February 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment
I visited the video store to hire the new Simon Pegg DVD. I quite like his films especially his last three films, but “Fear of Everything” was not his best. It has the style of an old Ealing Comedy, but without the quality script. It tried to cover too much ground – neurosis, psychiatry, pathos, … [Read the full story]
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January 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Not the best year for films. It was more quantity than quality. We did have some beautiful actresses despite having to appear in a few sub-standard movies. Joanna Moore, Heather Graham, Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett always give great performances. Why are there not more romantic comedies for stars like Cameron Diaz and Selma Hayek … [Read the full story]
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December 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Steven Spielberg is the frontrunner for next year’s Golden Globes Awards after receiving seven nominations for Lincoln. Daniel Day Lewis and Sally Field are shortlisted for acting prizes for their performances as President Abraham Lincoln and First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, while Spielberg is up for Best Director and the film itself is nominated for … [Read the full story]
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March 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Behind the camera, his pendulous lips exhaling bad breath and extraordinarily obscene jokes in a lugubrious Cockney accent, stood the corpulent figure of Alfred Hitchcock, acknowledged as cinema’s master of murder, mayhem and suspense. In front of the camera, poised, elegant, remote, and seemingly unattainable, reclined the exquisitely beautiful Tippi Hedren, his latest star, and … [Read the full story]
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