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May 25, 2012

Iron Sky Is Here!

I've been following the progress of the Nazis on the moon movie Iron Sky for years. It has finally arrived in UK cinemas - or has it?



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Published on May 25, 2012 02:43

May 22, 2012

Film Club: Breathless

Today is the first of my introductions in the new Kermode Uncut Film Club.



The film is Breathless from 1983 - get yourself a copy of the movie, watch the intro and let me know what you think.



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Published on May 22, 2012 05:29

May 18, 2012

The Great Trailer Debate

I posted recently saying how much I hated long excerpts from films being used in marketing campaigns. This seems to have touched a nerve - here are some of your responses.



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Published on May 18, 2012 04:27

May 15, 2012

Dancing With Death

There's a fantastic new action movie out this week called The Raid. The fight scenes are brilliantly choreographed - what for you are the best examples in cinema?



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Published on May 15, 2012 09:37

May 11, 2012

My Top 5 Johnny Depp Films

Some people think I don't like Johnny Depp because of the Pirates films but in fact I think that with the right director he is capable of great things. Here is my selection of his five best films.



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Published on May 11, 2012 07:13

May 8, 2012

Juan Of The Dead

There's a new zombie movie just out - the first one to come from Cuba. Like many films in the genre it's a satire - what is your favourite use of the well-worn zombie riff in cinema?



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Published on May 08, 2012 04:21

May 4, 2012

The Film, The Whole Film and Nothing But The Film

There has been a huge amount of debate recently about the quality of the Hobbit footage shown at the recent CinemaCon.



I say it's time we stopped judging films based on excerpts...



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Published on May 04, 2012 02:41

May 1, 2012

The Greatest Novels Never Filmed

I posted recently asking what you thought were the greatest books never filmed.



The response was overwhelming - here are just some of the nominees...



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Published on May 01, 2012 06:54

April 27, 2012

Film Club

These days film clubs are springing up all over the country. I'm planning to start a Kermode Uncut virtual film club. What do you think of the idea?



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Published on April 27, 2012 04:53

April 24, 2012

Who Cares About Festivals?

This Friday is coming on the 5 live programme to talk about launching Sundance London.



What I want to know is are festivals really important and who goes to them?



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Published on April 24, 2012 08:20

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