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Promo Promo: ian vine - static form

static form (2013)
for electric guitar and electronics
recorded in one take with no overdubs

composed & recorded 20 July 2013
released 22 July 2013
Ian Vine: guitar, electronics
recorded at first moon

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LA Gets a Lighting Upgrade

Great article about the lighting upgrade the streets of Los Angeles have been undergoing over the last couple of years ... and how it will change the look of LA's most photographed city forever. LED lights are replacing the distinctive orange hue of sodium vapour bulbs, making for a clean, white, modern look.

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7th Feb 2014 - Add Comment - Tweet

The Numbers Station

By the numbers small scale CIA drama. Cusack phones it in.


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7th Feb 2014

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Welcome to the Punch

Cliche ridden UK crime thriller that plays out like Heat written by the EastEnders staff.


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7th Feb 2014

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Trailer Park: Enemy

If you like Jake Gyllenhaal and Jake Gyllenhaal you'll love Enemy - from Denis Villeneuve, director of the excellent Prisoners.

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3rd Feb 2014 - Add Comment - Tweet

Hitchcock

Enjoyable bio showing how much Alma Reville (Mrs H) worked behind the scenes to cut Psycho into shape.


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31st Jan 2014

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Salinger

Fascinating, surprisingly action-packed biography of one of the teenage chimpomatic's major heroes.


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30th Jan 2014

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Trailer Park: Zero Theorem

This trailer for the new Terry Gilliam sci-fi feels a bit cartoon wacky central, but ever since Brazil and 12 Monkeys I'll give him a go. Stars Christoph Waltz, Ben Wishaw, Melanie Thierry and David Thewlis, out Mar 14 in the UK.

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28th Jan 2014 - Add Comment - Tweet

The Trip

Subdued, prototype Coogan/Brydon pseudo doc, peppered with top gags. Reviewed here in US movie formation.


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26th Jan 2014

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Oblivion

Engaging, original sci-fi. Competently made and solidly realised, but somehow ringing a little hollow.


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25th Jan 2014

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One False Move

Tense, brutal film noir. Updating western sensibilities and old-fashioned tension for the 90s.


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25th Jan 2014

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The Voices

Intense, thought provoking black comedy, with a seriously dark underbelly.


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23rd Jan 2014

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What We Do In The Shadows

Riotous NZ vampire doc. Relentless laughs, and a rowdy performance from the Swerewolves.


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23rd Jan 2014

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Cold In July

Tense, witty, southern-drenched thriller. Dexter changes his M.O. and Don Johnson plays it cool.


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21st Jan 2014

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The Trip To Italy

Relentless laughs with a dramatic undercurrent as Coogan and Brydon riff their way round Italy.


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21st Jan 2014

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Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

Old school indie pic with great script and central performance. Hilarity meets sadness.


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21st Jan 2014

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Boyhood

Epic indie odyssey from Rick Linklater, following lead actor Ellar Coltrane through 12 years of high school.


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20th Jan 2014

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Young Ones

Uneven indie sci fi from Jake Paltrow with much to recommend. \#Nowaterworld


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19th Jan 2014

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