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Archives for January 2009

Review: The Broken "Horror will eat itself"

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Mark Kermode|14:00 PM, Friday, 30 January 2009

Sean Ellis began his movie career stripping women naked in supermarkets; in his stylish new horror flick The Broken he nakedly strip mines the work of horror movie makers past.

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5 Live - Kermode and Mayo's Weekly Film Review: Revolutionary Road

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Mark Kermode|13:00 PM, Friday, 30 January 2009

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are reunited on screen for the first time since Titanic in Sam Mendes' Revolutionary Road. So what do the good doctors Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo make of it?



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Opinion: I vill say ziz only vonce

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Mark Kermode|12:00 PM, Wednesday, 28 January 2009

The bizarre cacophony of comedy foreign accents in movies right now demonstrates just how desperately a solution is needed, and if you bear with me you will see there is one and that it is as logical as it is obvious.

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Tribute to Werner Herzog

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Mark Kermode|11:30 AM, Tuesday, 27 January 2009

Remember that time I was interviewing German genius director Werner Herzog and someone shot at him with a gun? 

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5 Live: Kermode and Mayo's Weekly Film Review

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Mark Kermode|12:00 PM, Monday, 26 January 2009

After it received five Academy Award nominations, Mark tackles Frost/Nixon as his big review on Simon Mayo's BBC Radio 5 Live show.

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Review: There Will Be Blood

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Mark Kermode|15:30 PM, Friday, 23 January 2009

When you asked what I meant when I said what I said about Paul Thomas Anderson's recent masterpiece there was only one way to answer, and "There Will Be Blog". 


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5 Live: Kermode and Mayo's Weekly Film Review

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Mark Kermode|15:00 PM, Friday, 23 January 2009

Watch Mark Kermode attempt to predict the outcome of this year's Oscars on Simon Mayo's BBC Radio 5 Live show.

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Return to the Third Dimension

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Mark Kermode|18:00 PM, Tuesday, 20 January 2009

My Bloody Valentine 3D might have defied the recession at the British box office this weekend but can one extra D really draw an audience into a film more effectively than the other two already do?

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5 Live: Kermode and Mayo's Weekly Film Review

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Mark Kermode|15:00 PM, Tuesday, 20 January 2009

Mark Kermode talks about the return of Mickey Rourke to the big screen in The Wrestler. As featured on Simon Mayo's BBC Radio 5 Live show.

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5 Live: Kermode and Mayo's Weekly Film Review

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Mark Kermode|14:00 PM, Tuesday, 20 January 2009

Mark delivers his verdict on Beverly Hills Chihuahua, featuring the voices of Drew Barrymore and Jamie Lee Curtis. As featured on Simon Mayo's BBC Radio 5 Live show.

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More Points of You: Part One

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Mark Kermode|13:00 PM, Friday, 16 January 2009

At your request I give you my top four films of all time, news on space nazis and more hair advice...

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More Points of You: Part Two

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Mark Kermode|12:30 PM, Friday, 16 January 2009

The true story of the spider walk scene in The Exorcist, and the men who made it happen...

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Review: The Reader

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Mark Kermode|12:30 PM, Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Congratulations are in order for Kate Winslet's Golden Globes, but The Reader is by no means the first work of cinema to explore the world of sexed up Nazis.

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5 Live: Kermode and Mayo's Weekly Film Review

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Mark Kermode|10:00 AM, Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Mark Kermode gives Simon Mayo his review of the Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway film 'Bride Wars' on Simon's BBC Radio 5 live show.

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Points of You: Part One

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Mark Kermode|15:30 PM, Thursday, 8 January 2009

As promised here's me responding to you responding to me.

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Points of You: Part Two

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Mark Kermode|15:00 PM, Thursday, 8 January 2009

Keep your opinions coming in, no matter how palpably, insanely wrong they may be.

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The Culture Show: Danny Boyle Interview

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Mark Kermode|14:00 PM, Thursday, 8 January 2009

The Culture Show stages a screening for a specially invited audience. Here, the director chats about the hard-hitting side of this 'feel-good' film and his hopes for how it will be received.

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The Kermodes: Make Your Case

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Mark Kermode|13:00 PM, Tuesday, 6 January 2009

The Kermodes: the most coveted awards in cinema are upon us once more. You know my views - but what is your opinion?

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