Posted on April 9th, 2012 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Mirror Mirror – Tarsem Singh This bizarre, wry, post-modern re-working of the Snow White Fairy Tale has its moments: themselves bizarre, and wry but sadly not frequent enough. Out go Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy and Dopey: in come real dwarfs (dwarves?) Napoleon, Half-Pint, Grub, Grimm, Wolf, Butcher and Chuckles. Being […]
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Posted on April 9th, 2012 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Headhunters – Morten Tyldum The stunning success of Scandinavian crime fiction over recent years is now being replicated on film. Of course Stig Larsson’s posthumous triumph with the Millennium Trilogy drew world-wide attention though Henning Mankell’s Kurt Wallander series of novels already enjoyed a wide readership in the UK and the rest of Europe sustaining a long-running […]
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Posted on April 5th, 2012 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet The Apprentice (3) – A Cause Without a Rebel That intelligent, successful young people check in their brains on entering The Apprentice and pick them up on the way out is so clear that we are no longer surprised by it. More disturbing is that most leave behind their pride, their self-respect and any […]
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Posted on April 1st, 2012 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Stephen Daldry (A mystery examined) I don’t want to bang on about this film as I know that would be counter-productive. However having now seen it for a second time I do recommend that if you haven’t seen it, do not be put off of by the […]
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