5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews The Mechanic.
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My recent blog on the meaning of the NC17 and my fulsome encomium to the earlier works of Colin "Oscar" Firth set many of your digits a- tippity-tapping and now it's time for me to review your welcome outpourings.
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The Coen brothers' True Grit starring Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon may be regarded as a variant on Henry Hathaway's True Grit starring John Wayne and Glen Campbell, but as far as I'm concerned it is something much more than a remake. So just what is it that distinguishes a fine new retelling of a forty-year-old Western from a mindless American remake of a Swedish vampire movie, say?
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5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews Black Swan.
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Who would have thought playing an old King with a stutter would do so much for a chap's career? But while he may be the imperial flavour of the month, as far as I'm concerned Colin Firth has always been a class act.
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What's the difference between a British and an American Blue Valentine? About two years.
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5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews The Green Hornet.
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It's the season for giving out BAFTAs, Oscars and Kermodes. This year my favourite films all seem to be getting nominations - or do they?
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Such was the magnificence of your response to my bottom and my top five films of 2010 that I thought I had better read out what you said and then explain where you're wrong. Or right.
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5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews The King's Speech.
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Saying goodbye to one of our overlooked national treasures is not the best way to start the year but let's remember him in one of his greatest performances as band conductor Danny in the brilliant and no less undervalued classic British movie, Brassed Off.
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Ever wondered what the crucial difference is between the way your eyes perceive 2D movies and the way they perceive 3D movies? Let me give you my perspective on that.
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