The first foreign language film to be nominated for Best Picture at The Oscars, often cited by Woody Allen as the finest film ever made and featuring on virtually ever best war movies (or any other kind of movie, for that matter) list, it’s easy to see why La Grande Illusion has captivated audiences 75 years after it’s original release. Directed by French master Jean Renoir, La Grande Illusion is… Read More »
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Blu-Ray Review: Life is Beautiful
Disability, race and obliteration by nuclear war are just some of the taboo subjects tackled by comedy with varying degrees of success and taste, but how did a mildly comic film about one of the worst atrocities committed in human history manage to win three Academy Awards? In the 15 years since its original release, Life is Beautiful not only has it’s lovers and haters, it’s also made it’s way… Read More »
Clash of the Titles: Scarecrow VS Scarecrow
Last week saw the murderous machine HAL9000 beat the snot out of Hal Jordan. This week, ladies and gentleman, witness the battle of the scarecrows in a bout I like to call… Field of Screams. In the blue corner, hailing from the wrong side of the Yellow Brick Road and weighing in at 20lbs, he’s the original friend of Dorothy… ladies and gentleman, The Scarecrow! And in the red corner,… Read More »
Clash of the Titles: Hal Jordan VS HAL9000
Last week, the mighty John Matrix succumbed to the virtual reality power of The Matrix in our second man vs machine bout. Now squeal in sheer delight as we wrap up the flesh on circuits trilogy in the depths of space with the Thrilla in Machina! Ladies and gentle, let’s get ready to Hubble! In the green corner, hailing from the Green Lantern Corp. home world of Oa and weighing… Read More »
Clash of the Titles: John Matrix vs The Matrix
In the last Clash of the Titles you gasped in awe as Ash from Evil Dead bested Ash from Alien in a thrilling chainsaw versus rolled up Razzle deathmatch. Now, ladies and gentleman, I present this week’s bout… In the blue corner, weighting in at 250lbs, hailing from communist East Germany, fresh from a breakfast of Green Berets… ladies and gentlemen, John Matrix! In the red corner, weighing in at… Read More »
Clash of the Titles: Ash vs Ash
Last week’s introductory Clash of the Titles saw Black Dynamite victoriously trounce his opponent Napoleon Dynamite, who is currently licking his wounds in a Liger stylee. But that was then and this is now! Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado I present… Ash Vs Ash! In the red corner, weighing in at 190lbs, he’s got a fistful of boomsticks and shops S-Mart, ladies and gentlemen, hail he who has come… Read More »
Clash of the Titles: Napoleon Dynamite vs Black Dynamite
In this new weekly feature, I’ll be taking two popular film characters that share a monicker and make them duke it out Top Trumps style to see who comes out on top. This week, who will win the epic smack down to become… King of the Dynamites? In the blue corner, hailing from Preston, Idaho and weighting in at 135lbs, the jewel in the independent comedy crowd, ladies and gentle…… Read More »
The DVD Dilemma
In the last ten years of being a fan of film I’ve amassed a collection of DVDs and Blu Rays that is just shy of the 400 mark. Until I joined Twitter I thought that was a lot but some of my followers have quite frankly put that to shame, some with collections numbering in the thousands. But instead of that spurring me on to increase my collection it’s made… Read More »
Act Your Age
All actors have an age range that they can realistically play within without anyone batting an eyelid; a good example being Sean William Scott, who’ll probably still be playing a teenager well past his death and cremation. Thanks to advancements in make-up and computer generated imagery, actors can now play well over and under their normal playing range but what happens when the results just don’t work? Here’s five movies… Read More »
The Ones That Got Away
At the end of last year the EatSleepLiveFilm gang were all asked to compiled a list of the best and worst films that they had seen in the last twelve months. After a couple of days of racking my brains and scouring the Internet to try and remember what I’d seen, I started to stumble upon films that for whatever reason I had missed. Below are five films, in no… Read More »
