CineVue
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Cannes Film Festival 2011: Roundup
So, the Cannes Film Festival has wrapped itself up for another year, with some extraordinary films receiving their world premieres and a plethora of fashion-clad stars adorning the Croisette. This year will probably be slightly marred by the remarks of a certain outspoken European auteur, but what would Cannes be without a bit of controversy?…
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DVD Releases: ‘Tangled’
Rumours that Tangled (2010) represented a return to form by Disney have been swirling since it’s release, but I was pessimistic and decided that the gossip was nothing more than good promotion and over hype. On top of that I figured that an animated musical had little or nothing to offer an old timer such…
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DVD Review: ‘True Blood: Season 3’
★★★★☆ With the release of vamp drama True Blood’s third season on DVD and Blu-ray, it’s hard to ignore the show’s rapid climb from cult favourite to ratings winner, a result of its sexy and explosive appearance, making it one of the hottest shows on television in recent years. Whilst at first glance True Blood…
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Cannes Film Festival 2011: Award winners announced
US filmmaker Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life (2011) has won the Palme d’Or prize at this year’s 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The reclusive director did not attend the star-studded ceremony itself, but the award was picked up by producers Bill Pohlad and Dede Gardner. The anticipation surrounding Malick’s fifth film in four decades was…
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DVD Review: ‘Client 9: The Rise & Fall of Eliot Spitzer’
★★★☆☆ In 2008, Eliot Spitzer stepped down as governor of New York when he was found to be ‘Client 9’ at the Emperor’s Club, a high-priced escort service catering to Wall Street’s wealthiest. Spitzer, tipped to become America’s first Jewish president, was forced into an early retirement, to the glee of the city’s market investors…
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DVD Review: ‘Budrus’
★★★★★ Budrus (2009) is a truly remarkable documentary of great power. The film documents Budrus, a small village in Palestine on the borders of Israel, and the story of the village leader who unites Fatah, Hamas and members of the international community in a peaceful protest against occupying troops attempting to erect the dividing wall.The…
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London Australian Film Festival 2011: ‘Red Dog’
★★★★☆ Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the opening gala of this year’s London Australian Film Festival. The festival opened with the UK premiere of Red Dog (2011) with an introduction from the film’s producer Nelson Woss. Red Dog tells the delightful and heart-warming legendary tale of a dog that roamed the Australian…
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DVD Review: ‘True Justice: Street Wars’
★☆☆☆☆ Apparently Steven Seagal turned down a role in The Expendables (2010) over a falling out with the film’s producer regarding the ageing actor’s poor run of straight to DVD releases, leaving him unable to join Sylvester Stallone in what could have been his first big screen appearance since 2002’s Half Past Dead. Instead, Seagal wrote True Justice:…
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Interview: Lee Jeong-beom, ‘The Man from Nowhere’
The head of CUEAFS Spencer Murphy interviews Korean director Lee Jeong-beom at the 2011 Udine Far East Fim Festival. Jeong-beom’s latest film The Man from Nowhere (2010) left no empty seats at the Italian premiere screening.Spencer Murphy: Your film The Man from Nowhere received a very warm response both here at Udine and at the…
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DVD Releases: ‘Lovely, Still’
★★★☆☆ It can be argued that mature romance is a rarely found theme in contemporary cinema, so much so that when it comes to describing Lovely, Still (2008) the first thing you should know is that it is a film that depicts a tenderly observed budding relationship between two older characters, a romance shot with…
