Tag Archives: Stanley Kubrick

If The Shining had been a family film, would it still give Leo nightmares?

  So, now we know, the twins from The Shining give Leo the willies. Promoting Inception in London last night, Leonardo DiCaprio revealed that the thought of the identical twins from Kubrick’s horror masterpiece leaves him a gibbering wreck. Perhaps … Continue reading

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29th Cambridge Film Festival

 Movie Talk is happy to invite our correspondent in Cambridge, Jan Gilbert, to give us the low-down on this year’s Cambridge Film Festival. A veritable feast of Independent Cinema, the CFF may be smaller than the sprawling London Film Festival, … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings: Spartacus and “I’m Spartacus” moments on screen

On ITV4 this afternoon at 1.50pm “I’m Spartacus.” You know the scene. It’s legendary, and possibly the greatest example of group solidarity on celluloid. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video (Sorry, I couldn’t find … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | A Clockwork Orange

On ITV4 tonight at 10pm If you visited Movie Talk yesterday you probably noticed that I was having a Victor Meldrew style moan about my experiences of contemporary teen speak. Well, look at what’s showing tonight. I don’t believe it! … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings – Straw Dogs

On Channel 4 tonight at 11.05pm You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video This controversial film from 1971 was famously banned by the BBFC for two decades because of its graphic portrayal of violence and … Continue reading

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