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Review: Wild Rose (2018/19)
WILD ROSE is the feel-good movie of the year, and that’s not damning it with faint praise. There’s just so much passion evident in this project from start to finish, and plenty of lively crackle along the way, it’ll leave … Continue reading
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Tagged Beast, Drama, Hearts Beat Loud, Jesse Buckley, Julie Walters, Musical, Oliver!, Once, The Commitments, Wild Rose
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Review in Brief: Sing Street (2016)
John Carney is clearly fascinated by the process of making music. ONCE explored the breakthrough album, BEGIN AGAIN the production and business side of the industry. SING STREET captures music making at its most pure – getting a group of … Continue reading
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Tagged Begin Again, John Carney, Mark McKenna, Once, Sing Street, The Commitments
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Review: Begin Again (2013)
There’s a scene early on in BEGIN AGAIN where Mark Ruffalo’s ramshackle record producer Dan shows obvious physical pain at listening to the bilge that are the demo tapes he is sent as he is stuck in busy city traffic … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Music
Tagged Adam Levine, Begin Again, Catherine Keener, Comedy, Drama, Film, Folk Music, Glen Hansard, Hailee Steinfeld, John Carney, Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Markéta Irglová, Maroon 5, Movies, Musical, Once, Pop Music, Wikipedia
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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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