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		<title>Playing Hunter, Inadequate Special Editions And Just One Last Question&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bottle Shock]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First off, my apologies for the radio silence recently- I have become somewhat of a Hunter S Thompson wannabe, and decided that the best approach to journalism is one liberally peppered with sordid antics and debauchery doused in alcohol. Apparently this doesnt go down so well with the powers that be, and my wrists are well and trully slapped, so Im going to be uber-professional and not let myself or anyone else down. Plus I'm never drinking again thanks to this hangover.

As if by magic, today is another double whammy, thanks to the technical mishap last week that prematurely killed the website, and because of the poor releases that week not really warranting a late write up on their own. So here goes...



20th July Releases

I'd call this a pretty weak week if I was feeling particularly harsh, which I am. It is perhaps fairer to consider this week as the lull before Watchmen hits the market next week- though the way that has been handled in marketing terms looks to be a fucking joke in comparison to the heavy-handed assault that was the pre-cinematic campaign. And for anyone who hasnt seen the covers yet- be prepared to be thoroughly underwhelmed! Anyway, ...]]></description>
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		<title>BRONSON, crying at dogs, looking like Hoffman, THE INTERNATIONAL, DONNIE DARKO 2 and more reviewed!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Double penetration madness! Since I managed to miss last weeks post - my dog ate it, I promise Sir- Ive included all of the goodies released in the past two weeks.

Firstly, I'd like to apologise for the abysmal spelling errors on last week's column. Apparently I had had some kind of massive head trauma, and didnt realise that the simplest of words were spelled as if a chimpanzee had somehow got hold of my laptop and happily bashed at the keys in an unprejudiced manner. It wont happen agen.

So, firstly the 6th's offerings...

Bronson
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn



Brutal and brilliant look at the life of infamous criminal Michael Gordon Peterson, better known by the name he changed by deed toll to Charles Bronson, a small-time thief who was imprisoned initially on a seven year term for robbing a post office (for a paltry £26.18) which was repeatedly extended due to some seriously naughty behaviour in prison. Naughty may be a little bit of an understatement- you dont spend thirty years in solitary for refusing to queue or observing the quiet after lights out rule.

Whether the film is truthful or otherwise- it is far more valuable as a look at Peterson's degenerative immersion into his ...]]></description>
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		<title>DVD &amp; Blu-Ray Lowdown 29th June 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Teen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Che]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confessions of a Shopaholic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flame & Citron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gran Torino]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Push]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone once said to me "Simon, what are your feelings on last week's major releases?". Well, in all honety they didnt. But what if they did, and I hadnt provided my musings in this weely column. Disaster, that's what. Unmitigated, unquantifiable disaster. Or they'd have to go on Amazon and read the weak-as-piss reviews on there or something.

Rachel Getting Married



Quirky schmaltz from Jonathon Demme. The best of it is in Anne Hathaway's pattern-breaking performance, and in the wonderful observationalist work surrounding the family- this is truly the best look into the agony and unavoidable love of the family environment since Little Miss Sunshine. Exasperating material, and witnessing Hathaway's Kym trying to struggle away from the tide of her family is compelling stuff- you really get the sense that she is a different animal entirely, and that her ultimate choice is one that we could all sympathise with in the same circumstances. If she continues to make movies like this, and avoid some of the more obviously bank-friendly choices (Bride Wars), I have a feeling Anne Hathaway can really be something.

Revolutionary Road



Even though I came away from Revolutionary Road knowing what Id seen was pretty good- I still felt like there ...]]></description>
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		<title>The DVD &amp; Blu-Ray Round-Up 22nd June 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DVD Preview]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Notorious]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Screen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The-Punisher-2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unborn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vicky Cristina Barcelona]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's back. After literally no clamour whatsoever following it's accidental disappearance, the DVD Lowdown sneaks back onto the site from its enforced sabatical- technical issues made it even later, but better to be fashionably late than non-existant. Happy goggling...

Notorious



Musical biopics seem to occupy more and more space within my DVD collection these  days- some rightly so (Ray), and some somewhat inexplicably (I seriously own What's Love Got to Do With It?). On the  merit of Biggy's personal history- his story, like Ray Charles' is just full enough of conflict and adversity to warrant the big-screen treatment- Notorious probably belongs to the first category, though it does distractingly feel a little too much like a music video at times (see 8 Mile). The other major problem is the overall naivety of it- the film runs a little cack-handed throughout, and initially feels as if it has been made by first time film-makers without the necessary credentials that their vision needed.

No matter how I feel about this film, at the end of the day, I simply cannott say it any better than our very own Ray did in his review.

Available on Blu-Ray and DVD now.

Nick &#38; Norah's Infinite Playlist



How could I not adore it? ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Unsung Eastern Cinema</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Happy Together]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week saw the arrival of one of the greatest Asian releases in recent memory- in fact, more than that, The Good, The Bad &#38; The Weird can truly be counted as one of the finest releases of modern cinematic history.



But what of those Eastern movies that fail to pick up the justifiable accolades of any beyond the commited Asiaphiles and global film obsessives- a worrying amount of Asian films fail to even make a dent in Western cinematic consciousness (a fact that could be claimed of every "foreign" country's body of work, including the roaring behemoth that is the Russian film industry). As an indicative drop in the ocean, recent releases like Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers, The President's Last Bang and Fine, Totally Fine are all excellent films, but will be no more than familiar to the majority of readers than the upcoming Russian epic Tzar, which I was fortunate enough to see at Cannes.

There is perhaps a stigma attached to the Asian product, which is partly to do with the success it has enjoyed in the past- I happily admit that prior to broadening my global film horizons, I believed that particularly side of the global market to be dominated by horror movies. Korean ...]]></description>
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		<title>Big Willy Style: A Profile of Will Smith</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bad Boys]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the release of Seven Pounds a fortnight or so ago (see Ray's full review here), it seems an appropriate time to look into the career of the man who is generally held as the Golden Boy of Hollywood. I present to you the first in my new Actors in Profile segment: I'm not concerned about what they put their dicks in, or who they're wearing, this is purely about the careers of the mighty and the much-loved from a purely filmic side.



Will Smith

	Highest Grossing Film: Independence Day (£817m)
	Debut Movie: Where The Day Takes You (1992)
	Highest Fee: £28m (I,Robot)

Clean as cut glass rapper turned sitcom star turned Hollywood megastar is hardly a familiar model for career progression in the most fickle of industries, but Will Smith has turned his adaptability and all-round showmanship into a fine art. Gone are  ludicrous outfits and pronounced overacting of the Fresh Prince years, replaced with the familiar dependableness that goes hand in hand with the particular brand of affection associated with the Golden Boy tag.

Considering Smith's later career choices, his role in Where the Day Takes You could be torn from the pages of another actor entirely- the film is as dark as Smith has been associated with: the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Five Reasons To See DRAG ME TO HELL</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 23:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bruce-Campbell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

What with the coverage we have already given Drag Me To Hell in the run up to its release, it seems a little pointless to offer my official thoughts from Cannes in the usual manner, so instead you get this...
1. It's pure thorough-bred Raimi
If Spiderman was Raimi's Hollywood opus- the moment the fan-boy got big boots, Drag Me To Hell is the moment he returned to his true calling. Everything about this film screams Raimi, from the writing to the design of Mrs Ganush and the other various demonic presences. It's one for the fans who might have been turned off as the Spiderman films progressed, believing their God to be moving too far into irredeemably consumer-friendly territory. The best thing that can be said in that case is that Drag Me To Hell is what The Evil Dead Trilogy would have been (minus Bruce Campbell of course) had they been made after Spiderman, and that being the case, I now fully welcome the potential fourth edition to the series, since Raimi wont necessarily have to move so far away from the fondly-held low production quality of the originals...
2. It has the Evil Dead's gore with Hollywood money behind it
I've ...]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You For Smoking</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 18:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Days 7 &#38; 8

Forgive my double-posting: yesterday was a bit of a write-off in terms of writing (though I did get to see two of the most enjoyable films I've seen during the whole run).

To explain the title: EVERYONE in France smokes, be they toddlers or the acient and decrepid. As someone who used to smoke avidly, thanks to Brad Pitt's cooler than fuck smoking style in Fight Club (yes I know, not the best justification, but it's better than saying it was down to peer pressure), it has been remarkably hard not to be swayed by the lure of stinky breath and orange fingers. I'm sure had I been hitting the Cannes party circuit, fighting off the attentions of the celebrity hordes I may well have gone back to the dark side. Just a thouht there.

Wednesday 20th May

Today was billed, as far as I was concerned, as the major day for screenings- with both Inglourious Basterds and Drag Me to Hell playing in quick succession, and both hitting the nail squarely on the head in terms of what I was hoping and expecting of them.

Regardless of what a lot of the criticism directed at Tarantino's flick would have you believe, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Taxi</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 13:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 7

How the day was supposed to go: 5.30am  wake-up for Almodovar this morning, followed by meeting with Matt Dentler at noon and then an easy afternoon writing up reviews possibly in the sunshine.

How the day actually went: 8.20am wake-up and thus not a hope in Hell of making Almodovar (day after screening tomorrow shall be my rescue), followed by a coach journey into town, only to discover I didnt have my phone, so a "quick" trip back. 11.00am, not so bad, I could get the 11.15 coach back down to meet Matt, and have a little time to spare. If only things worked so well- I was brought up to believe that putting your arm out for the bus would stop it. Not so in France, where the stoppages are purely coincidental to the needs of the passengers. I then made the foolish decision to get a taxi in, accepting the increase in cost as better than waiting for the next bus. I say foolish because my taxi driver got lost- once on the way to get me, and twice on the way to Cannes. Excellent. Luckily for me Matt offered to move the meeting to this afternoon/tomorrow (it's ...]]></description>
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		<title>Morning Glory</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 18:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agora]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 6. Somewhere in Cannes.

The Press Room to be precise.

Inhuman wake-up call this morning (I recorded myself shouting to use as my alarm, as all of the ringtones available are too quaint and unintrusive to encourage anything at 5.30am), but it meant I was down at the Palais in plenty of time to catch the 8.30am screening of Ken Loach's Looking For Eric. It doesnt disappoint.

My taxi journey (too early for buses in these parts) was an eye-opener. To see the rolling hills in the countryside above Cannes still swaddled in their morning mist is an epic experience, and one I look forward to as the highlight of my early rises to catch the 8.30am screenings. Wandering around a deserted Cannes was equally as affecting- to see the streets without the usual buzz of badged wanderers and Invitation Beggars was a surreal experience, and gives you the opportunity to marvel at some stunning architecture, instead of just the bullshit glitz.

My hotel inexplicably lost internet connection last night, so I was left to hand-write reviews of Agora and Tzar, to write up tonight, so apologies for their tardiness. The yellow badge struck for the first time last night, leaving me standing ...]]></description>
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		<title>An Unholy Trinity for the Sabbath</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 15:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cannes Day 5

Having enjoyed a "day off" in the sunshine yesterday (not fully though: I went to catch the Day After screening of Thirst), today represented a gruelling challenge. Agora, clocking in at 149 slow minutes, followed swiftly by 2 hours of Tzar, and then a break of two hours before Antichrist at 7.30pm this evening. Thank God I didnt plump for the 8.30am screening of Johny To's Vengeance as well, as I may not have been in any fit state to type anything by now. As it is, I'm tired, but mercifully the false-adrenaline of copious espressos has kick-started me.

Interestingly, the festival organisers chose to show Agora, Tzar and Antichrist together on the first Sunday of the run- something I'm sure that will incense the religious element, especially considering the portrayal of Christianity in the first, and the anti-religious elements of the second (not to mention the implication of the third's title). I'm all for parity in selection, and the religious link seems a simple one to make, but is there some proverbail thumbing of collective noses in the direction of the Church going on here? Whatever: who am I to complain, I abandoned the call of the church long ...]]></description>
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		<title>Rain Man &amp; Almost Famous</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 19:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For anyone who might be jealous of me sunning myself on the beautiful Cote d'Azur, be jealous no more. Weather's  been miserable all day, with torrential rain bookending my time down in Cannes. Thankfully I wasnt caught in the rain, as I had a white T-Shirt on which would have been rendered nice and see-through- and nobody wants to see my nipples being clung to by transparent cotton. No matter how drunk they are.

Despite the rain, today had a silver lining. I had just come out of the 2.00pm screening of Precious in a hurry to get to the queue for Taking Woodstock (both reviews on the way) back outside the main entrance, when I was approached by a lady with a microphone. Wouldnt you know it the face behind the mic was Sarah Mills, the very ITN presenter who I had been meant to meet the day before yesterday, and who had been shouting my name outside the Palais. Believe me it wasnt as sordid as that sounds. Anyway, I was interviewed on camera and asked my opinion of Precious, and specifically of Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz's smallish roles in the film. I'll be amazed if they use all ...]]></description>
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		<title>Curse of the Yellow Badge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 08:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day Four

It is beginning to come apparent that I am less than a second class citizen over here, thanks to the colour of the little accreditation badge that hangs around my neck. Yellow may seem like one of those non-specific, unstigmatised colours that dont say much about anything. Yellow is custard: tasty, but hardly gourmet. Not here in Cannes- showing a yellow badge is pretty much tantamount to showing security a small piece of card with a tiny smeared turd on it. We go in last, depending on whether there are seats available for us and in all honesty (so I hear) we might as well forget about the big screenings until the Day After Screenings at the Salle Soixantieme as we are more likely to see a non-referential Tarantino flick than we are to get our hands on a mystical and mythical invitation.



As long as I get into the Day After Screenings I dont see it as the end of the world, but it occurs to me to be logistical idiocy to stifle the voices of the press who have the most amount to say, and who will inject every review with the kind of passion and analytical evaluation ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Eagle Has Landed&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 20:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, weeks of planning come screeching abruptly to a halt and all at once I'm in Cannes, home to the world's premier film festival. Well I say Cannes: I'm actually in Sophia-Antipolis, next to Valbonne about twenty minutes outside of Cannes. Beats "sunny" Gateshead though.

Here's the obligatory hotel reception shot. How interesting it might be to do a reallity check style picture that shows the difference from the brochure, but this picture is spookily accurate- not a speck of dust out of place, but then no soul to speak of.



It might seem a cliched thing to say, but there is little to rival the thrill of standing in front of the Palais for the first time, knowing you have arrived at the film world Mecca. I dont know whether it was the travelling, or my ill-conceived decision to wear a jacket, but I got a little emotional, and the prospect of the next twelve days threatened to overwhelm me. Then I pulled myself together, and went and got myself all nice and accredited.

Highlights of Day #1

	The night before (God bless Newcastle United and all who sail in here)
	The invisible Cannes festival hostesses at Nice Airport, who were supposed to be ...]]></description>
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		<title>A Geek Misled&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

Sometimes you look at things for a long time without realising the significance and it takes a consciously objective return to it for a new insight or revelation. I’ve been happily accepting the new Transformers title- Revenge of the Fallen- and it’s lazy acronym ROFL for a few months now without casting them so much as a second glance. How careless: I mean I’m relatively new to this blogging universe, but even my shaky knowledge of internet speak recognises the Rolls On Floor Laughing slang.

So, what am I supposed to think of Bay’s sequel? That it’s a laugh a minute romp with extra-terrestrial robots- set against the backdrop of networking sites and sweaty palmed geeks pretending to be something they’re not? Because if not, this looks like an almighty oversight in the marketing department.

ZOMG! Way to undermine the seriousness of the project there chaps. Unless it’s some kind of self-conscious nod towards the integrated universes of internet dorks and film geeks who will one day triumphantly inherit the world together. Something tells me that wasn’t the case.

I hear the early rejected concepts were of  a similar ilk- I Can Haz Transformers, Transformers 2: The n00b Batch and Transformers FTW ...]]></description>
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		<title>Cannes Here I Come&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ang-Lee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just under two weeks before I jet off to the Cote D’Azur. Suppose now would be a good time to start my Cannes coverage, starting with a bit of a brief introduction…

I’ll be staying here…



Maeva Club Résidence Valescure, Saint-Raphael

A studio for four people. For just me. I feel like Kevin McCallister. 

A slight pity that it’s so far outside of Cannes itself (45mins by car), but it was an inevitability, and the simple fact of the matter is I’m going to be attending the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, covering the premier European film event on the calendar. I’d have walked from here.

The particular highlights are innumerate: I personally like the approach they’ve taken this year in screening so many dark-looking movies, after all this year isn’t exactly panning out to be a barrel of laughs what with the economy still struggling along, the impending swine flu pandemic and the increasing realisation that our governments aren’t actually out to look after 90% of the population.

It goes without saying that my excitement at the prospect of seeing Inglorious Basterds, Drag Me to Hell, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus and even Up is palpable, and hopefully you’ll be interested in my take on ...]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from Misadventure #1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not matter what the severity of your injury. No matter how ill-advised the exercise was, never- and I repeat- NEVER add Deep Heat to your bath water.



The inevitable marriage of burning ointment and super-sensitive genitalia is not one made in Heaven. ]]></description>
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		<title>London, Anvil: How I Love Thee</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve just spent one of those hazy weekends in London with a certain someone that inspires the kind of poetic response in me that Richard Curtis would be proud to channel. I went in good company- Wall-E, The Baader-Meinhof Complex, Lex Miserables: you know, really covering all potential bases and intent on spending three days holed up in beautiful company sharing emotional responses to an assortment of movies. Fuck the tourist attractions: too much pigeon shit and garish neon bollocks; even the culture failed to outstrip the appeal of a house, a girl and good times.



If you’re interested, Ill give you a mini All-Time Top list here, dedicated to the five films that should definitely be included in every man’s “date pack”:

1. Wall-E [The best modern love story, and infinitely more affecting than the fucking Notebook. Particularly if she hasn’t seen it- try not to cry at the end though, that sort of spoils the effect]
2. Scream [Horror movies are essential, but nothing with children in it, as anything that points out the evil potential of offspring is a sure fire leg closer, likewise any Friday the 13th- promiscuity equals death is not a good message to go for. So ...]]></description>
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		<title>DVD  &amp; Blu-Ray Lowdown 20.04.09</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Big Boys

The Day The Earth Stood Still



See Ray’s full review here

Yes Man



Jim Carrey returns to familiar comic territory for Peyton Reed’s adaptation of Danny Wallace’s best-seller, and although this is pretty obviously formulaic stuff, Wallace’s initial premise, coupled with good performances by Carrey  and Zooey Deschanel and an excellent turn by my new favourite comic actor Rhys Darby make sure the film is a general success without ascending further. I wouldn’t necessarily advise saying yes to buying the DVD, as if you’ve got Liar Liar in your collection you’ll not really need it (the two movies are more than mere siblings), but it’s well worth a rent if you don’t want to be particularly challenged.

The Baader-Meinhof Complex



See my full review here

Transporter 3



I don’t really get The Staith’s roaring popularity, and for me The Transporter franchise embodies my perpetual perplexity: I don’t mind the high-octane thrills (Crank is one of the exceptions to my apathy) or even the appalling American accent, but there plainly isnt enough substance. If he’s not careful, Staitham will end up endlessly reliving a Segal type existence, bouncing from one moronic anti-hero role to another. It’s a shame as well, as I thought he was ...]]></description>
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		<title>The DVD Lowdown #2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gonzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hunter S. Thompson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Release Date: 13th April 2009



Inkheart

Yes, so I got the date wrong. Sue me. Still not that good, but ideal Easter Holiday viewing when you cant stop the kids from bouncing on your head. Hurray for contraception.



Max Payne

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if Donnie Wahlberg was an only child- Max Payne inspired more than one of those lovely departures from reality when I eventually dragged myself round to watching it last week. Okay so maybe that’s a tad harsh, but I am perpetually disappointed by Mark Wahlberg’s fluctuating career: his performance in Max Payne is made more frustrating by the genius of his turns in Boogie Nights and The Departed.

Max Payne is actually a fairly good reflection of Wahlberg’s Hollywood career- flashes of artistry like the impeccable visual style are undone by all too frequent blemishes, which can mostly be pinned upon John Moore’s direction and obvious predilection for hyper-violence. The cumulative effect is of a glossy but ultimately vapid piece of work, which is very unfortunate, considering the potential Rock Star Games favourite anti-hero represented (it’s all a little bit Punisher).



The Red Riding Trilogy

David Peace’s other adaptation will no doubt gather far more attention than this TV-screened ...]]></description>
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