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Reviews, rants and general geek-ery by a 21 year old Film & Media student.
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Review: The Hunger Games (2012)
The Hunger Games movie is the first adaptation in a trilogy of novels written by Suzanne Collins. The teenage demographic of the series, as well as its sudden popularity at the box office, have inevitably resulted in comparisons with other popular young adult movie/book franchises: Twilight and Harry Potter. Viewers will also have noticed a striking resemblance […]
Review: Trishna (2011)
March 18, 2012
Michael Winterbottom’s contemporary adaptation of Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, borrows the key events from the classic 19th century English novel and places them in modern-day India. For anybody not familiar with the story, the protagonist of Hardy’s novel is Tess – a rural peasant girl who meets, and gradually falls in love […]
Review: Young Adult (2011)
March 8, 2012
Audience expectations were high for Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody’s – the same director/writer partnership responsible for 2007′s Juno – second collaborative effort: Young Adult. While Juno focused directly on young people, Young Adult‘s central character is a 37-year-old woman – albeit one who hasn’t progressed an awful lot since high school. Charlize Theron stars as […]
Representations of Black Crime in Attack the Block (2011)
February 26, 2012
In recent years, the British media has been full of stories of violence and crime committed by working class teenagers, frequently with an emphasis on black youth. This has created a climate of fear against young people, which could be described as something of a ‘moral panic’ – fears of gang culture, hoodie-wearing teenagers, and […]
Review: Restless (2011)
February 21, 2012
Following on from 2008′s Milk, Gus Van Sant chooses to use a fairly conventional film-making style for his most recent film, Restless. For fans of his more avant-garde work, this can be a little disappointing. Van Sant’s Elephant (2003) used extremely long-takes and a non-linear narrative to create a haunting film inspired by the Columbine […]
Review: Carnage (2011)
February 14, 2012
Based on the play God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, Roman Polanski’s latest directorial effort revolves around two couples who get together in an attempt to resolve a fight between their sons, but succeed only in bickering amongst themselves. It’s a story that surely many parents can relate to; nobody likes to be criticised on […]
Review: Shame (2011)
February 7, 2012
We first experienced the brilliant cinematic partnership of British director Steve McQueen and actor Michael Fassbender in McQueen’s 2008 feature-length debut, Hunger. Clearly, both parties knew they were on to a good thing, as McQueen has since cast Fassbender again, this time in the role of a man trapped by his addiction to sex. Shame […]
Review: The Artist (2011)
January 29, 2012
With a total of 10 nominations for this year’s upcoming Academy Awards, The Artist has largely proven to be a hit amongst both audiences and critics. Taking its inspiration from Hollywood’s silent era, the film’s fictional narrative focuses on George (Jean Dujardin), an actor who falls from popularity with the advent of the ‘talkies’. His […]
Review: The Iron Lady (2011)
January 22, 2012
The Iron Lady on one hand is a political biopic of Britain’s first female Prime Minister, following the expected narrative structure charting her rise through parliament and eventual downfall. What sets this film apart is the present day strand of the story, which depicts Thatcher as an elderly dementia sufferer who has constant hallucinations of […]
Art Film Now
January 22, 2012
Just a quick update – I am now also contributing writings on film to Art Film Now, a website set up by an Art History student friend of mine. My first article is up there now and discusses director David Lynch’s background in painting and the way that some of his favourite painters appear to […]
March 29, 2012
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