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Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker – 2012, Fumihiko Sori ***
by Jaime Grijalba. (USA/Japan, 90 min) There are a certain group of films that have the pleasure, or maybe the displeasure to most, to be called ‘adapted from videogames’, and they are different in...
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1943 – Best Picture, Director, Short, Actor, Actress, Supp Actor, Supp...
by Allan Fish Straight to it again… Best Picture The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, UK (10 votes – winner by 1) Best Director Carl Th.Dreyer, Day of Wrath (14 votes) Best Short Meshes of the...
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1944 – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Short, Best Actor, Best Actress,...
by Allan Fish straight to it again… Best Picture Double Indemnity, US (9 votes) Best Director Sergei M.Eisenstein, Ivan the Terrible Part One: Ivan Grozyni (8 votes) Best Short Jammin the Blues, US,...
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John Garfield petition, The Intouchables, Spaghetti Western finale, William...
by Sam Juliano Famed auteur critic Andrew Sarris passed away at age 83 during this past week, and movie fans have lost one of the greatest and most intelligent film adherents. Sarris is one of the...
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Wyler’s ‘Ben-Hur’ a triumph of the human spirit
by Sam Juliano Note: This essay on the 1959 ‘Ben-Hur’ is Wonders in the Dark’s contribution to Richard R.D. Finch’s William Wyler blogothon, a venture that launched on Sunday, June 24th at ‘The Movie...
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92. Blackpool 2004
by Allan Fish (UK 2004 352m) DVD2 The Las Vegas of the North p Kate Lewis d Coky Giedroyc, Julie Anne Robinson w Peter Bowker ph Lukas Strebel ed Anthony Combes, David Rees m Robert Lane...
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Ai Weiwei’s Documentary Double Feature
by Jaime Grijalba. Anyone who is at least aware where his head stands above your shoulders should know who Ai Weiwei is, and if you don’t well, shame on you. Ai is, first of all, an artist, acomplished...
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Getting People Over the Beatles: A Series Examining the Great of British (and...
by Jamie I’ve looked over the complete list of what I still would like to cover in the coming months to conclude this Series and I’ve found that, for the most part, much of the pre-1977 acts are gone....
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91. Quatermass 1953-1957
by Allan Fish (UK 1953-1959 549m) DVD2 Do not proceed beyond this point p Rudolph Cartier d Rudolph Cartier w Nigel Kneale Reginald Tate (Prof.Quatermass), John Robinson (Prof.Quatermass), André...
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Prospecting in the Uncanny Valley: Fumihiko Sori’s “Vexille” and “TO”
By Bob Clark Sometimes the cutting edge comes at the end of a blunt instrument. In a career that has included live action, animation and special-effects supervising, Fumihiko Sori has assembled a...
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1945 – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Short, Best Actor, Best Actress,...
by Allan Fish Here we go…results for 1945… Best Picture Les Enfants du Paradis, France (9 votes) Best Director Marcel Carné, Les Enfants du Paradis (7 votes) Best Short Micro Phonies, US, Edward...
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Jay Giampietro’s ‘Candy Rides,’ William Wyler blogathon, Funny Face, Magic...
by Sam Juliano Congratulations are in order to the tireless and ever-enthusiastic Richard “R.D.” Finch for his amazing navigation of the William Wyler blogathon at The Movie Projector. It was one of...
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90. Made in Britain – 1983
by Allan Fish (UK 1983 73m) DVD1/2 Bollocks to it! p Margaret Matheson d Alan Clarke w David Leland ph Chris Menges ed Stephen Singleton m The Exploited art Jamie Leonard Tim Roth...
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Ashes – 2012, Apichatpong Weerasethakul ****
by Jaime Grijalba. (Thailand, 20 min) A spark of light in the darkness, flying up and up to finally dissapear. The sound of the wildlife forest-like inner cities of Thailand: birds, bugs, wind and...
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Getting People Over the Beatles: A Series Examining the Greats of British...
by Jamie It may be that in the mind of their self-celebrated Svengali…the Sex Pistols were never meant to be more than a nine-month wonder, a cheap vehicle for some fast money, a few laughs, a touch of...
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89. Walking With Dinosaurs 1999
by Allan Fish (UK 1999 175m) DVD1/2 Ode to the Giants p Tim Haines, Jasper James, John Lynch d Jasper James w various ph John Howarth, Peter Thorn ed Andrew Wilks m Ben Bartlett spc Jamie...
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Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Marc Webb’s “The Amazing Spider-Man” on Page and Screen
By Bob Clark The Spider-Man character is now celebrating its 50th anniversary in the pages of Marvel Comics, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko in the pages of Amazing Fantasy before...
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1946 – Best Picture, Director, Short, Actor, Actress, Supp Actor, Supp...
by Allan Fish Here we go again… Best Picture It’s a Wonderful Life, US (12 votes) Best Director Frank Capra, It’s a Wonderful Life (8 votes) Best Short The Great Piggy Bank Robbery & Northwest...
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Comedy Countdown, The Amazing Spiderman, To Rome with Love and China...
by Sam Juliano The comedy countdown is nearing conclusion of it’s first stage – the compilation of the 32 ballots that were cast over a six-week period. The results will soon be announced by Voting...
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88. In Search of the Trojan War 1985
by Allan Fish (UK 1985 344m) DVD2 Once upon a time there was a town called Troy… p Bill Lyons, Colin Adams d Bill Lyons w Michael Wood m Terry Oldfield, David Pash presented by Michael Wood...
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