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Saturday 3rd March 2012

1982

Fanny & Alexander

Director : Ingmar Bergman

Synopsis extract :
Swedish rich family life at turn of 19/20 century
Film Category
The 1980s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD @ Home on 03 Mar 2012

Review of "Fanny & Alexander"

Overlong and typically Bergman ponderous but with a few compelling moments and atmosphere



Thursday 1st March 2012

2011

The Artist

Director : Michel Hazanavicius

Synopsis extract :
Silent movie actor fails to make the transition to talkies. ...
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, Vue Plymouth on 01 Mar 2012

Review of "The Artist"

a reasonable film made good by the presence of a Jack Russell co-star


Tuesday 28th February 2012

2011

Source Code

Director : Duncan Jones

Synopsis extract :
Dead soldier has consciousness transferred into last 8 minutes of life of a victim of a train ...
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD @ Home on 28 Feb 2012

Review of "Source Code"

Entertaining, tropes from many previous films (memento, sliding doors,) not too aggressive violent or soppy romantic although could have been either.


Sunday 29th January 2012

1993

Bennys Video

Director : Michael Haneke

Synopsis extract :
Disconnected young boy casually kills girl while parents are out. ...
Film Category
The 1990s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD @ Home on 29 Jan 2012

Review of "Bennys Video"

A film about alienation caused by a failure to engage with reality preferring to mediate it through the screen


Saturday 7th January 2012

2009

Land and Freedom

Director : Ken Loach

Synopsis extract :
Story of an english worker's involvement in Spanish Civil War framed by his granddaughter sorting ...
Film Category
The 2000s (the noughties)

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 07 Jan 2012

Review of "Land and Freedom"

Very well told compleeing story about how it descends into factionalism on the left unable to defeat the cooperation between fascists on the right. Stalin gets the blame.


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