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All bets are on

Having recently watched and enjoyed 28 Weeks Later (2007) - which far outstripped 28 Days Later (2002) in my humble opinion - I got to wondering just why I like the sequel better than the original. I realized pretty soon that it was the mood of the film, alongside some pretty tight camera work. Looking at the credits, I saw the director was one Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, someone I have to admit I’d never heard of. This is not surprising as he’s only made something like four movies. I can’t vouch for the other two, but from what I’ve seen he certainly deserves a lot more work.

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Picturenose welcomes Brussels-based journalist and film doyen Cillian Donnelly to the fold - agree with his choices? Do let us know, won’t you…

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Just not happening…
It’s strange - the exalted expectation ahead of every new Alfred Hitchcock M. Night Shyamalan effort seems usually based on amnesia concerning his recent work (which, quite frankly, is amazing, when you consider just how woeful both Lady in the Water (2006) and The Village (2004) were) and a kind of long-term collective eulogizing over how good his first film, The Sixth Sense (1999), supposedly was.

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