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  • Top 10 films of 2009

    Top 10 films of 2009

    11th December 2009 | 1 comments | 1 person likes this

    What’s in a list? Probably little more than an opportunity to show off, indulge in a some lazy cultural showboating and maybe even a chance to stir up a dash of barroom provocation. Perfect. So, in no particular order, here is my attempt to do just that. Any disagreements, disputes, outraged contempt, please feel free to comment.....

    1.       The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)

    Haneke’s latest masterpiece. Beautifully scripted, shot and acted it...

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  • DVD review: Soul Power

    DVD review: Soul Power

    7th December 2009 | 3 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree

    If the eyes of the world were on Zaire’s capital, Kinshasa, in October 1974 they were, perhaps understandably, focused more keenly on Muhammad Ali’s world heavyweight title challenge against the indomitable human wrecking ball, George Foreman - a fight for which The Greatest displayed his characteristic bombast and preternatural confidence but which many educated observers feared might end in tragedy for the Louisville Lip - than on the three-night music...

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Nick Clarke

Nick Clarke

Working in advertising, writing for a number of national newspaper and magazine titles and currently clawing his way through his PhD in film, Nick has nurtured a passion for media and the arts for over a decade. He tries not to take himself too seriously but finds it difficult. As such he harbours the faintly ridiculous belief that one- day he will write a definitive, universally lauded book on a subject that he thinks he knows something about. Given that he is fanatical about Soul music, 1970s cinema and boxing, it might be about one of those. Given that he also is very indecisive and non-committal it also might not be.