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Kotoko
Viewed – 08 December 2012. Blu-ray I am only marginally aware of the movies of Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto. I recall viewing his rather crazy, but visually amazing Tetsuo: The Iron Man some...
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Killer Joe
Viewed – 16 December 2012 DVD The Exorcist I really must sit down and watch again. Something was definitely lost when viewing it in a crowded cinema with more people laughing than I experience in a...
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Viewed – 04 January 2013 Blu-ray 50th Anniversary Edition I really thought I had seen this one. A story of deep south racial tension following the accusation of a black man of raping a white woman,...
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Excision
Viewed – 06 January 2013 Blu-ray This was freaky. A disturbed young woman, Pauline dreams of some day being a surgeon, whilst at the same time struggles to cope with school, bitchy class mates and an...
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Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World
Viewed – 12 January 2013 DVD Steve Carell (40 Year Old Virgin) plays Dodge, an easy going insurance salesman whose wife runs out on him during the run up to a meteorite hitting the planet. As chaos...
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Django Unchained
Viewed – 29 January 2012 Cinema When Quentin Tarantino makes a movie, it’s an event. Fact. Few director’s have the kind of celebrity status he enjoys, and thankfully more often than not, he can...
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Howl’s Moving Castle
Viewed – 02 February 2013. Blu-ray I am not sure why I’ve taken so long to see this acclaimed entry in famed Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli’s cannon. Telling the story of a young woman who is...
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Carnage
Viewed – 04 February 2013 Blu-ray As far as my knowledge of Roman Polanski stretches, several memorable films (Chinatown, Rosemary’s Baby) and something about him being banned from the United States is...
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Rust and Bone
Viewed – 14 March 2013 Blu-ray Actress Marion Cotillard (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises) is fast becoming my go-to actress for interesting characters and performances with real depth. Doesn’t hurt...
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The Book of Eli
Viewed – 16 March 2013 Television Not sure what made me take so long to get around to seeing this. Perhaps it was the ‘meh’ of another post-apocalyptic scenario? But then again we have Denzel...
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Spring Breakers
Viewed – 09 April 2013 Cinema Now this was a unique visit to my local multiplex! The movie starts … large, brash colored letters for the title, then a big, loud montage of spring break, complete with...
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Sightseers
Viewed – 20 April 2013 Blu-ray I thought this looked ‘different’ from the trailer. A very British black comedy / drama about 30 something couple Tina and Chris (Alice Lowe & Steve Oram) who go on...
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House at the End of the Street
Viewed – 30 April 2013 Blu-ray Following her recent Oscar win at this year’s Academy Awards, actress Jennifer Lawrence has quickly become the ‘it’ girl of the movie industry with decent performances...
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Life of Pi
Viewed – 07 May 2013 Blu-ray One of the darlings of this year’s Academy Awards, based on the best selling novel by Yann Martel and scooping Best Director for Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) –...
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The Master
Viewed – 11 May 2013 Blu-ray For some time I have been an admirer of the acting skills of Philip Seymour Hoffman, even though I haven’t seen that many of his movies. He was a great villain in Mission...
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The Impossible
Viewed – 12 May 2013 Pay-per-view On hearing of the Tsunami disaster boxing day 2010 in Thailand, I think I was not alone for feeling great sorrow for all those that had suffered and died. It shook...
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The Great Gatsby
Viewed – 21 May 2013 Cinema Going into this, I had quite clear expectations. From a director such as Baz Luhrmann (William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge) I knew I would get something...
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World War Z
Viewed – 26 June 2013 Cinema Zombie movies. Ok don’t stop reading just yet … I’ll admit they are ten a penny these days and hey, they even have their very own TV series in the shape of The Walking...
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Stoker
Viewed – 08 July 2013 Blu-ray I was in two minds when sitting down to watch this. Firstly feverishly excited as it marks the American / English-language debut of one of my favorite directors, namely...
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Grave of the Fireflies
Viewed – 30 July 2013 Blu-ray In my on going quest to view as many Studio Ghibli movies as take my interest, this recently released HD version of one of their classic titles caught my interest. This...
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