Eagle vs Shark carries a great burden of expectation: Taika Waititi's Oscar nomination, invitations to Sundance, international Miramax support, pointless comparisons with Napoleon Dynamite. A film with less heart than…
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More from the ever-growing annals of corporate stupidity: Johnson & Johnson (founded 1886) sues the Red Cross (founded 1881) for appropriating their red cross trademark.from Wonkette (and CNN)
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It's been a tough old week to be a cinephile. Firstly, poet of the dark interior of human existence Ingmar Bergman finally gives up the ghost, then I get to…
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From today's Guardian: Mike Reid, the former star of EastEnders who made his name as a stand-up comedian, died of a heart attack at his home in Spain yesterday, aged…
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David Thomson on Antonioni in The Guardian: Being with someone but not looking at them was nearly invented by Antonioni, and on film it is like a mortal sin.
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It's an awfully long time since I have watched a complete episode of The Simpsons so I wasn't 100% confident that I would be happy sitting through an extended version…
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