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    Zero Dark Thirty: Depiction as Endorsement (?), or: When Movies Get Partisan -

      Kathryn Bigelow has been widely criticised for the depiction of torture in her latest war film, Zero Dark Thirty — in interviews she has insisted that “depiction is not endorsement”, but many critics, if not audiences, aren’t so sure. Waleed Aly, a fine and intelligent journalist who until now I did not know had [...]

  • Bottom 5 of 2012 -

      Tim Hoar and I sat down the other week and recorded two podcasts (first ones in three months!). The first was an outline of our least favourite movies of 2012, and the second was a discussion of our favourite movies of the last year. You can access the podcast on iTunes here. Or alternatively [...]

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    REVIEW — Les Misérables -

      The Verdict 2 out of 5– With all the subtlety of a hammer, Les Misérables does little to bring us into its world of post-revolutionary France. The songs are overly sombre and self-serious, the lyrics simplistic and often plain nonsensical, and the actors chosen, for the most part, cannot sing. At 140 minutes in [...]

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    REVIEW — Into the Abyss -

    Guest review by Tim Hoar The Verdict 4.5 out of 5: Into the Abyss is an exceptionally good portrait of one crime, as well as the societal background to that crime and the broader concept of the death penalty as being something ‘good’. It is incredible that a documentary about the darkest corners of humanity, [...]

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    REVIEW — The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey -

    The Verdict 3 out of 5 – An Unexpected Journey is a bit of a nostalgic trip back to the time when The Lord of the Rings was cool. As a film on its own merits, it’s a partial success, with sections of inspired and inventive fantasy interrupted by overly long exposition that could easily [...]

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    REVIEW – The Chaser -

    Guest review by Tim Hoar, creator of Now Now, I’m Drinking a Beer and Watching a Movie. The Verdict 4 out of 5 – An excellent, creepy and chilling serial killer flick that slowly evolves from thriller to detective story. Not for the faint of heart, The Chaser is extremely clever, managing to be both action [...]

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    Tuesday Trailer: IRON MAN 3 -

    As if the insipid Iron Man 2, in addition to Tony Stark getting all the juicy lines in The Avengers weren’t enough, here comes Iron Man 3. The latest trailer is just a teaser that gives away little of the film’s plot, but it certainly hints at the movie’s feel — the star of this one looks [...]

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    Tuesday Trailer: CARRIE -

      Chloë Grace Moretz (KickAss, Hugo, Let Me In, Dark Shadows) stars in this adaptation of the Stephen King novel Carrie, which was also filmed in 1976 by Brian de Palma. The story is about a young girl with a telekinesis who unleashes her considerable powers on those around her after being bullied in high school. This [...]

31 01 2013

Bottom 5 of 2012

By Jonathan Fisher in Podcasts

  Tim Hoar and I sat down the other week and recorded two podcasts (first ones in three months!). The first was an outline of our least favourite movies of 2012, and the second was a discussion of our favourite movies of the last year. You can access the podcast on iTunes here. Or alternatively [...]

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02 10 2012

Podcast for October 2/Hiatus this week

By Jonathan Fisher in Podcasts

It’s school holidays, and I’m getting myself down to the coast. As such, I won’t be posting reviews or trailers until later this week. In the meantime, enjoy this week’s podcast in which Tim and I review LOOPER and THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, which has just been released on DVD and BluRay.

Subscribe to our podcast here.

Listen to it on SoundCloud here.

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19 09 2012

Podcast: Moonrise Kingdom and Head-On

By Jonathan Fisher in Podcasts

This week’s podcast is up. You can stream it on Soundcloud or subscribe to it on iTunes.

Tim and I preview Steven Spielberg’s LINCOLN, and review MOONRISE KINGDOM and the 2004 German-Turkish drama HEAD ON. We also preview LOOPER and ON THE ROAD, opening in the next two weeks.

 

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10 09 2012

Total Recall, Love

By Jonathan Fisher in Podcasts

This week’s podcast, in which Tim Hoar (from Not Now, I’m Drinking a Beer and Watching a Movie) and I review TOTAL RECALL and LOVE. Also on the agenda today, we discuss Clint Eastwood’s bizarre talk at the Republican National Convention, and lament the passing of Michael Clarke Duncan. Don’t forget — there’s a competition [...]

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27 08 2012

Podcast — BERNIE, TOTAL RECALL [1990]

By Jonathan Fisher in Podcasts,Reviews

  I’m going to start posting these regularly on the web site, but they are also available on iTunes. Click ‘subscribe’ and you’ll get the next episode of The Film Brief in your sleep. This week, Tim Hoar and I review the terrific Richard Linklater tragicomedy BERNIE, and we review the original TOTAL RECALL in [...]

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