Archive for November, 2007
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Written by Colin on November 27, 2007 – 10:52 pm -
Family values?
To call Donnie Brasco a ‘gangster movie’ would be like calling Dawn of the Dead (1978) ‘a film about some sick people wandering about’ - this has so much more to offer than the usual Mafiosi stereotypes (although they are there in spades).
Tags: betrayal, cosa nostra, depp, FBI, gangsters, joe pistone, Lefty, mafia, mob, New York, pacino
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Hot Fuzz (2007) - Colin’s Take
Written by Colin on November 27, 2007 – 10:19 pm -
A policeman’s lot is quite a gruesome one
Another slab of in-your-face comic genius from Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and many of the usual suspects from Spaced.
Tags: big train, brit-com, british, broadbent, comedy, cops, Edgar Wright, film, Hot Fuzz, law, league of gentlemen, nick frost, police, review, shaun of the dead, Simon Pegg, slapstick
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Hot Fuzz - James’ and Paul’s Take
Written by James on November 27, 2007 – 10:15 pm -
Copper-bottomed comedy
Messrs Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright are fast becoming the benchmark for what it means to be funny – comic actor and writer Pegg first paired up with writer/director Wright for the sensational Spaced sit-com, and they have subsequently worked together on the marvellous ‘not with a bang but a belly-laugh’ zombie pastiche, Shaun of the Dead (2004).
Tags: big train, brit-com, british, broadbent, comedy, cops, Edgar Wright, film, Hot Fuzz, law, league of gentlemen, nick frost, police, review, shaun of the dead, Simon Pegg, slapstick
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