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What is a film?
It wasn’t long into my Film Watch experiment that I faced the question of “What constitutes a film?” I had made notes on something that I watched via the iPlayer and then after a little bit of investigation, I found it was a made-for-TV movie. This made it less appealing to me in terms of […]
Side by side by side
A couple of weeks on from watching Mission to Lars, Mr C and I settled down to watch another documentary film. This time, it was Side By Side – a film in which Keanu Reeves talks to a lot of directors, cinematographers, producers, actors and the like about the evolution from film to digital when […]
Doctor Who: Series 7, Episode 13 – Nightmare in Silver
Expectations couldn’t be anything but high for this episode of Doctor Who. The Cybermen were promised to be back – bigger and better, but hopefully less colourful than the Daleks 2.0 – and it was also a return to the series for Neil Gaiman, after his incredible episode, The Doctor’s Wife. Although the man himself […]
Film Watch
Film Watch – 313. Confessions of a Shopaholic
Fast Facts Title: Confessions of a Shopaholic Director: P. J. Hogan Year: 2009 Run time: 1hr 44m Background Info This one has been on our radar a bit, it was available to watch on Netflix, I was a bit fond of Isla from Home and Away, and we wanted something different to cleanse the palette after the […]
Film Watch – 312. Jack Reacher
Fast Facts Title: Jack Reacher Director: Christopher McQuarrie Year: 2012 Run time: 2hrs 10m Background Info I am one of those that has read the books and felt a bit aggrieved that Tom Cruise was cast in this role. It really isn’t right at all, but hey, I haven’t read any of the books for a long […]
Film Watch – 311. Sleepless in Seattle
Fast Facts Title: Sleepless in Seattle Director: Nora Ephron Year: 1993 Run time: 1hr 45m Background Info I’ve seen this before, and vaguely recall enjoying it, although as we all know I like You’ve Got Mail more. They’re the same film, essentially – same cast, same idea, same happy ending. Mr C had not seen […]
Film Watch – 310. Seven Psychopaths
Fast Facts Title: Seven Psychopaths Director: Martin McDonagh Year: 2012 Run time: 1hr 50m Background Info Saw the trailer for this one a long while ago and thought it looked quite quirky and interesting. Great cast too, so as we were casting around for some different things to watch, we decided to go for it! […]
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