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Flat Beat I got this movie for €5 in amongst a slew of other rare finds. I think I paid around €4.75 too much for it. Naturally, I was excited to get this critically acclaimed film for an absolute steal of a price and in the original, non-dubbed format. Joy. The only slight problem I have [...] An offer you still can’t refuse… It’s ‘re-release city’ in the UK at the moment – Francis Ford Coppola’s seminal The Godfather (1972), an adaptation of Mario Puzo’s novel, has also returned to big screens in recent weeks. Something wicked this way comes… Another outing from the seemingly ‘can’t-lose’ stable of writer-director Shane Meadows. If you enjoyed This is England (2006), and are tempted to view some of his back-catalogue, you may well heed my warning – this is a genuinely unpleasant watch. ‘You’re a big man, but you’re in bad shape. With me, it’s a full-time job. Now behave yourself.’ Wonderful things, weekends – you have time to yourself, time to devote to paying due respect to what is simply the finest gangster film ever made. Take it away, Jack… Dilligent on Dillinger He’s one of America’s finest directors, but his previous film, Miami Vice (2006), was a huge disappointment. So, how has the collaboration of Michael Mann with two of the younger generation’s leading actors, Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, worked out in Public Enemies (2009)? [photopress:InBruges.jpg,thumb,alignleft]Heartache and a thousand natural chocs Having made my home here in the sunny city of Brussels, I was naturally curious to find out what sort of film Martin McDonagh (Six Shooter (2004)) had made involving Bruges (it’s not that far from here), as well as because a friend of mine lives near there, and reckons [...] [photopress:sexy.jpg,thumb,alignleft] Beast at bay? Er, no… Jesus Christ! What got Ghandi in such a bad mood? Sexy Beast (2000) was a film I came to very late (eight years late, in fact) and only watched on the insistence of James, who would ideally like me to see every film in the world, as he seems to [...] [photopress:Mesrine.jpg,thumb,alignleft] Vive Mesrine! Let’s face it – no one does Real McCoy, well-’ard gangster flicks like we Europeans. Of course, Stateside, you can cite Scorsese’s Goodfellas (1990) or Casino (1995) and, at a pinch, Coppolla’s The Godfather (1972) but sorry, when it comes to what violence, fear of violence and callous characterizations are really all about, [...] Classic Cronenberg He can seemingly do no wrong; Canadian David Cronenberg, responsible for some of the finest examples of films that really do hit you where you live, has crossed the Atlantic to the UK for his first effort ever to be filmed completely outside his home country. Game for anything Tom Ripley (John Malkovich): You’re not planning on singing me through the door, are you? |
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