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Saturday 28th September 2013

2013

Django Unchained

Director : Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis extract :
Slave becomes bounty hunter in the wild west
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD @ home on 28 Sep 2013

Review of "Django Unchained"

Excellent classic Tarrantino. Very much back on form after the rambling and spurious Kill Bill


Saturday 21st September 2013

1971

Nicholas and Alexandria

Director : Franklin J. Schaffner

Synopsis extract :
Downfall of the last Tsar
Film Category
The 1970s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 21 Sep 2013

Review of "Nicholas and Alexandria"

very much from the tsarist point of view. Tom Baker as Rasputin


Friday 16th August 2013

2013

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

Director : Declan Lowney

Synopsis extract :
Norfolk Digital gets taken over by a Media Conglomerate and AP gets his fellow DJ Pat sacked. ...
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, Watershed Bristol on 16 Aug 2013

Review of "Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa"

Good mixture of wit and slapstick, some of the slapstick a bit weak but on the whole entertaining and funny.


Saturday 27th July 2013

2011

The Kid On A Bike

Directors : Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Synopsis extract :
Boy from children's home gets taken up by chance by a young woman with hairdressing salon. ...
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 27 Jul 2013

Review of "The Kid On A Bike"

Excellent child actor playing the boy very convincingly. French film.


Saturday 29th June 2013

1994

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance

Director : Michael Haneke

Synopsis extract :
seemingly disparate elements that come together to a narrative climax
Film Category
The 1990s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 29 Jun 2013

Review of "71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance "

typical eliptical storytelling by Haneke using 71 scenes ranging from a single short shot to an edited sequence with themes gradually emeging from the juxtaposition of elements


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