BBC - Mark Kermode's film blog

Archives for December 2008

Annual Report: The Worst, Classics of Their Kind

Post categories:

Mark Kermode|17:30 PM, Tuesday, 30 December 2008

So bad, they're bad.



In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions

New Year's Resolution: It's Good to Talk

Post categories:

Mark Kermode|12:00 PM, Monday, 29 December 2008

2009 will be the year to answer you back.



In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions

The Boxing Day Movie: This Year it's Australia

Post categories:

Mark Kermode|11:00 AM, Tuesday, 23 December 2008

There's much, much more to Baz Luhrman's Australia than endless outback.



In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions

Annual Report: The Best of 2008, a Fine Vintage

Post categories:

Mark Kermode|10:30 AM, Monday, 22 December 2008

Celebrating the best of a very good year.



In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions

Career Review: Mickey Rourke

Post categories:

Mark Kermode|11:53 AM, Friday, 19 December 2008

The gorgeous young star star of Diner and Rumblefish is a changed man in The Wrestler and 2009 is going to be his year.

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions

The Culture Show: Kermodean Highlights from 2008

Post categories:

Mark Kermode|13:11 PM, Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Watch some of the TV show highlights from 2008, including a return to the location of 'Local Hero', a glitzy premiere at the closing night of the smallest cinema in the UK and revisiting the streets of Liverpool with Terence Davies, director of 'Of Time and the City'.

For the full version of each clip, please go to The Culture Show: Film



Unfortunately it is not possible to view this video outside of the UK due to available rights.



In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions

This Week's Top 5

Post categories:

Mark Kermode|13:40 PM, Tuesday, 16 December 2008

Awards bait special: Changeling, Gomorrah, Silence of Lorna plus Summer and Inkheart

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions

Review: Keanu Reeves in The Day the Earth Stood Still

Post categories:

Mark Kermode|10:47 AM, Friday, 12 December 2008

In this special effects splattered remake of the 1951 classic, Keanu takes his acting cues from the movie's title.



In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions

Jason Statham's Body of Work

Post categories:

Mark Kermode|10:00 AM, Monday, 8 December 2008

From Hercules via Women in Love and Eastern Promises, Jason Statham's Transporter is in a grand cinematic tradition of naked wrestling He-Men.

.

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions

This week's Top Five

Post categories:

Mark Kermode|15:21 PM, Thursday, 4 December 2008

Mark counts down the top 5 films of the week which include; Changeling, Silence of Lorna, Summer, Waltz with Bashir & The Children.

Also check out the Radio 5 Live Kermode & Mayo Movie Advent Calendar: https://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/advent/

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions