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Forbrydelsen Review
Forbrydelsen, better known as The Killing to westerners, is an awesome series comprising of 20 linked episodes. There is a second season, but that is another story hence another review. This Danish show starring Sofie Gråbøl and Søren Malling as … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-remake, forbrydelsen, jan meyer, nanna birk larsen, sarah lund, the killing, who killed
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Spaceballs Review
Spaceballs, in one word, can be described as goofy. It is one of those movies ranking alongside Top Secret! and Airplane!. Spaceballs makes fun of various movies and cultures, but the main identifiable one is Star Wars. However, other references … Continue reading
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Tagged comb, desert, funny, jammed, review, spaceballs, the
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La Boum Review
La Boum, a French 1980 teen flick starring Sophie Marceau, was directed by Claude Pinoteau. It tells the story, quite simply, of a teenage girl falling in love and all the little hardships she will experience with the first love, … Continue reading
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Tagged english, la boum, review, sophie marceau, teen movie
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Gulliver’s Travels Review
Gulliver’s Travels, starring Ted Danson and directed by Charles Sturridge, is based on the novel by Jonathan Swift. The movie tells the tale of Lemuel Gulliver, a doctor turned ship’s surgeon, who after eight years lost at sea retells his … Continue reading
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Tagged 1996, gulliver's travels, irish, jonathan swift, movie, story, ted danson, tv mini series, writer
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Forbidden Games (Jeux Interdits) Review
Les Jeux Interdits, known as Forbidden Games in English, is a movie set in June 1940. It was directed by René Clément in 1952 and tells the tale of a little girl, Paulette, orphaned in a French air raid, who … Continue reading
L’Arrivée d’un Train en Gare de la Ciotat
L’Arrivée d’un Train en Gare de la Ciotat is considered one of the first films shown to a paying audience. Created by the Lumière Brothers in 1895, it is only fifty seconds long, and features a train arriving at a … Continue reading
Film Noir
Film noir is not a necessarily a black and white movie, it is actually a movie type that could be incorporated in ‘thriller’ or even ‘crime’. Film noir is not technically a genre, but many treat it as such. In order for … Continue reading
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Tagged chiaroscuro lighting, dutch angles, film noir, the big sleep, venetian blinds
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Analysis of Interview with the Vampire
When I think about vampires, the first image to pop into my mind is usually Dracula in a pinstriped grey suit, with round, blue glasses and a great big top hat in the streets of London. This image is then almost instantly … Continue reading
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Tagged analysis, brad pitt, interview of the vampire, lestat, louis, neil jordan, tom cruise, trailer
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Oscar Wilde’s Works
Oscar Wilde was an Irish writer, most known for his novel Dorian Gray. However, he wrote much more than Dorian Gray, and not always in English. The Picture of Dorian Gray was his only novel, the rest of his works … Continue reading
The Art of Getting By, Review
The Art of Getting By just came out to the cinemas in Ireland, and I couldn’t wait to watch it. I had fallen in love with the trailer I had seen three months beforehand, and I was dying to see … Continue reading
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Tagged emma roberts, freddie highmore, gavin wiesen, homework, movie, review, the art of getting by
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