Film

The Good, the Bad and the Bond: A Fan’s Eye View of Pierce Brosnan

Will Smith, the writer, comedian and star of The Thick of It, would frequently post pictures of Pierce Brosnan on Twitter, with captions such as the following, accompanying a shot of Brosnan painting in his garden with a hat slung behind his neck: You come home to find your new gardener painting your wife in the nude. Why, I asked him, is Pierce Brosnan so brilliant? “Because he’s like a walking Rolex ad,” he said. “Because of the seriousness with which he’ll put on a cufflink or pick up a shot glass. But also because he knows exactly how cool and ludicrous he is at the same time.”

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Little Mermaid – Reviewed

I have to let you into a secret dear reader, The Little Mermaid was the bane of my life for most of my childhood, causing many tears, tantrums and great stress for the Heaton household. You see my little sister (Bob) had been given a copy for Christmas and that’s all she wanted to watch.

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Robin Hood – Cinema Review

In all honesty I had no real or burning desire to watch Russell Crowe play an English folklore legend whilst attempting a Midlands accent, but it was too late…the tickets had been bought…time to man up.

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Whip It – Film Review

I was really impressed by this film, I came out of the screen feeling inspired, wishing I didn’t have the balance of a ninety year old with an inner ear infection, and that for once a film had made realise that being a girl was pretty damned cool.

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The Princess And The Frog – Review

I loved worshipped and adored this film. It had me laughing, crying, hiding behind my hands and bouncing up and down in excitement.

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The NFTS Graduate Short Films Review

To some of the audience it became too violent, but not gratuitously so in my opinion, and two people walked out. Despite some of the audiences disapproval, I found Blackwater to be both well shot and well written, with an ambiguous ending leaving us unsure as to whether he was going to exact the same revenge upon his wife as he did with the others…

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Avatar: The Death of Narrative

Avatar is to storytelling what Jive Bunny was to rock-and-roll. It is the death-knell of an era, the triumph of plagiarism, the total abdication of original thought.

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Wilde Or Not?

As well as his uncanny resemblance to Oscar Wilde, it is his gentle and sympathetic approach to the character and his story that affects the viewer and I would recommend this film for Fry’s casting, if for nothing else.

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