My my, I have been lax lately, I really need to write more reviews… it’s not like I haven’t seen any films lately… it’s just that I haven’t had a chance to write any reviews… Anyway so… I saw Iron Man the other day. You may have heard of it, it’s directed by the multi-talented […]
moreStop-Loss refers to the Stop-loss policy used by the US Military to involuntarily extend the length of active duty that a US service member undertakes. Basically it means that even when a soldier has reached their agreed date for the end of their active duty, the military can invoke the policy to send that soldier […]
moreThere are some directors that I’m really into, like Michel Gondry, Wes Anderson and Tim Burton… however there are far more directors that I really have no particular thoughts on either way, I’ve seen a good few of their films but I’m still ambivalent. Paul Thomas Anderson is one – which I noted in the […]
moreI didn’t really know what to expect of There Will Be Blood. I didn’t really want to see it. It didn’t seem like my kind of film… I don’t really like Westerns and it seemed a bit “worthy” to me… and I never mean “worthy” in a good way. Also I’d heard that it was […]
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Park Chan-wook could hardly be described as a household name in the western world however, his films probably are far better known than those of some other Asian directors.
moreBe Kind Rewind is the latest film from director Michel Gondry. It stars Mos Def and Jack Black. I don’t think this is a good thing.
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Ireland doesn’t tend to feature much at the Academy Awards…
moreYou’ve probably heard of Juno; it’s the indie comedy which has been nominated for four Oscars
moreIan Curtis died on May 18th, 1980. He was 23 years old. Control is a biographical film based on the 1995 memoirs of Ian Curtis’s wife, Deborah Curtis, entitled Touching From A Distance. It is directed by acclaimed photographer and music video director Anton Corbijn. Shot in colour than transferred to black and white, Control […]
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I’m a big fan of Tim Burton, the only film of his that I haven’t seen is Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, but I would be remiss if I didn’t say that I think his output has been somewhat inconsistent.
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