Blog posts by year and monthApril 2011
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Block Rocking Meat
After years of purveying comedic whimsy drawn from his childhood pop culture obsessions Joe Cornish has stepped up a gear with his directorial debut Attack the Block, a science fiction action adventure that draws on his childhood pop culture obsessions.
Biker Boys
There's a new documentary out this week called TT3D: Closer to the Edge, about the infamous Isle of Man motorcycle racing event. I have no interest in sport in general or bikes in particular but this film is about much, much more and really impressed me.
Girls In The Hood
There's a new version of Red Riding Hood out this week made by Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke. It's not the first time this dark tale of wolf trouble has been adapted - I've got my favourites - but what are yours?
Burning Rubber
At Cannes last year there was a lot of fuss about Rubber - a cult movie about a killer car tyre. Now the film has been released on DVD - how does it stand up outside of the hothouse atmosphere of the film festival?
Scare Stories
I've seen a bunch of new horror movies in all shapes and sizes recently but none of them have frightened me. Have I become impossible to terrify or have films just stopped being scary?
Box Office Baloney
The much-publicised flop of the new animated film Mars Needs Moms begs an important question. Since when did the US box office mean so much to us and should we really care?
5 live Review: Source Code
5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews Source Code. Go to Mark on 5 live for more reviews and film debate. You can hear Mark talk about the latest films on Kermode & Mayo's Film Review on 成人论坛 Radio 5 live every Friday 2pm-4pm. The programme is also available...
Talk of the Devils
Stop press! The director's cut of Ken Russell's controversial masterpiece The Devils is to get a rare public screening on May 1st at The East End Film Festival in London. I have been campaigning for years to get this definitive version released on DVD - can this finally be the light at the end o...