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directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, cert 15. Those of us who grew up on American culture oft relish the Saturday afternoons spent watching cowboys and Indians on TV (at least I do), whether they came in cartoon form, or from the likes of Clint Eastwood and John Wayne. The golden age of the...
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dir Mark Romanek, cert 12A Third feature by music video and film director Mark Romanek is an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel of the same name, and is a remarkably assured and affecting piece of work. Starring one established and two rising stars, Never Let Me Go’s performances make up a large part of...
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1. Stanley Kubrick never won an Oscar for best direction Stanley Kubrick is regularly and rightly recognized as one of the greatest ever directors. His films’ ranged from sci-fi to period drama to war to horror and each effort in those genres became the benchmark that subsequent filmmakers have set themselves against (mostly unsuccessfully)....
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dir Darren Aronofsky, 2011, cert 15 Darren Aronofsky’s latest is a psychological thriller starring Natalie Portman as a naïve and demure young ballerina struggling to achieve the perfect performance. A lot of credit has to go Natalie Portman for throwing herself so convincingly into what is a very challenging role. Not only is Nina...
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dir Michel Gondry – 2011 Seth Rogen and Jay Chou bring an unlikely dynamic duo to life in this fresh edition of a decades old story, with Diaz playing the femme fatale cum accomplice. The viewer is presented with a witty, and yet oft coarse and immature script/plot combination. While this film does plenty...
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Canadian actor and comedian Leslie Nielsen has died at the age of 74. Nielsen was admitted to hospital in November and died on the 28th from pneumonia. Appearing in over 100 films and 1500 television programmes, Nielsen achieved the height of his popularity after appearing in the 1980 Tragedy spoof Airplane! Nielsen’s dead pan...
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In the time since the news broke that the UK Film Council is to be abolished as part of the sweeping cuts made by the Government, a parade of stars have had their say on this attack on the British film industry. Liam Neeson called the decision ‘deplorable’, and more than 50 actors, including...
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Inception, dir Christopher Nolan, Cert 12A, on general release. 4 Dots Inception follows the attempts of Cobb (Leonardo Dicaprio) and his crew of mind hackers trying to plant an idea in a business tycoon’s head, in order to break up a business empire, and hopefully in the process, earn Cobb the ability to return...
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Dir. Lee Unkrich. (U) On General Release. Five ‘Dots’. Andy is all grown up and about to head off for college, and that means change is coming for Woody, Buzz, and the other residents of his toy chest. First thing’s first – Toy Story 3 is a superb film. It’s everything you have...
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Top 10 Films of 2010
Rather than arrange the list in order of quality and engage in the futile exercise of deciding which of these films is better than the other, I’ve arranged them randomly, as they are all equally awesome. If you missed any of them in the cinema then shame on you but you can make it...
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