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Sweeney Todd – Burton’s grandiloquent slasher operetta

Tweet Sweeney Todd – Tim Burton Question: is it possible for a Director with unique flair and imagination to collaborate with a musician and lyricist generally acknowledged as possessing greatness touching on genius; blessed with a charismatic and talented cast; shot, dressed and filmed with great professional skill – to produce with commitment and sincerity, […]

Wanted – Jolie just joshing. Can’t be serious

Tweet Wanted – Timur Bekmambetov Good Fascist fun – or simply silly, senseless and sadistic. If unwisely, you pays your money, you can take your choice. The character list gives the fatal clue: Mr X, The Exterminator, The Repairman (Ooooh – look out, here come the plumber), The Butcher (aptly named), The mono-nominal Gunsmith is […]

The World Trade Centre – You can’t ignore the politics

Tweet The World Trade Centre – Oliver Stone Non-political? Give me a break. Oliver Stone should never have been let anywhere near this film. Not because of his supposed left wing political views, but because he has always been an exploitative film-maker. And sure enough, ‘World Trade Centre’ is manipulative, sentimental, patronising and exploitative. Parts […]