Mark Kermode's Blog, page 48

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

The Dodge Brothers are accompanying a movie again, this time starring silent movie era goddess Louise Brooks. Nothing could be better: Music, movies and just the right
number of dimensions. You think Avatar would work as a silent movie? Actually...

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions. If you're reading via RSS, you'll need to visit the blog to access this content.

5 live review: Capitalism: A Love Story

5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews Capitalism: A Love Story.
 
Go to Mark on 5 Live for more reviews and film debate.

(Please note this content is only available to UK viewers)

5 live Review: MicMacs

5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews MicMacs.
 
Go to Mark on 5 Live for more reviews and film debate.

(Please note this content is only available to UK viewers)

5 live review: Leap Year

5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews Leap Year.
 
Go to Mark on 5 Live for more reviews and film debate.

(Please note this content is only available to UK viewers) 

Bullocks still come in pairs

Hollywood's sweetheart Sandra Bullock's Oscar-baiting
performance in The Blind Side has paid off. She's got her
nomination and if you ask me, this is her year, even if
there's the abiding fear that somewhere around the corner,
just as there always is for every decent Sandra Bullock
film, a cinematic equivalent of its half-made mutant twin
(you know, something like All About Steve, or The Proposal)
is waiting to spring from the shadows.

In order to see this content you need to have both a

Building Bridges

Slacker and stoners revere him as the Dude. Kids love him as a video game character in Tron and a comic book villain in Iron Man. Grown ups like him too: Terry Gilliam says if he could he would work with him in every film he made, and after The Fisher King you can see why. And now, finally Jeff Bridges is up for an Academy Award. So why the nod after all this time? Was it the plucking and the singing?

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed...

Morton's Caller

As directorial calling cards go, Samantha Morton's brilliant debut The Unloved demands a bigger screen than the TV scale version it recently premiered on. The film gets a limited cinema release this week and reminds us just what an extraordinary talent Morton has already shown us as an actor in films ranging from Morvern Callar to Minority Report, and even in Harmony Korine's Mister Lonely.

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC...