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Archives for September 2010

My Favourite Cinema

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Mark Kermode|17:05 PM, Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Do you have a personal all-time favourite cinema as steeped in memories as Proust's madeleines? I know I do and mine has just been reborn...

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Eat, Pray, Love, Review

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Mark Kermode|12:50 PM, Friday, 24 September 2010

Sometimes there's a rare kind of film that comes along with a message that speaks to the very core of your being. The brand new Julia Roberts vehicle, Eat Pray Love, based on Elisabeth Gilbert's autobiographical tome of the same name, is just such a film.

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The Death of 3D Replies

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Mark Kermode|17:36 PM, Tuesday, 21 September 2010

I recently predicted that contrary to contemporary hype 3D will not be the default mainstream movie experience in two years time. In fact I maintain that by then 3D will have reverted to its right and proper status as a sideshow gimmick. But with Werner Herzog producing a 3D movie, The Cave, and the reversioned 3D Titanic looming on our cultural horizon, you have kindly let me know your views on the matter.

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Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

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Mark Kermode|11:44 AM, Friday, 17 September 2010

Do not let it be said that I never heed your requests for a review once in a while, especially not when it's of a film by Edgar Wright, the director behind of Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, and the TV series Spaced...

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The Year in Review Reviewed

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Mark Kermode|14:43 PM, Tuesday, 14 September 2010

My Top and Bottom Five of the year's movie releases provoked a healthy torrent of suggestions from your own personal catalogues of the year's joys and horrors...

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The Death of 3D

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Mark Kermode|14:46 PM, Friday, 10 September 2010

The latest Resident Evil movie is in 3d. But in the language of this videogame movie franchise/Milla Jovovich vehicle, may I explain: There will be no 3D Afterlife. There will be no 3D Resurrection. There will be only a 3D Apocalypse. And it is coming sooner than you think.

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Instant Review: Enter the Void

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Mark Kermode|16:31 PM, Tuesday, 7 September 2010

Just as if you were there at the time, my instant take on Enter the Void the new movie from Gaspar Noé the auteur behind Irreversible and I Stand Alone...

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Comic Book Heroes and Zeroes

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Mark Kermode|11:11 AM, Friday, 3 September 2010

I believe I have identified the missing ingredient that makes the difference between a good comic book movie (Kick-Ass) and a bad one (Jonah Hex).

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