Tag Archives: Rome

Pete’s Peek | My Voyage to Italy – Martin Scorsese’s masterclass in classic Italian cinema

Posted on 8 September 2011 by peter

Running at 237 minutes, you’d expect this documentary about classic Italian films of the 1940s and 1950s to be a bit of a drag, but director Martin Scorsese‘s passionate masterclass certainly draws you in. Scorsese grew up in New York … Continue reading →

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Room in Rome – Strangers in the night: Alba & Natasha enjoy a brief encounter in the Eternal City

Posted on 18 October 2010 by Jason Best

Chosen for the closing night of this year’s Spanish Film Festival, Room in Rome is a playful, teasing and very sexy film about a one-night stand. This intimate rendezvous takes place between two women in a hotel room in Rome … Continue reading →

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Eat Pray Love – Snooze (But Don’t Forget To Buy the Merchandise)

Posted on 22 September 2010 by Jason Best

  You’ve read the book, you’ve booked the holiday, you’ve bought the themed sarong, perfume and prayer beads; now, for devotees still hungry for spin-offs associated with Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling memoir, here’s Eat Pray Love the movie, a seemingly interminable … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Nine – Dan’s the wrong man for musical fantasy bump’n’grind

Posted on 20 May 2010 by Jason Best

What went wrong with Nine? On paper, this glossy musical looked a sure-fire hit. It’s got a starry cast headed by Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard and Penélope Cruz (Oscar winners all, as are co-stars Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench and Sophia … Continue reading →

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Angels & Demons Blu-ray Competition Winners

Posted on 5 October 2009 by Jason Best

  Our competition to win a Blu-ray of the blockbuster conspiracy thriller Angels & Demons starring Tom Hanks as dashing Harvard professor Robert Langdon is now closed. Thanks to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment for supplying the prizes. And well done … Continue reading →

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Win Angels & Demons on Blu-ray

Posted on 14 September 2009 by Jason Best

After the blockbuster success of The Da Vinci Code, Tom Hanks is back as dashing Harvard professor Robert Langdon in Angels & Demons, the second adventure based on the bestselling novels of Dan Brown to reach the big screen. This … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Angels & Demons – Tom Hanks dashes another Dan Brown conspiracy

Posted on 15 May 2009 by Jason Best

A terrifying conspiracy is afoot. Somewhere a secret cabal is at work, its reach spanning the globe and its influence manipulating the minds of millions. Of that I’m sure. There has to be a conspiracy. The cabal must exist. How … Continue reading →

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News Muse | Sorcerers, vampires and the Vatican

Posted on 8 May 2009 by Adele Craciun

Nicholas Cage’s latest project, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons this week. The set suffered not one, but two serious accidents in the last week, both involving car stunts. The film, which is … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Caligula on DVD

Posted on 6 October 2008 by Jason Best

It’s one of the most notorious films of the 1970s: a multi-million-dollar historical epic about the infamously decadent Roman emperor that boasted a script by novelist Gore Vidal, lavish sets by an Oscar-winning designer and a cast of distinguished British … Continue reading →

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