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BRAVE
A film review with a bit of a difference: a letter, reprinted below, published in the British Film Institute’s Sight & Sound magazine (November 2012 edition, edited slightly by the journal). I wrote them in response to a largely positive review from Thirza Wakefield, of Disney Pixar’s Brave. Whither Pixar? It’s not so much the…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy
Joy, a photo by iainthekid on Flickr. A favourite photo from this summer’s Olympics, taken in the Olympic Park. It sums up the joy and happy atmosphere that surrounded the Games.
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Mine
The Riverfront, a photo by iainthekid on Flickr. This photo sums up a lot of things that I think of as ‘mine’ and define ‘me’. The British Film Institute cinema on the Southbank in London has a restaurant attached to it – ‘The Riverbank’. – Great atmosphere, people, culture, food and cinema, all in one…
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DREDD 3D
Odeon Glasgow Quay, 18.09.12 Just when you thought you were about to read another diatribe against the use of 3D, let me start by making one claim in the gimmicky, pointless, annoying formats favour. In Dredd, a film-maker has finally found a use for 3D that actually impresses. That’s right, I said impresses. When the…