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Despite the blatantly home made stylings, Sean Young has a great selection of personal photos on her apparently 'official' and seemingly up-to-date website, including this great batch from her days on the set of Blade Runner.
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6th Jun 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
US Marshals
Decent attempt to follow up outstanding actioner 'The Fugitive'. Lacking Harrison Ford, but added twists.
5th Jun 2011
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Valentine's Day
Rom-com version of Short Cuts ....without anything like Raymond Carver or Robert Altman.
5th Jun 2011
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Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans
Unfathomable, pedestrian re-imagining from Werner Herzog, with added iguana.
5th Jun 2011
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She's Out Of My League
Disappointing, flat, meandering dirty rom com with Jay Baruchel. Judd Apatow not involved.
5th Jun 2011
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The Romantics
Unambitious old - friends - reunite - for - wedding flick, covering well trodden ground.
4th Jun 2011
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Terminator Salvation
This under rated (by me), well handled, stylish addition to the franchise has much to offer.
3rd Jun 2011
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Bad Teacher
Some laughs, but Bad Santa + School of Rock + Cameron Diaz does not equal the sum of it's parts.
3rd Jun 2011
Read more 2.5 star reviewsAppy Talk: Silent Film Director Free
the Silent Film Director iPhone app is still free today (in case you want to shoot in black and white without sound). Comes w "Evil Plan FX"
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2nd Jun 2011 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
iCloud
Apple will be launching iCloud at their WWDC event on Monday. Music seems to be the primary focus of the rumours, providing a service where all your music will be accessible from any device, rather than stored locally. That will go some way to eliminating the capacity limitations of many phones/pads etc, as I currently have 113.94 GB of music just on my 'essentials only' laptop. 4000+ albums on the Death Star.
Talk has also expanded to including Movies/TV Shows in the service, as well as the obvious opportunity for a Dropbox-style service (hopefully better than the existing iDisk), and even a Spotify-style music subscription.
As usual, the consent of the labels/studios seem to be the hold up.
Picture nabbed from Apple Insider
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1st Jun 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
X-men: First Class
Not quite 1st class but not 2nd rate. Fassbender & Macavoy have fun w brain powers; Betty Draper: real ice queen.
31st May 2011
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Becoming Dazed & Confused
Chimpovich recently highlighted this "Making of Dazed & Confused" documentary over at YouTube. Well worth a watch, notably for a pre-mcromcomedy Matthew McConaughey. I love those redheads.
That's part 1 above, part 2 below. Continue to parts 3 and 4.
30th May 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Proposition
Keep forgetting I've seen this dry Australian western from Nick Cave ...which can't be a good sign.
30th May 2011
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Toy Story 3
A final homage as our favorite toys tug the sentimental heartstrings for one last time. Brilliant.
29th May 2011
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Robin Hood
Second, dad-supervised viewing. Some good bits, but both overambitious and under-developed.
27th May 2011
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Trailer Park: The Descendants
George Clooney in a new Alexander Payne drama.
26th May 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Iron Man 2
Stupid, lazy, rushed, shapeless, underdeveloped sequel - sacrificing style for pure volume.
26th May 2011
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The Bounty Hunter
Gerard Butler has to get ex-wife/bail jumper Jen Aniston back in custody. Midnight Run it is not.
20th May 2011
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Trailer Park: The Adventures of Tintin
I was never the world's biggest Tintin fan ....but here we have a teaser trailer for the first of three motion capture/CGI extravaganzas from Spielberg and Peter Jackson. Make of it what you will.
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17th May 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Blitz
Valiant, star-studded mainstream Brit cop thriller. Well managed, but hampered by cliched, clunky characters.
17th May 2011
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The Way Back
The stellar director and all-star cast can't save this dull wartime road movie, lacking in jeopardy.
15th May 2011
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The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
Compelling Le Carré. R Burton total class. George Smiley cameo: just like Marvel universe .
Halliwell says: The old undercover yarn with all the trimmings of such sixties malaises as death wish, anti-establlishmentism and racial problems. As a yarn, quite gripping till it gets too downbeat, but very harshly photographed.**
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15th May 2011
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The Bounty Hunter
Aniston on the run. Gerard Butler as Mel Gibson. V 80s inflight trash .
15th May 2011
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fanboy mashup art from Mister Hipp guess there's going to be a lot more Tintin stuff this year...
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11th May 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Pirates Of The Caribbean 4
Couple of ARRRRR jokes, fun all-action escapes, underused Lovejoy, no real plot. marks the spot.
10th May 2011
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The Manchurian Candidate
60's thriller with Sinatra that has lost much of the edginess it must have had at the time.
Halliwell says: Insanely plotted but brilliantly handled spy thriller, a mixture of Hitchcock, Welles and All The King's Men.***
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9th May 2011
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The Invention of Lying
Dry, convoluted comedy from Ricky Gervais - stretching out a drunken pub idea to 96 mins.
8th May 2011
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Get Him To The Greek
Potentially average comedy, elevated to more by @RustyRockets multiple LOL inducing performance.
7th May 2011
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Centurion
Brutal, bloody, basic, Roman soldier romp with Michael Fassbender and Dominic West.
5th May 2011
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Luke's Dark-Side DIY
another chance to buy Star Wars? quelle surprise. anyhow, here's Luke fixing his lightsaber
5th May 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Conan The Barbarian
Lots of RAAARRRRR!!! swordplay and starring Jason "KHAL DROGO" Mamoa from the addictive Game Of Thrones, this might work.
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The Lookout
Convoluted, post-Memento heist movie with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Freeze-frame ending.
1st May 2011
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The Scouting Book For Boys
Beautifully shot but disappointingly underdeveloped, over-serious UK indie flick.
29th Apr 2011
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West Wars
Never been much of a fan of dolls for boys, but I like the idea behind Sillof Workshop's West Wars - re-imagining, or (should that be un-imagining) Star Wars as a western.
29th Apr 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Mindless derivative actioner ...though the tone is often more 'Life of Brian' than 'Gladiator'.
28th Apr 2011
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Trailer Park: 500 Days of Community Mash Up
Nice mash-up of chimp-approved US sitcom "Community" and 500 Days of Summer.
Via @JoelMcHale
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27th Apr 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Another Earth
Sundance highlight (4 stars from me) and actual prize winner Another Earth was snapped up by Fox Searchlight - and now there's a great new trailer to showcase the movie.
Watch in HD at Apple.
26th Apr 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
As Tears Go By
Early WKW movie with only Maggie Cheung and a cantopop-Berlin-cover montage hinting at later skills.
25th Apr 2011
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Cemetery Junction
Well-trodden but effective coming of age movie from the Reading suburbs of the 1970's.
24th Apr 2011
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Adam
Touching if over-stretched Asperger's drama with Rose Byrne.
24th Apr 2011
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Whip It!
Touching coming of age roller derby chick flick, with some serious indie cred. Impeccable soundtrack too.
22nd Apr 2011
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Tuna vs Lion
A quick highlight from the recently viewed Will Ferrell LOL-athon The Other Guys.
21st Apr 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Thor
Another needless 3D comic book epic ...from the invisible hand of Kenneth Branagh. Saved by humor and Natalie P.
19th Apr 2011
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From Paris With Love
Travolta Besson = shallow, thoughtless action, offering little more than slow-mo Kung-Fu.
17th Apr 2011
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Greenberg
Stylish, but slow and borderline pretentious indie drama with barely any likeable characters. Good OST.
17th Apr 2011
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Whip It!
Pacy roller derby fun from Drew Barrymore. Ellen Page great again, punchy soundtrack, warm, wise teen life .
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17th Apr 2011
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London Boulevard
Utterly derivative star-studded London gangster nonsense. Thought William Monahan had a better rep.
16th Apr 2011
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Extract
Slight, amiable, if slightly miscast comedy from the guy that made Beavis and Butthead. With Jason Bateman.
15th Apr 2011
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Trailer Park: Lethal Weapon
This one's an oldie ....where I come from. As it's allegedly about to remade, let's enjoy the original Lethal Weapon trailer.
I remember being on holiday in France and seeing posters for this (L'arme Fatale) and that Sidney Poitier movie where they're chasing The Kurgen through the mountains. Looks like only one of them bagged a spot in my memory.
15th Apr 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet