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Taken to the edge Troy Kennedy-Martin’s original BBC TV series, way back in 1985, was groundbreaking, both in the darkness of its subject matter, and its willingness to take risks. Director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale (2006)), then as now, revealed an all-encompassing conspiracy lurking at the edge of everything, and the price that one man must [...] ‘You want it? You want it with me?’ A warning to the squeamish – foul language (in context) ahead. It was based on his own childhood, was Gary Oldman’s feature debut – Jesus wept. You’ve never seen anything like Nil by Mouth (1997) – there hasn’t been another film made that deals so unflinchingly with what is [...] [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:jones.jpg,thumb,alignleft]So long, Doctor Jones… You’re all expecting a rave, aren’t you? Shades of ‘your reviewer arrived flushed and breathless, gentle reader, after thrilling once more to the exploits of Indiana Jones in the latest action-packed installment, and couldn’t wait to share his joy with world’. Sorry, but think again, and prepare yourself for a rude awakening. [...] Game for anything Tom Ripley (John Malkovich): You’re not planning on singing me through the door, are you? |
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