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  • Review of Letters to Juliet: Junk Mail

    Review of Letters to Juliet: Junk Mail

    8th June 2010 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    The poster for “Letters to Juliet” gives the game away – an enormous Amanda Seyfried (the benevolent puppet master) looms over the doll-like figures of the reunited lovers (played by Amanda Redman and Franco Nero). Bits of rural Italy poke in around the corners, and a warm, peachy aura exudes. It’s an ideal of the motherland recreated on the walls of Italian restaurants the world over, cheap frescoes for customers...

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  • “These guys are the new rock ‘n’ roll.”

    “These guys are the new rock ‘n’ roll.”

    1st September 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    DVD/CD - A Cross the Universe (2008)
     
    “These guys are the new rock 'n' roll.” This comment, early on in ‘A Cross the Universe’, establishes the ambitions of the documentary makers, Romain-Gauras, So-Me, and French electronic music duo, Justice (the latter also the subject) in ‘A Cross the Universe’, a documentary following the band’s North American tour.
     
    This film does nothing to dispel the widespread notion that the French do not take...

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  • Robin Williams in good movie shocker!

    Robin Williams in good movie shocker!

    26th August 2009 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    World’s Greatest Dad is the latest movie from the world’s best-named director, Bobcat Goldthwait (Sleeping Dogs Lie). The film centres around a failed writer/failing teacher, Lance (a restrained and remarkable Robin Williams, the performance erases all memories of Flubber), and his obnoxious teenage son, Kyle (perfectly pitched by Daryl Sabara). When Kyle dies in sordid circumstances, his father, finding the body first, covers up the true nature of his death...

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Chris Allsop

Chris Allsop

Chris Allsop is a journalist with over 8 years' experience. He has reviewed films for both nationally circulated print and online media. Chris smiles more often than his picture may suggest.