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Movie Review: The Impossible
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Movie Review: The Impossible is Haunting and Unforgettable
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EIFF 2011 Movie Review: Perfect Sense
After directing the likes of Hallam Foe and Young Adam, director David Mackenzie returns with an ambitious film about a global apocalypse, seen mostly through the eyes of a budding couple, played by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Blu-ray Review: Beginners
Mike Mills’ Beginners is an exploration of what influences our lives. In this film the primary influence being our parents. The film does not explore the concepts between nature and nurture, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Movie Review: Perfect Sense (2011)
It is surprising how often a film is a hit at film festivals, but gets at best a mixed reception from the critics and audience when it gets wider release. David MacKenzie’s Perfect Sense, set for...
View ArticleMovie Review: Young Adam
Young Adam (2003) directed by David Mackenzie is based on the novel of the same name by Alexander Trocci, one of the lesser known authors connected with the Beat Generation. The story revolves around...
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DVD Review: Shallow Grave – The Criterion Collection
It’s debatable whether The Criterion Collection would have considered Shallow Grave worthy of their attention had director Danny Boyle not gone on to craft such a varied, interesting, and acclaimed...
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Blu-ray Review: Shallow Grave (1994) – The Criterion Collection
Prior to their respective successes with American audiences as the director of Trainspotting, the older new Doctor Who, and the other Obi-Wan Kenobi, filmmaker Danny Boyle and actors Christopher...
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Movie Review: The Impossible
Every year, at least one film is out to make you use up a whole box of tissues. Last year it was The Help, even though it didn’t actually earn any of them. This year’s hankie-film comes from the least...
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Movie Review: The Impossible is Haunting and Unforgettable
Sometimes we hear of films being based on a true story or actual events, but it is difficult to not view The Impossible and not remember the real tsunami that struck Southeast Asia on December 26,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Theater Review (LA): Trainspotting at Elephant Theatre
It might seem a foolish undertaking to mount a stage production of Irvine Welsh’s cult novel about the denizens of the 1980s Edinburgh heroin scene, especially when Danny Boyle’s 1996 film, featuring a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
EIFF 2011 Movie Review: Perfect Sense
After directing the likes of Hallam Foe and Young Adam, director David Mackenzie returns with an ambitious film about a global apocalypse, seen mostly through the eyes of a budding couple, played by...
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