Blog posts by year and monthOctober 2013
Posts (9)
The Perfect Trilogy
I’ve just watched Before Midnight again on DVD - the follow-up to Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. I reckon it could complete the perfect trilogy - can you think of a better one?
Ender’s Defenders
The big new release this week is Ender’s Game - a smart, thoughtful sci-fi movie. It’s courted controversy because of the opinions of the writer whose novel it is based on. But why should his views have any bearing on what we think of the film?
True Stories?
There was a news story this week about a history professor being hired to check that certain films stuck to the facts. Why the sudden interest in historical accuracy in Hollywood?
Hijacking Stories
The big movie this week is Captain Phillips starring Tom Hanks as the captain of a ship overrun by Somali pirates. A Hijacking - a nailbiting Danish thriller with the same theme - is out on DVD. The two films are very different but each is brilliant in its own way.
Cineworld and Competition
Last December multiplex giant Cineworld acquired the Picturehouse arthouse chain. Now it has been ruled anti-competitive in certain places and they are being forced to sell some of the cinemas. What do you think of this development?
Well Done U
We've launched a U certificate short film competition on Kermode and Mayo's Film Review - what are your favourite Us and what is the most unlikely one you can think of?
And The Winner Will Be...
Mark challenges the audience to predict five of next year's Oscar winners.
The Return Of The Kings
I blogged a while back about how much I liked The Kings Of Summer. Unfortunately it had a very limited release but now it's out on DVD...
