Category Archives: Movies

The Player – An Exquisite Opening Take

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Just after midnight on Saturday, after everyone was asleep in the house, I finally got round to watching Robert Altman’s splendid 1992 movie, The Player. I don’t have the time to go into much detail about the film, but, oh! … Continue reading →

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So, farewell then…Dev Anand

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

Got to add a line of appreciation to Dev Anand for introducing Zeenat Aman to the world in Hare Krishna Hare Ram singing Dum Maro Dum. Still sounds awesome after 40 years. Watch 4 mins into this Youtube clip to … Continue reading →

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Tinker, Tailor…The Verdict

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

Warning: Contains spoilers! Following on from my last post, I went to the local Cineworld yesterday evening to watch the new movie, ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.‘ How did it compare with the magnificent 1979 BBC series starring Alec Guinness? Well, … Continue reading →

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Tinker, Tailor…The Return of George Smiley

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

Next week sees the release of the new film version of John Le Carre’s cold war spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Over the years I had heard a lot about the 1979 TV version made by the BBC starring … Continue reading →

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Shine on you crazy Helfgott!

Posted on August 3, 2010 by

BBC last night aired the 1996 movie Shine featuring a deservedly Oscar-winning performance from Geoffrey Rush (better known these days for playing Captain Barbarossa in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies) as the talented Australian pianist David Helfgott. Tormented from childhood … Continue reading →

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This week’s movie roundup

Posted on July 6, 2010 by

These are the movies I watched on the box this week: Le Serpent Me, Myself and Irene Philadelphia Le Serpent was a decent French revenge flick and featured Olga Kurylenko two years before she appeared in the Bond movie A … Continue reading →

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Pretentious Movie Review 1: Garden State

Posted on June 17, 2010 by

Film 4 aired the 2004 American indy movie Garden State last night (view the IMDB trailer here). The film was written and directed by Zach Braff who also stars in the movie’s leading role as a minor film actor, Andrew Largeman, who returns … Continue reading →

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Local Hero and Gregory’s Girl

Posted on June 15, 2010 by

Bill Forsyth’s 1983 movie Local Hero is showing tonight on Film 4. After managing to fail to watch Local Hero and Forsyth’s earlier 1981 movie Gregory’s Girl over a period of almost thirty years, I finally ordered them both off … Continue reading →

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