[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjJlBnfyiI4&fs=1&hl=en_GB] My, my, my. Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains. He’s not very tall, looks a bit of mess, sweats profusely and attracts a tongue-lashing from almost every woman he meets. In The Big Sleep,… Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ3MUfYsK_0&fs=1&hl=en_GB] At any moment I expected Borat to turn up with the Kazakhstan cricket team in tow, wearing standard issue “mankinis” rather than jockstraps. You don’t need to know the ins and (not) outs of the game of cricket to… Continue Reading →
It’s not tinselly and it’s a long way from being “Capra-corn”, but this movie does come with a lifetime Christmas guarantee. Does the thought of Christmas movies raise a smile or a grimace? For some, the prospect of TV screens… Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3cPbxCBGVo&fs=1&hl=en_GB] Coppola has made a 98-minute advert for the Chateau Marmont, the famed West Hollywood hotel where celebrities go to party and – occasionally — to die. After the opening 15 minutes of Sofia Coppola’s new film, Somewhere, you might… Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOsbJsqTZjM&fs=1&hl=en_GB] “What are you wearing?” Easier with Practice shows weary writer Davy Mitchell (Brian Geraghty) receiving a late-night phone call in his motel room. It’s an unexpected introduction to the mysterious “Nicole” (Kathryn Aselton), who likes to seduce guys over… Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGz1ZquLi4c&fs=1&hl=en_GB] As one YouTube user so eloquently puts it: “Ingrid Pitt, you can bite my neck with pleasure.” The Polish actress and star of films like The Vampire Lovers and Countess Dracula, died on 23 November, just two days after… Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkYSJEgbOhk&fs=1&hl=en_GB] Is he a kick-ass, a jackass, or just another middle-class brat with morbid obsessions? Hideo Nakata’s new psychological thriller stars Aaron Johnson, who was last seen as the green-suited wannabe superhero in Kick-Ass. In Chatroom he plays a master… Continue Reading →
Some actresses toil for a lifetime clocking up credits on IMDb, without ever achieving much in the way of recognition. Others get the awards, the stratospheric salaries and the celebrity spouses. The name of actress Jill Clayburgh, who died yesterday… Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwpj8hObIzI&fs=1&hl=en_GB] For fans of Diego Luna, already a dynamic presence on screen, this movie promises an exciting future behind the camera. Abel, director Diego Luna’s beguiling comedy drama about a strange Mexican boy, throws up many more questions than answers…. Continue Reading →
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdDSqgZ87fM&fs=1&hl=en_GB] Don’t you just hate it when a film confounds your expectations? The teenage son of lesbians Nic and Jules is baffled by his discovery that their taste in late-night movies runs to gay male porn rather than hot girl-on-girl… Continue Reading →
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