February 2012
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Movies of 2012 - No. 79
Movie: Headhunters (Hodejegerne) Starring: Askel Hennie, Synove Macundy Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Director: Morten Tyldum Released: 2011
Headhunters is a slick, well paced Thriller from Sweden. The film follows headhunter turned art thief Roger Brown, who is just far too tempted by a big score presented to him courtesy of an ex-mercenary. But the job quickly unravels and becomes a lot more...
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Movies of 2012 - No. 78
Movie: Dead Man’s Shoes Starring: Paddy Considine, Toby Kebbell Director: Shane Meadows Released: 2004
I watched this last night for the first time and…well I dont want to say too much because im going to cover it in more depth on my movie based tumblr, Film Club. But if you havent seen it, you definetly should check it out.
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Movies of 2012 - No. 77
Movie: Last Train Home Starring: Changua Zhan, Yang Zhan Director: Lixin Fan Released: 2009
Last Train Home is a wonderful documentary which chronicles the struggles a couple of migrant workers in China face in attempting to get back home for Chinese New Year. This one of those films that takes you into a completely different culture and in doing so puts a lot of things in perspective for you....
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Movies of 2012 - No. 76
Movie: Nostalgia For The Light Starring:Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Nunez Director: Patricio Guzman Released: 2010
Nostalgia is a Chilean documentary which follows a group of Astronomers operating in the Atacama Desert, looking for answers regarding the origin of the universe. This was an interesting doc but it’s major flaw is that it takes on two seperate narratives. The first being...
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Movies of 2012 - No. 75
Movie: Hugo Starring: Asa Butterfield, Chloe Moretz, Ben Kingsley Director: Martin Scorsese Released: 2011
Hugo is a magical, charming tale set in 1930’s Paris. It follows an orphan who lives within the walls of a train station. Hugo is on adventure which starts with him looking to complete the work of his late father but finds him discovering a whole new world. I cannot recommend this...
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Videogames Odyssey 2012 - Part 3
Title: Skate 2 Format: X Box 360 Released: 2009 Developers: EA Black Box
Despite not being the latest version I reckon Skate 2 is the best in the franchise so far. It’s certainly the most enjoyable, from my stand point that is. It’s a bridge between the straight up sobriety of the original and the more cartoon like nature of the third. Not to mention Skate 3 really didnt produce...
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Movies of 2012 - No. 74
Movie: Dr Strangelove or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb Starring: Peter Sellers, George C.Scott Director: Stanley Kubrick Released: 1964
This was my first viewing of Dr Strangelove and I really dug it, incredibly well written and Seller’s performances for all three characters are great. For those who dont know, the film is a finely tuned satirical comedy which pokes fun...
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Movies of 2012 - No. 73
Movie: No Country For Old Men Starring: Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones Directors: Joel Cohen, Ethan Cohen Released: 2007
Re-watching this reminded me how good BAD ASS this film is, so much tension and three fantastic performances. The story focuses on a hunter who helps himself to the spoils of a drug deal gone wrong, only to find himself hunted by the man who’s money he has...
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Movies of 2012 - No. 72
Movie: The Shining Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelly Duval, Daniel Lloyd Director: Stanley Kubrick Released: 1980
Hands down my favourite horror movie I LOVE this movie, if you havent seen before, firstly why? Secondly watch it ASAP, seriously. The film follows Jack Torrance a writer who has taken the job of caretaker for an isolated hotel. But as the isolation of winter takes hold, Jack begins...
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Movies of 2012 - No. 71
Movie: The Lovely Bones Starring: Saorise Ronan, Stanley Tucci Director: Peter Jackson Released: 2009
The Lovely Bones follows the existence of Suzie Salmon, a fourteen year old girl who is murdered by her neighbour. Although I still think this film is somewhat underated and took a lot of unwarranted hate, it dosent hold up as well second time round. Still definetly worth watching for Tucci...
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Movies of 2012 - No. 70
Movie: Return of the Living Dead 3 Starring: Kent McCord, Sara Douglas Director: Brian Yuzna Released: 1993
It will probably come as no suprise that this B movie gloop was ripe with bad acting and a terrible plot, it wasnt even good in a bad way either.
On a side not I meant to school with a girl called Sara Douglas but she wasnt a vampire, zombie, monster hybrid.
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Movies of 2012 - No. 69
Movie: Ghost In The Shell 2.0 Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ohtsuka Director: Mamoru Oshii Released: 2008
Ghost 2.0 is pretty much the same as the original 95’ version except for some polished animation, some better voice dubs and a few specially made CGI segments. The first two improve the film but the CGI aspects are a little jarring in places. Still it remains a fantastic movie and...
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Movies of 2012 - No. 68
Movie: Se7en Starring: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt Director: David Fincher Released: 1995
It’s hard to pick a favourite David Fincher film but I’d say this is definetly one of them. Not only is it a great flick with some classic scenes and great performances, but for me it set the bar to a whole new level for Serial Killer/Detective flicks.
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Movies of 2012 - No. 67
Movie: Twelve Monkeys Starring: Bruce Willis, Madeline Stowe, Brad Pitt Director: Terry Gilliam Released: 1995
Another film I thought I would have enjoyed but didnt really, Im all for mind fuck movies but this one kinda fucked itself over a little bit. Some good moments but I just lost interest after a while. Although it is sticking with for the ending, I guess.
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Movies of 2012 - No. 66
Movie: Hellraiser Starring: Andrew Robinson, Claire Higgins Director: Clive Barker Released: 1987
On Valentines Day me and my wonderful half decided to celebrate our love with Hellraiser, thats normal right?! It was the first time either of us had seen it an I can only speak for myself here. I dug the concept and the demons were creepy as hell but it was rife with bad acting and I kinda lost...
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Movies of 2012 - No. 65
Movie: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days Starring: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu Director: Cristian Mungiu Released: 2007
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days is a hard hitting drama set in 1980’s Communist Romania. It focuses on the troubles faced when a young woman helps her friend get an abortion. This as you would rightfully imagine is not a good date movie nor is it something you would stick on to...
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Movies of 2012 - No. 64
Movie: THX-1138 Starring: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasance Director: George Lucas Released: 1971
Six years before Star Wars George Lucas gave us THX-1138 a movie set in the future where people are compressed and forced to keep in line and obey orders. The visual aesthetic of this film and the presence is really good but the storytelling for me fell a little short. Still it is definetly worth a...
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Movies of 2012 - No. 63
Movie: 2 Days In Paris Starring: Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg Director: Julie Delpy Released: 2007
I adored Julie Delpy in Before Sunrise/Sunset and watching this had my love for her sky rocket. Not only is she a fine actress but here she proves herself to be a fine writer and director too. Her first directorial feature see’s her take the role of Marion a woman looking to rekindle her...
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Movies of 2012 - No. 62
Movie: 12 Angry Men Starring: Henry Fonda, Lee J.Cobb, Martin Balsam Director: Sidney Lumet Released: 1957
This was my first viewing of Sidney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men, I went in with no expectations whatsoever and came out really liking it. Set entirely inside one room, 12 jurors must decide if a young man is guilty of killing his father. With 11 of the 12 already settled on a guilty...
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Movies of 2012 - No.61
Movie: The Evil Dead Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss Director: Sam Raimi Released: 1981
A total cult classic and slice of fried gold, Sam Raimi’s epic B movie horror is camp, hilarious, nasty, gore-ridden fun at it’s finest.
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Videogames Odyssey 2012 - Part 2
Title: Game Dev Story Format: iOS Released: 2011 Developers: Kairosoft
The second game I’ve finished this year is Kairosoft’s Game Dev Story, it’s my first experience of gaming designed for mobile devices. And as far as first time experiences go this was pretty addictive. Game Dev is a time management sim which places you as the CEO of a start up company, developing games....
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Movies of 2012 - No. 60
Movie: Plan 9 From Outer Space Starring: Gregory Walcott, Tom Keene Director: Ed Wood Released: 1959
Plan 9, the magnum opus of Ed Woods bad cinema and the OG film thats “so bad it’s great”. If your looking for bad dialogue, shoddy acting, flimsy set design and props not to mention one bizzarro plot-line then this is the movie for you.
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Movies of 2012 - No. 59
Movie: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Starring: Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams Director: Tobe Hooper Released: 1986
A totally different film to it’s legendary predecessor, camper, hammier and lot sillier but still it’s a pretty fun ride.
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Movies of 2012 - No. 58
Movie: 30 Minutes or Less Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari Director: Ruben Fleischer Released: 2011
When everything in your movie is upstaged by a pair of gorilla masks I think it’s safe to say your movie is shit.
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Movies of 2012 - No. 57
Movie: Chronicle Starring: Dane Dehaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan Director: Josh Trank Released: 2012
I know it’s far too early too be even considering this, but Chronicle could well end up in my best of 2012 list come December. I LOVED this movie, it takes found footage, a frankly tired and played out genre to new heights…quite literally. A great origin story, nay a great...
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Movies of 2012 - No.56
Movie: The 39 Steps Starring: Robert Donat, Madaleine Carroll Director: Alfred Hitchcock Released: 1935
Old school, nudge nudge, wink wink, espionage flick directed by the master of suspense, what else could you ask for?
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Night Visions - No.1
I am a freaky sleeper, I talk in my sleep, I occasionally stop breathing so I’ve been told and one time I got up and made a sandwich whilst I was in slumber. But strange things dont just happen on the outside, they also happen within. I have had a history of strange dreams, one of the strangest was a vision in which I drowned and then watched my funeral as a spectre out of my body.
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Movies of 2012 - No. 55
Movie: Pulp Fiction Starring: John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson Director: Quentin Tarrantino Released: 1994
Completing this week’s challenge was quite possibly my favourite film of all time. I’ve seen it a dozen times but it’s still so fresh, so fonzie. It’s a massively quotable flick and every scene is a classic, in short I love this movie, love it.
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Movies of 2012 - No.53 & 54
Movies: Kill Bill Volume 1 & 2 Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine Director: Quentin Tarrantino Released: 2003, 2004
This weeks movie challenge was to watch three movies which share the same director and actor/actress. I chose Uma and Q and in doing so started with Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2. Two separate films, although they really work better as one. Both volumes are...
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Movies of 2012 - No. 52
Movie: 28 Weeks Later Starring: Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Released: 2007
As far as straight up zombie action flicks go, this is pretty good.