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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
The 8th slow-paced Tarantino pic. Literally half entertaining / boring.
24th May 2020
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Isn’t It Romantic
Witty, if a little obvious, post-meta rom-com.
1st Mar 2019
Read more 3 star reviewsBone Tomahawk
Brutally violent, post-Tarantino western. It’s all a bit mechanical.
2nd Jun 2018
Read more 3 star reviewsGuardians of the Galaxy
Vol 2
Stylish, fast-paced, amusing antidote to the endless stream of generic superhero movies.
27th Dec 2017
Read more 3.5 star reviewsStar Wars
The Last Jedi
Shambolic sequel that squanders the promising set up from JJ, plus 40 years of anticipation.
21st Dec 2017
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The Hateful Eight
Tarantino zeros in on the most-tedious-film-ever award. Someone get the guy a new editor.
7th Jan 2017
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Revenge of the Sith
Utterly bloated sequel, clumsily squandering the most anticipated lightsaber duel of all time.
6th Sep 2015
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Ant-Man
Efficient Marvel shrinking antics in which that Paul Rudd that you like gets a cool suit from Michael Douglas.
9th Jul 2015
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Bad Neighbours
Auto-pilot anti-frat comedy, lacking the necessary heavyweight ensemble cast.
6th Jun 2015
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Northern Soul
Stylish, competent debut from Elaine Constantine - with a dull script written by the coming-of-age app.
28th Mar 2015
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X~Men
Days of Future Past
Text book comic book time hopping antics. Clever twists and a heathy franchise future.
15th Sep 2014
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Stand Up Guys
Aimless OAP gangster antics with Pacino and Walken wandering around for a bit.
6th Apr 2014
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Trailer Park: True Detective
Looking forward to this one: starts Jan 12 HBO, sometime in Feb on Sky Atlantic.
3rd Jan 2014 - Add Comment - Tweet
Short Attention Span Theatre: Castello Cavalcanti
New Wes Anderson short for Prada, starring Jason Schwartzman.
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14th Nov 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Django Unchained
Too long as usual, but relative restraint from Tarantino makes for his best pic since Jackie Brown.
11th Oct 2013
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Trouble With The Curve
Solid grumpy old baseball scout turn from Clint that pitches itself as the anti-Moneyball.
21st Sep 2013
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MPFree: Midlake - Antiphon
They've lost their singer, but Midlake are ploughing on.
19th Aug 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Behind The Candelabra
Steven Soderbergh's "last" directing job: Michael Douglas as Liberace, Matt Damon his secret lover. Coming to HBO May 26 / Sky Atlantic soon after hopefully.
10th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
RIP: Carmine Infantino (1925-2013)
Good obit over on @AICN for the DC comics artist.
“There are few people in this world that have had as much of an impact on the industry as Carmine,” added DC Entertainment Co-Publisher Dan DiDio. “He bridged both the Golden and Silver Ages of comics, shepherding in some of the most successful periods in our history and setting the course of our characters that is still seen today. He will be greatly missed, but his legacy will remain forever.”
9th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
RT @thecoldvein: "What's that new Tarantino movie? Django and Cash?" Unattributed.
3rd Feb 2013
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Blue Valentine
Decent character study that gets bogged down in predictable anti-plotting and self-importance.
13th Jan 2013
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Tarantino Unchained
Two sides to QT's promo rounds for Django Unchained (which early reports are suggesting is pretty good) - here he is on C4 news "shutting" Krishnan Guru-Murty's "butt down", and then he's a bit more calm discussing his overall film career on Film 2013 (sounds like he's looking forward to the Tarantino Greatest Hits Boxset).
10th Jan 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Watch
More loose dudecom antics, Richard Ayaode joins Stiller/Hill/Vaughan on suburban neighbourhood patrol.
23rd Dec 2012
Read more 2 star reviewsCorrection RT @skyatlantic: Girls S1 has just finished - but it's just days until S2 starts (just one day after the US!).
18th Dec 2012
Read on Twitter@girlsHBO might be awesome ...but the ad breaks don't have any ads on @SkyAtlantic. Not a promising sign for them picking up season 2....
18th Dec 2012
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Trailer Park: Dust Up
This new desert showdown may well be from the post-Tarantino school of retromania, but it's still kind of fun to see people making goofy B-movies.
28th Sep 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Good concentration of @MeantimeBrewing at the South Bank this summer
24th Jul 2012
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Frantic
Harrison F cherchez sa femme in this 87 Paris thriller. Lots of Grace Jones in les clubs as une hipster helps.
Halliwell says: Amiable thriller with Hitchcockian touches, quite untypical of this director.*
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14th Jul 2012
Read more 3 star reviewsBoard To Death: Dark Side Of The Lens
beautifully shot, multi award-winning surf video from Mickey Smith (via this Atlantic piece in praise of Vimeo as the place to find director-led online videos)
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4th Jul 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Man With Iron Fists
Kung full-on trailer for RZA's directorial debut. As you might have guessed from years of Shaw Brothers samples, it's a martial arts showdown - co-written with Eli Roth, Tarantino presents - you get the idea. Starring Russell Crowe, Cung Le, Lucy Liu, Jamie Chung, Rick Yune and David Bautista, with Grace Huang, Pam Grier, Gordon Liu.
29th Jun 2012 - 2 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Frying Dutchman - humanERROR
A passionate anti-nuclear punk-meets-westcoast epic rant from Japanese band Frying Dutchman (via @YukaCHonda)
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Trailer Park: Django Unchained
Tarantino has a go at a western, with Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio. Out at Christmas
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Breathless
Superficial 80s remake of the New Wave classic. Obviously made an impression on Tarantino.
Halliwell says: Fashionable amalgam of sex and violence, borrowed from A Bout de Souffle but far to long after the event.
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7th May 2012
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The Muppets
Fuzzy get-felt-gang-back-together feel-good antics. Man Or Muppet? song v Conchords, bonus Dave Grohl cameo.
21st Mar 2012
Read more 3 star reviewsLatest @ChiliPeppers album holding up well, despite Antony Kiedis still wanting to "stick his peg into my square". \#ImWithYou
16th Mar 2012
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Married To The Mob
Tight, multi-layered comedy in Jonathan Demme's best film - and the antidote to 'Goodfellas'.
Halliwell says: Effervescent comedy-thriller that bubbles merrily along.**
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23rd Feb 2012
Read more 4.5 star reviewsFriday Night Lights kicks off on @SkyAtlantic on Tuesday, from
S1 E1. Been meaning to catch that since it initially kicked off.
9th Feb 2012
Read on TwitterAn app update has rolled out @SKYAtlantic on the \#SkyGo iPad/iPhone app. Now I can watch Boardwalk Empire and Seinfeld in the bath....
4th Feb 2012
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
More mindless big budget tentpole antics. Nothing new to report, Cap'n.
30th Jan 2012
Read more 2.5 star reviewsArchetypal area man conundrum: \#Seinfeld on Sky Atlantic from EP 1. Have seen nearly every episode ....but it's been remastered in HD.
28th Jan 2012
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