Sunday, 27 January 2013 12:22
Searching for Sugar Man clocks in a swift 85 minutes but the true story it tells – about an unknown folk-rock artist from Detroit, Michigan who doesn’t even know he’s bigger than Elvis in South Africa – is one you will never forget. Rodriguez is his name ...
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Wednesday, 27 June 2012 22:11
There are few directors who can entertain me - a solidly heterosexual male - with a film about male strippers with impossible abs, toothy grins, and buns of steel. Wait. Now that I think about it, there’s only one. His name is Steven Soderbergh ...
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Saturday, 26 January 2013 14:54
Bursting with the same joy captured inside Domenico Modugno’s recording of Volare, To Rome with Love continues Woody Allen’s successful European vacation. The comedy is just shy of the usual laughter and a definite step down from his most successful film ...
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Saturday, 23 June 2012 14:21
In case of a fire, what would you grab on the way out the door? In the face of the world’s total annihilation, would you significantly change anything about your life? These age-old questions form the themes in Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, which ...
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Saturday, 26 January 2013 14:52
“Gross,” my wife said to me while studying the artwork on Olive Films Blu-ray release of Paramount’s Ticks, a low-budget creature feature from 1993. It was followed by, “what the hell is wrong with you?” Ticks, to be sure, is my cup of malt-o-meal comfort ...
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Wednesday, 20 June 2012 12:19
About two years ago I read Seth Grahame-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and was immediately struck by its power and purpose in having a little fun with a historical figure, the mythology surrounding him, and giving a new interpretation on why the Civil War was ...
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Monday, 21 January 2013 11:52
Sweat. Dust. Violence. And beer. These are the outback facts of life in Ted Kotcheff’s hard-hitting Wake in Fright. An Australian film long thought lost due to the ravages of time, Wake in Fright stands proudly alongside Mad Max and Picnic at Hanging Rock as high ....
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Saturday, 16 June 2012 11:40
Ever wonder what becomes of the young schoolboys who end up in those real-life teacher/student forbidden relationships that seem to be happening with ever-increasing frequency these days? Adam Sandler’s new film, That’s My Boy builds its plot around ...
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Sunday, 20 January 2013 20:18
With inspired gonzo guffaws and slapdash guerrilla filmmaking stylings, Sleepers is the funniest Woody Allen film to appear before his artistic vision made him a household name. Allen, a longtime fan of silent clowns like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, throws ...
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Wednesday, 13 June 2012 12:50
“Are you ready for a good time!?” When AC/DC first asked the question in 1990 (after the 80’s had officially ended and real joy could be had), the response was immediate. “Hell, yes,” and the crowd roared...
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Thursday, 04 October 2012 10:09
With all the fabulous charm of old school Burton, Frankenweenie arrives in theaters just in time to wag its electrified tail (or tale as the case may be) for all the costumed kiddies and adults this Halloween season. It’s a fully charged black-and-white romp about a ...
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Saturday, 09 June 2012 14:58
Miss the patchouli-scented days of tie-dyed tees, peasant skirts, and psychedelic magic busses? Then Peace, Love & Misunderstanding is for you. Then again, even the tuned-in and turned-out who lovingly call Woodstock home may find little more than overt clichés ...
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