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An Obscured Vision
A filmmaker’s frame is one of the most important tools in their arsenal. Why mess with it? There are many ways in which films can be messed with during the journey from the editing
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UK Box Office: 27/1 – 29/1/2012
The horse reigns supreme again but 3 high charting new entries also make an impression in a solid weekend at the UK Box Office. 1. War Horse (510 sites) W/E: £2,081,490 Total: £13,418,627 2. The Descendants
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Review: Young Adult
Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody re-team again for dark (ish) comedy drama Young Adult, out here on Friday. Over the last few years, Diablo Cody has emerged as one of the most divisive figures
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New Blu-Ray Releases: 30/1/2012
By far the best week of the year so far with 3 releases I’d be very happy to part with my cash for. PICK OF THE WEEK: DRIVE (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011, USA) No
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Ian’s Oscar Nominations Ramblings
You’ve probably read 20 Oscar articles this year by now but at least this is my first! I will say before I start that I am not this site’s awards guru, that would be
Read More »UK Box Office – 20/1 – 22/1/2012
Spielberg may have felt a little burned at the Oscar nominations yesterday but the audience sill love his horse. 1. War Horse (513 sites) W/E: £3,202,493 Total: £9,639,624 2. Haywire (379) W/E: £1,197,866 NEW (Includes W/Th previews)
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DVD Review: Drive
EatSleepLiveFilm’s top film of 2011 comes to DVD this coming Monday as Ryan Gosling stars in Nicolas Winding Refn’s modern classic Drive. There’s not as great deal more to say about this film than
Read More »New Blu-Ray Releases: 23/1/2012
A solid week for releases see’s Lars Von Trier’s apocalyptic Dunst starrer take the Pick of the Week. PICK OF THE WEEK: MELANCHOLIA (Lars Von Trier, 2011, DEN/SWE/FRA/GER) The “enfant terrible” Lars Von Trier
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Review: The Sitter
Out in the UK today, David Gordon Green quickly follows up the disappointing Your Highness with Jonah Hill babysitting comedy The Sitter. David Gordon Green used to be one of the darlings of the
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