a Mumbai street kid, and Benjamin Button, David Fincher’s eccentric … Continue reading →

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