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‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ at 10 – Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, Mystery, Spy Film, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tomas Alfredson
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Mank (2020) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Biopic, Citizen Kane, David Fincher, Gary Oldman, Mank
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Review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Oddly enough, despite its 1970s setting, cold grey rooms and tweed, Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of John Le Carré’s TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY feels more relevant and connective than ever. Maybe it’s because the modern world we live in is becoming … Continue reading
Underwhelming Netflix Sci-fi Double Bill: We’ve been here before, but better
It’s been widely discussed that Netflix is fast-becoming a graveyard for genre films. It seems like whenever a major studio has doubts about a project in development (particularly horror or sci-fi), or one which is approaching release with too much … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Ant-Man, Battle Los Angeles, Extinction, Gary Oldman, Maika Monroe, Michael Peña, Mute, Netflix, Sci-fi, Skyline, Tau, The Cloverfield Paradox
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10 Years On: The Dark Knight (2008)
With my latest look back at the staying power and impact of a key film, I have to address an elephant in the room. Everything about THE DARK KNIGHT, even after a decade is still overshadowed by Heath Ledger’s tragic … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Film, Film, Film Feature, Film Review
Tagged Aaron Eckhart, Batman: Under the Red Hood, Blockbuster, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Classic Film, Gary Oldman, Hans Zimmer, Heath Ledger, IMAX, James Newton Howard, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Superhero Movie, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Thriller
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Review: Darkest Hour (2017)
DARKEST HOUR left me cold. Yes, Gary Oldman will probably win the Oscar for portraying Winston Churchill. Yes, he probably should. And yet, something about the presentation of the film around him left me feeling pretty empty and disconnected. May … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Ben Mendelsohn, Biopic, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Gary Oldman, Historical Drama, Joe Wright, John Lithgow, Lily James, Netflix, Oscars, Ronald Pickup, The Crown, War Film
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Review: Black Mass (2015)
BLACK MASS is a frustrating beast. I’d recommend you just watch THE DEPARTED again instead as it’s a much better Boston gangsters and informants movie that was partly based on Whitey Bulger’s story anyway. In the 1970s and 1980s, few … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Black Mass, Crazy Heart, Drama, Film, Gangster Film, Gary Oldman, J. Edgar, Jesse Plemons, Jez Butterworth, Joel Edgerton, John Connolly, Johnny Depp, Mark Mallouk, Movies, Out of the Furnace, Scott Cooper, Sherlock, The Departed, Whitey Bulger
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Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
From the visceral opening ape-hunting-deer action sequence, I was completely enthralled by DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. I enjoyed the previous instalment, Rupert Wyatt’s RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, a solid little film, but Dawn makes … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Action, Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Blockbuster, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Film, Gary Oldman, Jerry Goldsmith, JJ Abrams, Judy Greer, Matt Reeves, Michael Giacchino, Movies, Nick Thurston, Planet of the Apes, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, RocknRolla, Sci-fi, Silent Film, Steven Spielberg, Toby Kebbell, Weta
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Greatest Oscar Injustices 2004-2013
The selection of the Academy Awards is an unfair, flawed system. Everyone knows that. Not long to go now before this year’s awards, so here’s my pick of the biggest mistakes the Academy made over the last decade, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Feature
Tagged 12 Years a Slave, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, American Hustle, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin, Black Swan, Brave, City of God, Colin Firth, Coraline, Drive, Fernando Meirelles, Film, Forest Whitaker, Gary Oldman, Gravity, Half Nelson, Heath Ledger, Inception, Infernal Affairs, Jean Dujardin, Laika, Little Miss Sunshine, Martin Scorsese, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Movies, Once, Oscars, Paranorman, Pixar, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Ryan Gosling, Steven Spielberg, The Artist, The Dark Knight, The Departed, The Fighter, The Hunt, The King's Speech, The Last King of Scotland, The Return of the King, The Social Network, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tomas Alfredson, Up, War Horse
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