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Movie Review: There Will Be Blood
Reel Weekend | 07 February 2008
There Will Be Blood, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, is serious cinema – two-and-a-half hours of weighty drama, moral complexity and epic storytelling. Director Paul Thomas Anderson, who previously brought us the likes of Boogie Nights and Magnolia, makes his intention clear from the very start, opening with an entirely dialogue-free 15-minute prologue that will really sort the men from the boys among audiences...
Reel Weekend | 07 February 2008
There seems to be an unofficial rule in Hollywood that every year a small unassuming indie movie does battle with the big budget goliaths for box office and Oscar success. Last year it was Little Miss Sunshine, and this year it falls upon the slender shoulders of Juno. This witty comedy drama is the surprise fifth Oscar nominee for Best Picture this year, and more than holds its own against its more high profile rivals. It's the story of a 16-year-old girl from a small town who upon the discovery that she has fallen pregnant decides she must find more responsible parents for her as-yet unborn child...
Movie Review: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Reel Weekend | 07 February 2008
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly tells the extraordinary true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, the one-time editor of the French edition of Elle magazine, who in 1995 suffered a stroke that left him entirely paralysed except for his left eye. The film is directed by painter-turned-director Julian Schnabel, and adopts an unconventional narrative technique to depict this remarkable story of triumph over tragedy.
Reel Weekend | 01 February 2008
3:10 to Yuma is a remake of the 1957 Glenn Ford classic, and stars Christian Bale as a simple farmer who takes the job of escorting notorious villain Russell Crowe to a railway station to await the train of the title. While Jesse James and Seraphim Falls were slow, dark, arty westerns, this film is cast in a more traditional mould. There's a clear-cut good guy and bad guy, a pretty wife who begs her man not to take the job, lots of grizzled men spitting in the dirt and a big climactic gun fight.
Movie Review: Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Reel Weekend | 25 January 2008
Tim Burton is no stranger to dark gothic fantasy, neither is he shy about putting his favorite actor Johnny Depp in a lead role. Sweeney Todd is the first time, however, that Burton has matched his flair for the visual with a classic stage musical. In adapting Stephen Sondheim's Broadway classic Burton weaves his usual visual magic to tell the tale of The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, who's lust for revenge on those who've wronged him takes the shape of a very close shave and some very special pies.
Movie Review: In the Valley of Elah
Reel Weekend | 25 January 2008
Crash director Paul Haggis is on the hunt for Oscar with this attempt to address the war in Iraq, and more specifically the effect of that war on its soldiers and their families. Tommy Lee Jones is the father investigating the mysterious death of his soldier son and while it sounds like an oh-so-serious attempt at issue cinema, we reckon that it's worth seeing for one reason alone: the tremendous performance by Tommy Lee Jones.
Movie Review: No Country for Old Men
Reel Weekend | 18 January 2008
The Coen brothers return to cinemas this week with their acclaimed new thriller No Country For Old Men, and if you were starting to wonder if Joel and Ethan had lost it following their last two films, let us assure you that No Country is a huge return to form. The film stars Josh Brolin as a Texan tough guy who runs off with $2m that he finds at the scene of a bungled drug deal – it's a western, a thriller and an art-movie rolled into one, and kicks off 2008 in formidable style.
Movie Trailers | 14 January 2008
Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis team up to bring to the screen this epic tale of greed, religion and oil. Day Lewis is grabbing plenty of awards attention for his portrayal of Daniel Plainview - a scheming, vicious, backstabbing oil baron who'll stop at nothing to get what he wants - who enters into a battle of wills and wits against a young preacher, played by Paul Dano. Gripping, epic, and with a terrifying score by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead, There Will Be Blood is one of the first genuine must-see films of the year.
Movie Review: Charlie Wilson's War
Reel Weekend | 11 January 2008
Tom Hanks stars in the story of Charles Wilson, a womanising, party-loving Democratic congressman, who in the early 80s led a campaign to arm the freedom fighters of Afghanistan in their fight against the pesky Soviets. Legendary director Mike Nichols works from a script by West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin in a spiky satire that is already attracting awards attention. Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman complete the excellent supporting cast.
Episode 8: I'm Not There, I Am Legend and Paranoid Park
Reel Weekend | 26 December 2007
Once you've finished scoffing mince pies and draining every last drop from the sherry bottle, make sure you catch this post-festive episode of Reel Weekend – Ben Howard takes a look at the Boxing Day releases vying for your Christmas money. In this show, Todd Haynes introduces us to the many faces of Bob Dylan, Will Smith is the last man alive and Gus Van Sant gets down with the skate kids.
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