Day: 24 August 2011
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Prince Charles Cinema: ’48 Hrs.’ & ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Double Bill
Visiting the Prince Charles Cinema, just off London’s Leicester Square, is a little like being transported into a cinematic time machine. It’s not a glossy multiplex with a HD digital projector – it’s an old-school dinosaur with a doggedly traditional ethic. I was here to catch a double-bill of what could have been titled ‘Back…
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Interview: Jason Momoa, star of ‘Conan the Barbarian’
To celebrate the release today of Marcus Nispel’s remake of the classic Arnold Schwarzenegger action adventure Conan the Barbarian (2011), we caught up with the film’s star Jason Momoa. Perhaps best-known for his role as Khal Drogo in HBO fantasy epic Game of Thrones, Momoa’s star is rising quickly and the Hawaiian-born actor will next…
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Film Review: ‘Conan the Barbarian’
★★★☆☆ Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa’s rendering of Robert E. Howard’s iconic ‘sword and sorcery’ hero Conan the Barbarian (2011) is lavished with all the snazzy technology of the modern day as he is thrust into finely constructed animated worlds, even fighting computer animated foes. In addition, the 2011 film, directed by Marcus Nispel…
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London International Animation Festival 2011: Preview
“People think of animation only doing things where people are dancing around and doing a lot of histrionics,” Pixar director Brad Bird once said, “but animation is not a genre. A Western is a genre! Animation is an art form, and it can do any genre.” If ever you wanted proof of this statement, the…
