Posts Tagged ‘violence’
Goodbye Bafana (2007)
Written by James on August 16, 2008 – 8:32 pm -
Too black and white
Bille August (Smilla’s Feeling for Snow (1997), Les Miserables (1998)) heads up this multi-European country co-production, but his take on the tale of the relationship between a white South African prison guard and Nelson Mandela is flawed from the outset.
Tags: African National Congress, ANC, Bille August, Dennis Haysbert, Diane Kruger, Greg Latter, James Gregory, Joseph Fiennes, Les Miserables (1998) Goodbye Bafana (2007), Nelson Mandela, Smilla's Feeling for Snow (1997), violence, Xhosa
Posted in South Africa, history, social drama | No Comments »
A History of Violence (2005)
Written by James on August 14, 2008 – 1:01 pm -
All his own work?
Carl Fogaty: Any last words before I blow your brains out, you miserable prick?
Tom Stall: I should have killed you back in Philly.
Carl Fogaty: Yeah Joey, you should have.
It’s all, ahem, ‘Viggo’ for the mo - but one can but hope that a discussion of what is perhaps the best mainstream thriller since Se7en (1995) will not bring too many complaints…
Tags: A History of Violence (2005), Ashton Holmes, David Cronenberg, Dead Ringers (1988), Greg Bryk, Heidi Hayes, Joey Cusack, John Wagner, Maria Bello, mob, Naked Lunch (1991), Stephen McHattie, The Fly (1986), Tom Stall, Videodrome (1982), Viggo Mortensen, Vince Locke, violence, William Hurt
Posted in US, suspense, thriller | 4 Comments »
Won’t Somebody Think Of The Children?
Written by Colin on August 4, 2008 – 4:30 pm -
Many of you will know that I am an unashamed Batman fan, and always have been. I was quite happy - eager, even, that my eldest son (who’s 10) should come to see it with me. For me, it’s the same thing as the Dads who drag their children of two years or so to see Nohope United every Saturday when the poor buggers have no idea what’s going on. I at least waited until I thought was mentally mature enough to get something out of the experience.
Tags: 12A, batman, Beethoven (1992), Cannibal Ferox (1981), Casino Royale (2006), certification, children, film, horror, joker, movie, The Dark Knight (2008), The Sunday Times, violence
Posted in film fun, news, opinion | 2 Comments »
The Football Factory (2004) - James’ Take
Written by James on December 5, 2007 – 2:30 pm -
Kicking
Without doubt, the central characters in writer-director Nick Love’s seminal study of football/violence-related male bonding, The Football Factory, would give me a good kicking for the poncey review that follows.
Tags: Chelsea, Danny Dyer, hooligans, The Football Factory (2004), Tommy Johnson, violence
Posted in british, character study, social drama, sport | No Comments »
The Football Factory (2004) - Colin’s Take
Written by Colin on December 5, 2007 – 2:26 pm -
London brawling
Welcome to Tommy Johnson. His is a world of dead-end jobs, no prospects and an uncertain future. His story is set out pretty well in his opening voiceover: “There’s nothing different about me. I’m just another bored male, approaching 30, in a dead-end job, who lives for the weekend. Casual sex, watered-down lager, heavily cut drugs. And occasionally kicking fuck out of someone.”
Tags: Chelsea, Danny Dyer, hooligans, The Football Factory (2004), Tommy Johnson, violence
Posted in british, social drama, sport | No Comments »
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