Film Reviews Blog

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Friday 28th December 2012

2012

The Life of Pi (3D)

Director : Ang Lee

Synopsis extract :
as per the book
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Reviewed by Roger, Odeon Taunton on 28 Dec 2012

Review of "The Life of Pi (3D)"

Very good telling of the tale, technically superb and true to the amazing spirit of the story by Yann Martell



Thursday 13th December 2012

1975

Mirror

Director : Andrei Tarkovsky

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 13 Dec 2012

Review of "Mirror"

long and difficult



Tuesday 20th November 2012

1969

Kes

Director : Ken Loach

Synopsis extract :
Hopes dashed
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Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 20 Nov 2012

Review of "Kes"

It has held up well



Monday 15th October 2012

2006

Paprika

Director : Satoshi Kon

Synopsis extract :
Anime film regarding theft and misue of a dream machine that allows control of dreams but goes a ...

Reviewed by Roger, RLB PlymUni on 15 Oct 2012

Review of "Paprika"

Psychedelic trippy fantasy shown here as part of a season of Philip K Dick related films quite rightly. Very good



Wednesday 3rd October 2012

2012

Anna Karenina

Director : Joe Wright

Synopsis extract :
Aristocratic love affair with tragic ending, ignoring the sub-plot of an aristocrat rediscovering ...
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Reviewed by Roger, Vue Plymouth on 03 Oct 2012

Review of "Anna Karenina"

Very interesting style of film making - very good flowing between scenes and vignettes creating a uniquely filmic vision. But the story is dull.