Posts Tagged ‘police’
World Trade Center (2006)
Written by James on July 11, 2008 – 6:45 pm -
Center does not hold
Former enfant terrible Oliver Stone would appear to have re-embraced the American Way but World Trade Center (2006), while graced with powerful performances and a life-affirming core narrative, suffers from biased perspectives and a sluggish middle section.
Tags: 9/11, Andrea Berloff, Dave Karnes, film, iraq, JFK (1991), John McLoughlin, Michael Peña, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Cage, Oliver Stone, police, Salvador (1986), United 93 (2006), Will Jimen, World Trade Center (2006)
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The Road to Guantánamo (2006)
Written by James on June 18, 2008 – 2:49 pm -
Road to Hell
It would appear that the mud really does stick. Returning from the 2006 Berlinale Film Festival, at which The Road to Guantánamo won the Silver Bear award, two of the actors (Rizwan Ahmed and Farhad Harun) and two of the ex-detainees were temporarily detained and interrogated by UK police. According to BBC News, a Brit bobby asked Ahmed if he intended to make any more political films. The Thought Police are closing in…
Tags: 2006 Berlinale Film Festival, Afghanistan, Asif Iqbal, Farhad Harun, Mat Whitecross, Michael Winterbottom, Monir Ali, police, Rizwan Ahmed, Shafiq Rasul, The Road to Guantánamo (2006)
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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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