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April 20, 2012
Novel Ideas
I got involved in a recent Twitter exchange about The Great Gatsby and movie versions of favourite novels. This got me wondering which are the greatest novels never to be filmed - and why?
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April 17, 2012
Ray's Top Five
This weekend I'm going to be interviewing Ray Winstone on stage at The Bradford International Film Festival. He's had an extraordinary acting career but which are his best five films?
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April 13, 2012
Who Cut The Hunger Games?
A few weeks ago I posted that The Hunger Games had been cut to get a 12A certificate in the UK.
This started a debate about who was really responsible and whether it was censorship or marketing...
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April 10, 2012
3D Retrofitting Revisited
Titanic has just been re-released in a retrofitted 3D version. Is there any film that would truly benefit from this process? I can't think of one...
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April 5, 2012
Mystery Train
From the tracks of Memphis station me and my band The Dodge Brothers play a musical tribute to one of the many films made in the city - Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train.
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April 3, 2012
Elvis at the Movies
I've been in Memphis with my band The Dodge Brothers recording an album at Sun Studio where Elvis Presley recorded his first hits. He also made 33 films during his career but are any of them any good?
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March 30, 2012
Then and Now
I've been checking out some of the beautiful historic cinemas in Memphis and thinking about a recent news story saying ticket prices are set to rise to subsidise the costs of 3D. You can imagine my reaction...
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March 27, 2012
Hunger For Success
The Hunger Games has just opened with huge box office numbers. In the UK the film was cut to give it a 12A certificate, but why?
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March 23, 2012
Make Your Mind Up and John Carter
Here I pick out some of the most interesting responses to two of my recent posts - whether it is possible not to know what you think of a film and what did you think of John Carter. I know what I did...
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March 20, 2012
Star Power
I'm doing the 5 live show from the USA this week and will therefore miss special guest David Tennant in the studio. He's an actor who makes me feel star struck, who would have that effect on you?
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