Tag Archives: Robert De Niro

Blu-ray review | Brazil – And now for something completely mental!

Posted on 5 December 2011 by Jason Best

Newly issued on Blu-ray, Terry Gilliam’s 1985 masterpiece Brazil looks every bit as good as it did when it was first released – just as surreal, just as funny, and even more prescient. Inspired equally by Orwell’s 1984 and by … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Limitless – Bradley Cooper’s cocky charmer gives his brain a boost in mind-blowing thriller

Posted on 1 August 2011 by Jason Best

What would you do if you could use 100% of your brain? That’s the dizzying prospect facing Bradley Cooper‘s struggling writer Eddie Morra after an old friend slips him a pill of NZT, a revolutionary – but dodgy – new … Continue reading →

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Limitless – Bradley gets a boost in brainy thriller

Posted on 25 March 2011 by Jason Best

What would you do if you could use 100% of your brain? That’s the dizzying prospect facing Bradley Cooper’s struggling writer Eddie Morra after an old friend slips him a pill of NZT, a revolutionary – but dodgy – new … Continue reading →

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Raging Bull – Martin Scorsese & Robert De Niro’s boxing classic goes the distance on Blu-ray

Posted on 22 February 2011 by Jason Best

Thirty years ago at the 1981 Academy Awards, the greatest of all Oscar robberies took place when Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull lost out to Robert Redford’s Ordinary People, which pipped its rival to claim the Oscars for Best Film and … Continue reading →

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Frankenstein – Danny Boyle directs Benedict Cumberbatch & Jonny Lee Miller in Mary Shelley’s classic tale

Posted on 7 February 2011 by Jason Best

You’d think that Danny Boyle would have enough on his plate right now, what with his latest film, 127 Hours, picking up half-a-dozen Oscar nominations, not to mention seven Bafta nods. Yet the Slumdog Millionaire director is currently finding time … Continue reading →

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Have you ever lied to your family? Couch Potato Pickings: Everybody’s Fine

Posted on 22 January 2011 by Beth Williams

I have. I can’t deny it. Families are complex things, and yes, I’ve told a few porky pies in my time. But none as meaty as the big whoppers dished out to Robert De Niro‘s character in this somewhat predictable, … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Machete is salsa hot – with a side order of cheese

Posted on 24 November 2010 by peter

If you like your action salsa hot with a side order of cheese, then Machete is the perfect winter warmer. Continue reading →

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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans – Acting Crazy

Posted on 19 May 2010 by Adele Craciun

Some actors are just really good at going all out and channeling their inner crazy. The latest one to be brilliantly screen insane is Nicolas Cage as corrupt-cop-with-a-habit Terence McDonagh in Werner Herzog‘s NOT remake Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call … Continue reading →

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Great 70s movies that have stood the test of time

Posted on 30 March 2010 by Beth Williams

I had a reunion with a much-loved pair of flared jeans the other day while having a wardrobe spring clean. They’re not from the 70s – I was a kid then so I’d never fit into those. No, these were … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Everybody’s Fine – Robert De Niro’s bittersweet journey of discovery

Posted on 26 February 2010 by Jason Best

Robert De Niro steps into Marcello Mastroianni’s shoes in Everybody’s Fine, an Americanised remake of the 1990 Italian movie Stanno tutti bene, Giuseppe Tornatore’s follow-up film after the international success of Cinema Paradiso. In the original, Mastroianni played an elderly … Continue reading →

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