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Mark Kermode

Born

in Barnet, North London, The United Kingdom

July 02, 1963

Website

http://picador.com/markkermode

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Where Were You In ’62?

I’m always accusing George Lucas of being a terrible director and yet I love American Graffiti. Why does this deeply nostalgic film continue to shine?

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Average rating: 3.81 · 9,017 ratings · 785 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex: What's Wrong With Modern Movies? 3.72 avg rating — 2,163 ratings — published 2011 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's Only a Movie: Reel Life Adventures of a Film Obsessive 3.73 avg rating — 1,698 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hatchet Job: Love Movies, Hate Critics 3.61 avg rating — 1,400 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shawshank Redemption 4.43 avg rating — 876 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Exorcist 4.15 avg rating — 541 ratings — published 1998 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Does It Feel?: A Life of Musical Misadventures 3.96 avg rating — 481 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mark Kermode's Surround Sound: The Stories of Movie Music 3.94 avg rating — 236 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mark Kermode's Surround Sound by Mark Kermode, Jenny Nelson 4.13 avg rating — 70 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silent Running 4.17 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kermode on Film 3.43 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Some people say that I talk too fast, but I think it's just that they listen too slowly.”
― Mark Kermode

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“Far from being a pack of baying butchers,critics sometimes have a perverse habit of tending to the sick and wounded on the cinematic field of battle, rushing in where angels fear to tread, even when the patient is clearly without a pulse.”
― Mark Kermode, Hatchet Job: Love Movies, Hate Critics

tags: cinema, critics, film, kermode

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“we were alive, together, and conscious, aware of our own mortality, but thrilled by the fact of our own ridiculous existence.”
― Mark Kermode, It's Only a Movie: Real Life Adventures of a Film Obsessive

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