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  1. 5 live review: The Mechanic

    5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews The Mechanic. Go to Mark on 5 live for more reviews and film debate. You can hear Mark talk about the latest films on Kermode & Mayo's Film Review on BBC Radio 5 live every Friday 2pm-4pm. The programme is also availab...

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  2. Reviewing the ratings system

    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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  3. When is a remake not a remake?

    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...

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  4. 5 live review: Black Swan

    5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews Black Swan. Go to Mark on 5 live for more reviews and film debate. You can hear Mark talk about the latest films on Kermode & Mayo's Film Review on BBC Radio 5 live every Friday 2pm-4pm. The programme is also available...

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  5. Firth Fever

    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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  6. Rating ratings

    What's the difference between a British and an American Blue Valentine? About two years.

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  7. 5 live review: The Green Hornet

    5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews The Green Hornet. Go to Mark on 5 Live for more reviews and film debate.

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  8. Awards Dilemma

    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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  9. You Write, I Speak

    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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  10. 5 live review: The King's Speech

    5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews The King's Speech. Go to Mark on 5 Live for more reviews and film debate.

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