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La Vie en Rose (aka La Môme)
So, I was looking forward to La Vie en Rose, not least to see Marion Cotillard’s Oscar-winning turn as Edith Piaf.It’s rugged to give a synopsis other than it’s a bio-pic about a French singing superstar. It spans her life from the age of about 10 to her death at an incredibly old-looking 47.Hers wa…
Walk The Line
Synopsis: Walk The Line is the story of country-and-western singer Johnny Cash.Y’know, it’s funny. Growing up, I seem to recall my dad had the Johnny Cash Fulsom Prison album. And I seem to recall thinking it was extremely dull. And despite the recent renaissance afforded Cash, in light of him being…
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
It’s still Oscar season, and Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was nominated for some Oscars — three to be precise — and won one (Art Direction).The story of Sweeney Todd is one that kids construct out from an early age by here in the UK. He’s that nearly mythical figure we are told a…
That’s all for now…
Ah, springtime. Frosty mornings, longer evenings, and the promise of summer fast approaching… Unfortunately all that has an ominous feel when you have a dissertation to write by September! duration is precious within now and soon after folks, so you’re going to have to manufacture up your own mind…
Freddy vs Jason
Here’s a rad premise. Take Freddy Krueger (of A Nightmare on Elm Street fame), add Jason Voorhees (of Friday the 13th et al), and whaddya got? Freddy vs Jason, dudes!Helmed by Ronny Yu — who came up via Hong Kong film-making and hit the US shores with the gloriously foolish Bride of Chucky before d…
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for prepare Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
What a fucking terrible film.NOT!(Of course, that is a Borat in-joke; I would personally never tell a “not joke”.)It took me a expanded instance to get around to watching Borat, it must be said. But I had been reasonably interested since day one. I mean, I liked Ali G and other Sacha Baron Cohen cre…
Best Film Editing
This is a first on that site: a post that’s not a movie review (such as they are).I have written an article on Best Film Editing for the Large organization of Movie Blogs (LAMB).Why not go check it out?Cheers, and have a great weekend!Original post by * (asterisk)
