Tag: entertainment
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THE DEBT
Cineworld Glasgow, 30.09.11 There’s something determinedly old-fashioned about The Debt, the new film from director John Madden, not only the style with which Madden handles his drama and action sequences and the grainy, grey sheen given to the scenes set in East Berlin during the Cold War, but in the very story itself. In the…
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MELANCHOLIA
Cineworld Glasgow, 04.10.11 Lars Von Trier certainly divides opinion. Love his films, or hate them, there is no middle ground. After his infamous Cannes press conference, where he was supposed to be discussing his latest major film, Melancholia, but instead got caught discussing Nazism and sympathising with Hitler (it was all a misunderstood joke), the same…
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PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES
Glasgow Film Theatre, 26.09.11 The demise of the print news industry over the last ten years has been making headlines itself, and it becomes the focal point of Andrew Rossi’s behind the scenes access film – Page One: Inside The New York Times. The New York Times has the third largest circulation numbers in America, behind USA Today…
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TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Odeon East Kilbride, 16.09.11 The popular truth is that the demographic of cinema-goers is made up of primarily the 16-24 years old age group, and as such, if you want to have a hit movie then you have to appeal to the sensibilities of that group. Action, sex, comedy, celebrities to the fore; drama, literary…
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DRIVE
Cineworld Glasgow, 23.09.11 Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive follows two well-worn film paths – that of the violent crime thriller, and secondly the thrill of fast cars and driving action – and manages to combine the two to make a fresh, exciting and distinct film. Ryan Gosling stars as the unnamed Driver, who works part-time driving stunt cars…
Iain Kelly 