Deadwood 2011: Wild Bill
Dec03

Deadwood 2011: Wild Bill

This isn’t the sort of film that you should come away from feeling good; but you do.  It’s not the kind of film that should leave you with hope for the future of the characters; but you have. Wild Bill is also one of the best British films to be made last year.  It is an outstanding piece of work from co-writer (with Danny King) and first-time director Dexter Fletcher, who handles tough material with a light and deft touch, yet...

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Get Out or I’ll Hurt You: The Legend of Hell House
Dec03

Get Out or I’ll Hurt You: The Legend of Hell House

“Although the story of this film is fictitious, the events depicted involving psychic phenomenon are not only very much within the bounds of possibility, but could well be true.” That is the card that is shown before the prologue and the credits sequence of the 1973 classic The Legend of Hell House. [pullquote align=”left”][/pullquote]Oh dear. So portentous: ‘possibility’; ‘could well be true’?  And that’s not the...

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This Review is NOT By Rex Reed: Savages
Dec01

This Review is NOT By Rex Reed: Savages

  ‘Listening to critics is like letting Muhammad Ali decide which astronaut goes to the moon.’ — Robert Duvall   It’s a long time since I found much of interest in director Oliver Stone’s work.  So when I saw that he was at the helm of Savages I was going to give it a miss altogether.  I was prodded into giving it a chance, however, by my mate Patrick from the wilds of Kildare.  Now Patrick is, like myself,...

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