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Friday, November 5, 2010: ALIEN (USA/UK, 1979) 10/10 Tuesday, November 9, 2010: AN EDUCATION (UK/USA, 2009) 6/10 Thursday, November 11, 2010: FANTASTIC MR. FOX (USA/UK, 2009) 4/10 Thursday, November 11, 2010: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (USA, 2007) 2/10 Saturday, November 13,...

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See my original review of GIALLO here. Finally got to see this film for the second time - first viewing was at the Edinburgh International Film Festival premiere over a year ago. And, while I suspect my 7/10 rating back...

Posted at 10:21 PM in Cinema

I don't find horror movies scary. I like 'em a great deal, especially when they're done well. I count the likes of SUSPIRIA, THE OMEN, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE SHINING, CARRIE, THE BIRDS and ROSEMARY'S BABY among my...

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Monday, October 4, 2010: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED (UK, 2009) 7/10 Wednesday, October 13, 2010: DON'T SAY A WORD (USA/Australia, 2001) 7/10 Sunday, October 24, 2010: TRICK 'R TREAT (USA, 2007) 5/10...

Posted at 11:59 PM in Cinema

...going purely by UK general theatrical release. If I was going by release in country of origin, this list would look quite different (and much shorter too): Toy Story 3 (USA: Lee Unkrich) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Sweden/Denmark/Germany/Norway:...

Posted at 3:38 PM in Cinema

Friday, September 3, 2010: KICK-ASS (UK/USA, 2010) 7/10 Sunday, September 5, 2010: A PERFECT GETAWAY (USA, 2009) 4/10 Friday, September 17, 2010: HIERRO (Spain, 2009) 6/10 Sunday, September 19, 2010: FOUR LIONS (UK, 2010) 7/10 Saturday, September 25, 2010:...

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70 years young today!...

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Monday, August 9, 2010: THE GHOST WRITER (France/Germany/UK, 2010) 8/10 Monday, August 16, 2010: CENTURION (UK, 2010) 7/10...

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Sunday, July 4, 2010: THE BOX (USA, 2009) 7/10 Monday, July 5, 2010: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (UK/USA, 1981) 6/10 Wednesday, July 7, 2010: THE NUMBER 23 (USA, 2007) 6/10 Friday, July 9, 2010: 36 (France, 2004) 6/10 Sunday,...

Posted at 11:59 PM in Cinema

You couldn't make this up. Mere weeks after passing Dario Argento's INFERNO uncut for the first time, the British Board of Film Censors have gone on what can only be described as a political correctness rampage (and I normally hate...

Posted at 12:48 PM in Cinema

I don't envy those faced with adapting the third and final instalment in Stieg Larsson's posthumously published Millennium trilogy, THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE NORTNETS' NEST. The novel is extremely discursive, the dramatic tension is often lacking, and the heroine,...

Posted at 8:01 PM in Cinema

Thursday, June 10, 2010: TRANSPORTER 3 (France/UK, 2008) 4/10 Wednesday, June 23, 2010: THE HURT LOCKER (USA, 2008) 7/10 Sunday, June 27, 2010: WANTED (USA/Germany, 2008) 2/10...

Posted at 11:59 PM in Cinema

I've set up a MUBI account. Apparently, I actually created it ages ago, back when the site was known as The Auteurs, but I completely forgot about it until one of this site's regular readers emailed me a link to...

Posted at 9:11 PM in Cinema

This is almost as funny as the The Do-It-Yourself Giallo Generator: http://www.kqek.com/dvd_reviews/pop_ups/GialloCliches.htm The thing is, if this was a real film, I just KNOW I'd watch it....

Posted at 11:41 PM in Cinema

Saturday, May 1, 2010: AVATAR (USA/UK, 2009) 6/10 Monday, May 3, 2010: THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS (UK/Canada/France, 2009) 6/10 Wednesday, May 5, 2010: THE GOLDEN COMPASS (USA/UK, 2007) 7/10 Wednesday, May 12, 2010: THE TRANSPORTER (France/USA, 2002) 6/10...

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Monday, April 12, 2010: ZOMBIELAND (USA, 2009) 8/10 Wednesday, April 14, 2010: HARRY BROWN (UK, 2009) 7/10 Sunday, April 18, 2010: BROKEN EMBRACES (Spain, 2009) 8/10 Monday, April 19, 2010: THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX (Germany/France/Czech Republic, 2008) 8/10...

Posted at 11:59 PM in Cinema

Who says Hollywood is short of original ideas? In other irrelevant movie world news, TRUE BLOOD star Anna Paquin is bisexual. Believe it or not, this is considered by some people to be a big deal....

Posted at 6:02 PM in Cinema

Our dear friend Christopher Tookey, resident film critic at Britain's most popular right-wing crackpot gutter rag, the Daily Mail (and the man who spearheaded a campaign to have David Cronenberg's CRASH banned back in 1996 after reacting with fury to...

Posted at 6:42 PM in Cinema

Thursday, March 4, 2010: TRIANGLE (UK/Australia, 2009) 7/10 Tuesday, March 9, 2010: THE ARMY OF CRIME (France, 2009) 7/10 Friday, March 12, 2010: CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (USA, 2009) 7/10 Friday, March 19, 2010: THE DESCENT: PART 2 (UK,...

Posted at 10:28 PM in Cinema

I just had to share this with you. "Catchphrase!"...

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Monday, February 1, 2010: THE STRANGERS (USA, 2008) 4/10 Thursday, February 4, 2010: THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (France/Poland/Norway, 1991) 7/10 or 8/10 Tuesday, February 9, 2010: MYSTIC RIVER (USA/Australia, 2003) 7/10 Sunday, February 14, 2010: THE GIRL WHO...

Posted at 11:59 PM in Cinema

This is going to be a rather incomplete report, because although eight films were shown at the Glasgow FrightFest, I only went along for two: A LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN and AMER. I met up with Nick and Sandy...

Posted at 10:10 AM in Cinema

I'm off to the Glasgow Film Festival tomorrow afternoon to meet up with some of the Dark Dreams crowd and catch screenings of Lucio Fulci's A LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN and Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani's AMER. With a...

Posted at 3:22 PM in Cinema

Best Film - The Hurt Locker Outstanding British Film - Fish Tank Director - Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker Actor - Colin Firth, A Single Man Actress - Carey Mulligan, An Education Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Supporting...

Posted at 12:23 PM in Cinema

Tonight sees the 2010 instalment of the UK's answer to the Oscars, the BAFTAs. I've just taken a look at the nominees and am once again shamed by how few I've actually seen. The full list of nominees, as per...

Posted at 3:08 PM in Cinema