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In “This Boy’s Life,” Leonardo DiCaprio’s leading-role debut, he acts as if announcing his career’s mission statement — indicative of inevitable stardom. Continue reading →
Tags: 1950s, abuse, angst, biopic, Carla Gugino, chris cooper, Class of 1993, coming of age, drama, Dwight, Eliza Dushku, Ellen Barkin, film criticism, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Caton-Jones, nick rogers, robert de niro, Robert Getchell, teenager, This Boy's Life, tobey maguire, Tobias Wolff, violence
Three very different films to expand your mind and cinematic knowledge from Britain and also Russia. Continue reading →
Tags: 24-Hour Party People, 28 Weeks Later, Alan Partridge, Anna Friel, Ben Timlett, Douglas Adams, eric idle, Graham Chapman, Imogen Poots, Jeff Simpson, John Cleese, matt greenhalgh, Michael Palin, Michael Winterbottom, Monty Python, Sergei Loznitsa, Steve Coogan, terry gilliam, Terry Jones, Vladimir Svirskiy
3.5 yaps
Despite great moments, “The Outsiders” feels like two movies awkwardly thrown together by an auteur who was adapting to being cowed by bankers and executives. Continue reading →
Tags: 1960s, 1983, adaptation, angst, Apocalypse Now, C. Thomas Howell, Class of 1983, Diane Lane, drama, EMILIO ESTEVEZ, film criticism, Francis Ford Coppola, gang, greasers, Matt Dillon, nick rogers, novel, Oklahoma, One From the Heart, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, S.E. Hinton, teens, The Outsiders, Tom Cruise
Two very different British comedians now on the big screen, a crazed clown and Danny Boyle’s new minder bender. Continue reading →
Tags: 127 hours, 24-Hour Party People, Alan Partridge, Atonement, colm meaney, Danny Boyle, Declan Lowney, Equilibruim, james mcavoy, Ken Loach, Mesrine: Killer Instinct, My Brother the Devil, Rosario Dawson, Ross Noble, sean connery, Sean Pertwee, Seven Pounds, Steve Coogan, Sunshine, The Beach., the damned united, The League of Gentlemen, Trainspotting, Trance, Vincent Cassel
3.5 yaps
“Videodrome” shows how David Cronenberg is sometimes a provocateur only to a point. But he also wasn’t far from his cinematic incisions that cut the deepest. Continue reading →
Tags: 1983, Canada, Class of 1983, conspiracy, cult, David Cronenberg, Debbie Harry, film criticism, Frank C. Carere, Horror, James Woods, Max Renn, media, Michael Lennick, nick rogers, parable, Rick Baker, science fiction, sex, snuff film, Television, TV, Videodrome, videotape, violence
Join Joe Shearer, Christopher Lloyd and the rest of the Film Yap crew as we once again liveblog the Oscars!! Continue reading →
Tags: academy awards, Christopher Lloyd, Joe Shearer, oscars liveblog, the film yap
BAFTA winners and losers, Nicholas Hoult and Benedict Cumberbatch’s new roles and Emma Thompson gets in touch with her dark side. Continue reading →
Tags: About a Boy, Agent O, American Pie, amour, Andrea Riseborough, anna karenina, argo, BAFTA, BBC, beast, Beautiful Creatures, ben affleck, Benedict Cumberbatch, Birdsong, bond, Bonded by Blood, Brave, Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Grey, Connery, Dalton, Daokta Fanning, Dark Caster, Eddie Redmayne, Effie, Elle Fanning, Embankment, emma thompson, emmanuelle riva, Emmy, Essex Boys, Ewan Ross, Guy Ritchie, Hugh Grant, James Fox, Javier Bardem, joe wright, John Harrison, Juno Temple, Lazenby, Les Mis, men in black 3, Merida, MI:6, Michael Clayton, Michael Hanake, michael shannon, Miss Moneypenny, Moore, Naomie Harris, Necromancer, nicholas hoult, nick hornby, Paul Tanter, Peter Jackson, Pixar, Queen ELinor, RocknRolla, rupert wyatt, Sarafine, sean bean, Sebastian Faulks, Sense and Sensibility, Sherlock Holmes, Skins, skyfall, Smaug, Snatch, Snow White, star trek, Stephen Hawking, Terry Winsor, The Fall of the Essex Boys, The Hobbit, The Hooligan Wars, the runaways, The Three Musketeers, To come..., Tom Wilkinson, Warm Bodies, Weitz brothers, x-men first class, Young Ones
4.5 yaps
Nick’s monthly look at films celebrating major anniversaries in 2013 begins with Robert De Niro’s directorial debut — an emotionally complex coming-of-age tale. Continue reading →
Tags: 1960s, 1993, A Bronx Tale, Bronx, Chazz Palminteri, coming of age, crime, drama, fathers, film criticism, Francis Capra, Italian, Lillo Brancato Jr., mafia, mobsters, murder, New York, nick rogers, racial tension, robert de niro, sons, Taral Hicks
The BAFTA nominations have been released and it’s slim pickings for British films out in the coming month. Plus, some plot details for The Hobbit 2 and 3. Continue reading →
Tags: A Song For Marion, Ana Faris, Andy Serkis, BAFTA, bond, borat, Brave, bridesmaids, Bridget Jones’ Diary, Casino Royale, Elektra, I Give It A Year, Ian McKellan, life of pi, lincoln, Love Actually, Martin Freeman, Middle-Earth, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, Olivia Coleman, oscars, Peep Show, Peter Jackson, ricky gervais, rose byrne, Sam Mendez, Simon Baker, skyfall, Smaug. Gandalf, stephen merchant, Terence Stamp, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Hobbit, The Office, The Queen, Tolkien, vanessa redgrave, zero dark thirty
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