by Martin | Jun 29, 2014 | movies, reviews
Mark Kermode once stated that anyone who said they’d guessed the ending of The Usual Suspects was lying. I have never quite forgiven him for this – I guessed it, but what proof do I have? Essentially he was out there calling me a liar and I had no redress....
by Martin | Jun 18, 2014 | movies, reviews
Who the hell’s Diane Arbus? If this is your reaction to the above title, then you probably won’t get much out of this film. I knew little about Diane Arbus, and having seen the film, now feel that I know less. Which is not the film’s fault. It begins...
by Martin | Jun 12, 2014 | movies, reviews
I got this in a DVD box set called Brains That Wouldn’t Die (‘6 Midnight Movies on 2 DVDs!’). On the plus side, there are some hard-to-see films here – on the downside, such is the picture quality that they often remain hard to see, even while...
by Martin | May 25, 2014 | movies, reviews
This is that film where a plausibly middle-aged Tom Hardy drives from Birmingham to London in a Welsh accent. Not a bad Welsh accent – I was reminded of Rob Brydon, who also did a thing set entirely in a vehicle, Marion And Geoff. That was a poignant comedy of...
by Martin | May 11, 2014 | movies, reviews
I’ve wanted to see the 1973 made-for-TV movie Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark ever since I read about it in Halliwell’s Film Guide in the early 80’s. I never have, but no doubt it would be just as disappointing as Troy Nixey’s 2010 remake,...
by Martin | May 11, 2014 | movies, reviews
Director Joanna Hogg’s first two films – Unrelated (2007) and Archipelago (2010) – are about upper-middle class English families on holiday in Tuscany and the Scilly Isles respectively. They were more interested in absorbing you in a landscape and situation than...
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