Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet A Cock And Bull Story (Tristram Shandy) – Michael Winterbottom Eric Morecombe, Andre Previn’s lapels in hand, responding to the maestro’s accusation that he has just played all the wrong notes, famously replies with mock menace – “No, I played all the right notes….but not necessarily in the right order”. An apt metaphor for […]
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Posted on September 21st, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Kill Bill (1) – Quentin Tarantino Kill Bill (1) is like an expensive, super-cool, shiny, intriguing executive toy. Everyone admires and is impressed by its cleverness and design. It is amusing, diverting, conversation stopping – and totally pointless. Its only function is to be what it is. It has no purpose, or value. It […]
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Posted on September 17th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix – David Yates (written 2 weeks before Deathly Hallows was released – August 2007) Harry Skywalker lives to fight another day. My literary track record is stained with two failures: I failed both the Hobbit and Harry Potter even at GCSE level. Never even took ‘A’ […]
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Posted on September 9th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Dead Girl – Adam Coleman Howard It is unlikely that this one will find its necrophiliac way to your neck of the woods. I picked it up on spec as part of the Raindance Film Festival at the UGC Shaftesbury Ave. Aiming I think for the seriously weird, it gets seriously stuck at slightly […]
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Posted on September 8th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Charlie and The Chocolate Factory – Tim Burton Thirty million copies sold speaks for itself. But for my two kids, and me, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is not one of Roald Dahl’s best books. My kids were inseparable from The Giraffe the Pelly and Me, The Fantastic Mr Fox, James and the Giant […]
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Posted on August 31st, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Coeurs – Private Fears In Public Places – Alan Resnais A truly wise film. In every sense. Director Resnais almost 50 years on from Hiroshima Mon Amour assembles with masterly assurance all the cinematic arts to serve his narrative and emotional purpose: from award-winning Eric Gauthier’s evocative cinematography; through precise, unobtrusive editing; a subtle […]
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Posted on August 23rd, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Pan’s Labyrinth – Guillermo del Torro How shall innocence respond to evil? How can the dominance of power be resisted or even defeated? Timeless questions del Torro explores in his stunning allegorical tale. But be warned, this is a dark, at times brutally explicit vision. Historically human beings have responded to these fundamental questions […]
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