Tag Archives: Tomas Alfredson

Who will win this year’s BAFTAs?

Posted on 10 February 2012 by Jason Best

Movie Talk is putting its reputation on the line and making a few brilliantly inspired predictions about who is going to be walking out of the British Academy Film Awards on  Sunday night with a great big smile on their … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – John LeCarre’s classic spy thriller comes in from the cold in fine style

Posted on 30 January 2012 by Jason Best

John Le Carré’s classic spy novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy becomes a feature film – and the result is a superbly clever, fiendishly gripping thriller that measures up to the iconic BBC TV series from 1979. In the lead role, … Continue reading →

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Film review | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Oldman’s spycatcher Smiley hunts for a mole in the Circus

Posted on 16 September 2011 by Jason Best

John le Carré’s classic spy novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy gets brought to the big screen by Let the Right One In director Tomas Alfredson – and the result is a superbly clever, fiendishly gripping thriller that more than measures … Continue reading →

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Movies to look forward to in 2010 – Part Deux

Posted on 17 January 2010 by Adele Craciun

Movie Talk blogger Heidi has already shared her what’s hot and what’s not list of upcoming movies in 2010. Here are some of the films that I look forward to this year: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – out … Continue reading →

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News Muse – Looks do deceive, at least in Hollywood

Posted on 18 September 2009 by Adele Craciun

I was quite excited this week to hear that fellow Swede and Let the Right One In director Tomas Alfredson has been given as exciting a project as The Danish Girl – the true-story drama that will see Nicole Kidman … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Let the Right One In – Swedish chiller gives the vampire genre a blood transfusion

Posted on 3 August 2009 by Jason Best

What with Twilight giving us teen bloodsuckers at the cinema and True Blood going for the jugular on TV, vampires are all the rage just now – but the work that has given the undead the biggest shot in the … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Let the Right One In

Posted on 10 April 2009 by Jason Best

  The makers of the unexpectedly brilliant Swedish vampire thriller Let the Right One In use the same basic formula as recent blockbuster Twilight, but they have concocted a film that is infinitely more chilling – and touching – than … Continue reading →

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