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Month: October 2014

I saw 54 films at this year’s London Film Festival

Mon, Oct 20, 2014
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There were 248 films on offer. So I managed to see a little over 20 percent of them.

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Fury movie review (London Film Festival)

Mon, Oct 20, 2014
50 comments

A particularly ugly iteration of “war is hell”… and I mean that as a compliment. This is a film that is deeply unpleasant and near genius.

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Doctor Who blogging: “Flatline”

Sun, Oct 19, 2014
30 comments

Just when I thought I was out, Doctor Who pulls me back in.

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London photo: Viggo Mortensen at London Film Festival

Fri, Oct 17, 2014
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I swear that dude in the middle really is Viggo Mortensen, at a public screening tonight of his film Jauja at the London Film Festival.

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The Judge movie review: you can go home again

Fri, Oct 17, 2014
8 comments

Avoids feeling as supremely calculated as it is, perhaps because Robert Downey Jr.’s snark and Robert Duvall’s crusty pragmatism vaccinate against it.

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London photo: everyone wants to see Rosewater at LFF

Tue, Oct 14, 2014
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I wasn’t sure what sort of a draw Jon Stewart would be at the London Film Festival, but there was a huge mob at the press screening of his film.

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Two Night Stand and #Stuck movie(s) review: let’s (not) talk about casual sex

Tue, Oct 14, 2014
8 comments

Apparently written by the same people who write the ridiculous quizzes and sex-tip listicles in Cosmo and Men’s Health …

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Doctor Who blogging: “Mummy on the Orient Express”

Sun, Oct 12, 2014
52 comments

I’m about to say the saddest thing I can imagine saying about Doctor Who: I just don’t think I care anymore.

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London photo: pub tip jar hates Justin Bieber

Fri, Oct 10, 2014
3 comments

pubtipjar

Disclaimer: I do not condone physical violence. (Spotted in a pub in Greenwich.)

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Men, Women & Children movie review (London Film Festival)

Fri, Oct 10, 2014
5 comments

Jason Reitman is way too young to have produced a work of such fuddy-duddy handwringing over These Kids (And Adults) Today and how we play with our e-toys.

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