September 2010
8 posts
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Buried (2010) - Review
One of the most remarkable pieces of filmmaking that I have encountered in years; Rodrigo Cortes manages to create a constantly engaging movie with the most basic premise possible: Ryan Reynolds has been buried alive.
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Up In The Air (2009) - Review
A peculiarly lauded movie from the talented sprog of comedy legend, Ivan - Jason Reitman conceives a rare miss that has all of his trademark visual tricks but little heart or warmth. Cold and slow.
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American Movie (1999) - Review
Cult documentary plays like a real life “This Is Spinal Tap” - only with movies. Hilarious and revealing - like a naked clown.
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Kick Ass (2010) - Review
Ripping up the comic book movie rule-book a little less than it likes to think, this ultra-enjoyable ultra-violent action-comedy is still one of the best films of the year. Okay you cunts, let’s see what you can do with the sequel…
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Pi (1998) - Review
Darren Aronofsky’s debut headfuck is film noir by way of psychological thriller/troubled genius drama. Perhaps still Aronofsky’s best film to date.
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Danny Dyer: A cut-price Ray Winstone for the Nuts...
Excellent article over at the Guardian, documenting the slight ascent and epic plummet of East End rent-a-wideboy Danny Dyer. The article gets it spot on; Dyer could have had a decent career going - he’s likeable enough given the right material and he actually can act - but his consistently terrible film choices (recent film “Pimp” grossed all of £205) and insistence on...
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) - Review
Spaced alumni Edgar Wright sets phasers to geek in this— wait, I’m not sure if Wright knows anything other than geek… Oh well, just sit back and bawke at this fitfully hilarious motion picture comic book that zips and whooshs more than a massive Zip-Whoosh machine.
August 2010
42 posts
