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Surveillance
2 Days In New York
Noisy, amateurish comedy that occasionally manages to be charming.
3rd Jun 2013
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Shadow Dancer
Stylish but slight IRA informant drama, that seems to suffer from being based on a true story.
31st May 2013
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The Snowtown Murders
Stylish, intense, gruesome Australian drama that you won't watch twice.
30th May 2013
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Girl Most Likely
Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening & Matt Dillon wasted in an unlikely string of misfired life crisis gags.
30th May 2013
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Short Attention Span Theatre: Amblin'
Something a little different for SAST today: Steven Spielberg's 35mm short from 1968, a hippy love story/road trip, filled with a groovy soundtrack and zero dialogue. Probably better known as the film he named Amblin' Entertainment after. Here's Spielberg taking a look back at the poster in 2008.
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28th May 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Magic Mike
Fun moments and solid performances save an otherwise drawn out drama-lite.
25th May 2013
Read more 3 star reviewsTrailer Park: A Band Called Death
Interesting looking doc on the cult band described as being "punk before punk".
"Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was Death. Formed in the early ’70s by three teenage brothers from Detroit, Death is credited as being the first black punk band, and the Hackney brothers, David, Bobby, and Dannis, are now considered pioneers in their field. But it wasn’t until recently — when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of Bobby’s attic nearly 30 years after Death’s heyday — that anyone outside a small group of punk enthusiasts had even heard of them. Equal parts electrifying rockumentary and epic family chronicle, the story of Death is one of brotherly love and fierce, divinely inspired expression."
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24th May 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Total Recall
Blade Runner-esque production design tops the original, but it's all undermined by a sense of deja vu.
23rd May 2013
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The Great Gatsby
Cold, empty adaptation with a few good Leo & Carey moments in a wash of flashy mega-trailer set pieces.
23rd May 2013
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Trailer Park: Blood Ties
Tell No One helmer Guillaume Canet makes his English-language debut with this 70s brothers-on-the-slide NYC thriller starring Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Matthias Schoenaerts and James Caan. Remake of French thriller Les Liens Du Sang by Jacques Maillot.
21st May 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: A Field In England
Heard promising reports for this tripped-out English Civil War psychedelic thriller from Kill List director Ben Wheatley, which is getting an interesting simulatenous release on cinema screens, Film4, Blu-ray & DVD, Video On Demand, all from 5th July. With Michael Smiley (Kill List), Peter Ferdinando (Tony), Reece Shearsmith (The League of Gentlemen), Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh), Richard Glover (Sightseers) and Ryan Pope (Ideal).
21st May 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Bends
An engrossing Hong Kong tale of the class divide, hampered by inexperienced direction and average performances.
19th May 2013
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Jimmy P (Psycho therapy of a Plains Indian)
Amateur direction and abysmal acting sink this painfully slow turkey.
18th May 2013
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Heli
Boring, drawn out drug cartel anecdote, with occasional ultra-violence.
18th May 2013
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Trailer Park: The Congress
Offbeat offering from Waltz With Bashir director Ari Folman: Robin Wright gets scanned by a mysterious company, ends up in a string of trippy cartoons... More at Slashfilm
14th May 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Outsiders
The Complete Novel
Despite Coppola's tinkering, this melodramatic 80s classic still stands up well.
Halliwell says: Oddball youth melodrama, a curious choice for a director with big successes behind him.
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13th May 2013
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Trailer Park: The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone
The Shane Meadows doc is coming soon, with the resurrected Roses playing some more gigs this summer. That opening guitar riff for Made In Stone is still amazing.
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Prometheus
Shoddy prequel that leaves less unanswered questions on second viewing and a bigger sense of vacuousness.
11th May 2013
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The Double
Bog-standard predictably tricksy spy thriller. Richard Gere in neutral.
10th May 2013
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Trailer Park: Gravity
George Clooney and Sandra Bullock are lost in space in the new one from Alfonso Cuarón
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RIP: Ray Harryhausen
Skeleton warriors will never battle stop-motion dinosaurs again. RIP Ray Harryhausen
7th May 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ted
Base humour. Wahlberg should know better. Even the funny bits from the trailer were drawn out here.
6th May 2013
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The Aviator
Solid, but totally unremarkable Brit relationship weepy.
5th May 2013
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Having You
Solid, but totally unremarkable Brit relationship weepy.
4th May 2013
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Star Trek Into Darkness
Phasers set for fun again, Benedict Cumberbatch a decent grudgematch foe. Warp-level lens flare.
4th May 2013
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Short Attention Span Theatre: Building A Human
An instructional film made by The Visitors for Human Collaborators on Edité-Frignim (Earth). By @RobertPopper and Peter @Serafinowicz.
30th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Short Attention Span Theatre: Act Of Terror
From @FatRatFilms
While filming a routine stop and search of her boyfriend on the London Underground, Gemma suddenly found herself detained, handcuffed and threatened with arrest.
Act of Terror tells the story of her fight to bring the police to justice and prevent this happening to anyone else, ever again.
Official Website: ActOfTerrorDocumentary.com
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29th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Hunter
Patient, confident Australian environmental thriller that builds up to a decent climax.
28th Apr 2013
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Blow
Forgot I'd seen this occasionally enjoyable, sub Scorcese coke-fest. The true-story backbone is the big problem.
27th Apr 2013
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Emmanuel and the Truth About Fishes
Mis-cast drama, with a touch of horror and a serious case of student filmitis.
26th Apr 2013
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In A World
LOL-packed comedy set in the competitive world of the voice over artist, with a nicely handled subtext.
26th Apr 2013
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Trailer Park: The East
Longer trailer for this eco-activist undercover FBI agent drama.
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Trailer Park: RIPD
More Hollywood maths at work here: The Dude + Men In Black x Ghostbusters / CGI = RIPD
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The Five Year Engagement
Lazy Hollywood dross that telegraphs its every move and hides no surprises.
21st Apr 2013
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Promo Promo: Biting Elbows
Bit slow on the uptake with this fun, ultra-violent POV promo for Russian band Biting Elbows. #NSFW
18th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Bling Ring
Sophia Coppola's latest, with a shoplifting Emma Watson
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Trailer Park: Man of Steel
Yet another trailer for Man of Steel. This one offers a brief reprive from the wackness of the Zod Facetime viral and claws back some of the Terrence Mallick vibe from the teaser ...but this tenpole's on thin ice.
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Time Travel Movie Flowchart
Useful diagram for negotiating flux capacitor problems. (via @LaughingSquid)
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Short Attention Span Theatre: Obey The Giant
Andre the Giant has a posse - and a film. Here's Shephard Fairey: the college years. Decent biopic short looking at how the @ObeyGiant leader got his start. For more background on the short's production head over to Short of The Week
A Special Branch production
Director: Julian Marshall
Producer: Andrew Gisch
Director of Photography: David Vollrath
Writer: Alex Jablonski
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15th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Flashbacks of a Fool
Stylish but unnecessarily drawn out faded movie star film. Should have ditched the flashbacks.
14th Apr 2013
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Snow White and the Huntsman
Beautifully shot, restrained fairytale summer tent pole. If only \#LOTR was this classy.
13th Apr 2013
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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
Oblivion
Tom Cruise patrols empty earth in big bucks sci-fi with style. Borrows from classics but a satisfying ride.
10th Apr 2013
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Trailer Park: Elysium
New sci-fi from Neill Blomkamp, who made District 9 and the awesome Alive In Jo'burg short. Looks big.
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Trailer Park: Ain't In It For My Health - A Film About Levon Helm
Doc about The Band's drummer.
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9th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Short Attention Span Theatre: Sergeant Slaughter, My Big Brother
Short film starring Tom Hardy and directed by photographer Greg Williams, who just signed a deal to shoot a feature, also with Hardy..
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8th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Amazing Spider-man
Solid, but essentially pointless remix that doesn't really add anything new to cinema.
8th Apr 2013
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Rock of Ages
Nostalgic music choices, but yes - it is an actual musical.
6th Apr 2013
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