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| July 4, 2021 |
Filmism.net Dispatch
Here’s a slight apologist defence of Chris Nolan, whose films are frequently described as bein … |
| June 13, 2021 |
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Here’s a seemingly radical thought. A film isn’t necessarily about, and nor does it nece … |
| May 11, 2021 |
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Poor James Bond. After despatching more filthy rich, autocratic and fascist despots with hollowed ou … |
| April 2, 2021 |
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The economy of making movies in Hollywood is a funny thing. There are a lot of institutions that cyc … |
| March 5, 2021 |
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I’ve recently realised a new dimension to being a movie lover I’d kind of intrinsically … |
| February 2, 2021 |
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A few different topics today. Firstly, speaking of Marvel (as we were last time), are they the lucki … |
| December 8, 2020 |
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Look, I’m all for people feeling happy that they’re finally being represented on screen. … |
| November 9, 2020 |
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If you’re a cinephile and not just a moviegoer, you’ve felt it. The pressure to conform … |
| October 5, 2020 |
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A lot of the reviews I write for Filmism.net make reference to what I think of as a very American na … |
| September 7, 2020 |
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We all know moviemaking is an inherently expensive exercise. Even the amount of money we’d con … |
| August 10, 2020 |
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Last time in the Filmism.net Dispatch we looked at the history and legacy of violence at the movies. … |
| July 9, 2020 |
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This time in the Filmism.net Dispatch I’m going to introduce a two-parter. It’s adapted … |
| June 9, 2020 |
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In case you missed the news a year or so back, Avatar’s ten year reign as the biggest movie of … |
| May 8, 2020 |
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You wouldn’t think a guy who smashes another guy’s head against a wall until it opens up … |
| December 7, 2019 |
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I was recently struck with a supreme irony from the world of movies and the comment and opinion abou … |
| November 7, 2019 |
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This one goes out to the freaks and outliers, the movies that shouldn’t have worked and looked … |
| September 8, 2019 |
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It’s been a bit over a year and a half since Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and the MeToo move … |
| August 6, 2019 |
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It’s interesting times in the movie industry, especially at the top (ie Hollywood) end. Produc … |
| July 9, 2019 |
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Today I’m talking all about the dangerous cultures the movies engender. An archetype we see a … |
| June 26, 2019 |
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Barring streaming movies from theatres to tweak awards contendership as a way of punishing a distrib … |
| April 18, 2019 |
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Here’s a funny thing not just about movies, but art in general. We don’t really know wha … |
| February 28, 2019 |
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In appreciating movies, there are many different elements that contribute to the mise en scene, and … |
| January 23, 2019 |
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Happy new year to you, the fifteenth year of filmism.net’s existence online and the 113th iter … |
| November 13, 2018 |
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Over the last few years I’ve been watching a lot of lesbian drama. Sounds a strange interest f … |
| September 24, 2018 |
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I seem to spend a lot of time talking about the moral philosophy the world unconsciously adopts from … |
| August 14, 2018 |
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In this edition of the Filmism.net Dispatch, I’m talking about actors. Something particular ab … |
| July 6, 2018 |
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One thing that’s interested me since I first became a film journalist and took notice of what … |
| May 21, 2018 |
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Do movies get more intense, horror movies scarier, romantic thrillers more explicit, comedies more f … |
| April 4, 2018 |
Filmism.net Despatch
Who is the real Ryan Stone? Here’s something that was never commented upon in the praise (all … |
| March 5, 2018 |
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I was a bit late to the party but I recently saw Get Out, the film from comic Jordan Peele that took … |
| December 11, 2017 |
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I’m a collector, that’s what I am. I’m more than just a movie fan, I’ve got … |
| October 9, 2017 |
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Circumstances have conspired over the last few years to make me think more about where movies should … |
| August 10, 2017 |
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Hollywood is in the grip of a culture war. While most roles in big American movies still go to white … |
| June 28, 2017 |
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First up, I’m very happy. Why? I’m happy because I’ve been sad about movies, and n … |
| May 3, 2017 |
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Welcome back (after long delays) to the Filmism.net Dispatch. In this edition I want to explore an i … |
| November 27, 2016 |
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Acid wash jeans and Stock, Aitken and Waterman music were cool when I was in my teens and we laughed … |
| October 6, 2016 |
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Hollywood is a business and a town run by trends, and the latest one is the backlash against casting … |
| August 17, 2016 |
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First off, a shout-out to my man Emmanuel, who told me in person how much he enjoyed the Filmism.net … |
| July 20, 2016 |
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As a movie lover, I have a conflict. In the flurry of movies about toys, comic books and the like in … |
| June 18, 2016 |
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I was watching Captain America: Civil War the other week and it suddenly occurred to me how sorry I … |
| May 19, 2016 |
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What do Meryl Streep, Michael Douglas, Kenneth Brannagh, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Tilda Swinton … |
| April 12, 2016 |
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There’s been a common theme amongst cineastes and the movie press over the last few years that … |
| March 24, 2016 |
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And now, a eulogy of sorts for the shortest art form in movie history. Make-up effects. Now, it̵ … |
| February 23, 2016 |
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Welcome to another year of the scintillating, absorbing and stimulating Filmism.net Dispatch. This m … |
| November 29, 2015 |
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Well, before you read the next Filmism.net Dispatch, you’ll most likely have seen Star Force: … |
| November 8, 2015 |
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First of all, I want to clear something up. When you see the stars zooming across the water to settl … |
| September 10, 2015 |
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This isn’t the first time I’ve opened either the Filmism.net Dispatch or another article … |
| August 8, 2015 |
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I’d like to take the opportunity in this Filmism.net Dispatch to reminisce about the movie age … |
| June 28, 2015 |
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You know what I watched the other week? Young Doctors in Love. It couldn’t have made me happie … |
| May 28, 2015 |
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Here’s another reason movie industry shenanigans can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. It’s … |
| April 29, 2015 |
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Not all of us consider ourselves hardcore movie fans, but the movies touch all of us. I don’t … |
| April 3, 2015 |
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Now, I’m as big a fan of the Jurassic Park series as anyone. At least the first one, that is. … |
| February 28, 2015 |
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There was a time production company Legendary was a bona fide hit factory. Just the first glimpse of … |
| February 2, 2015 |
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This hacking of Sony, then. Even more to the point, exactly what it did to movie marketing in late 2 … |
| January 3, 2015 |
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Ah, the mystique of Hollywood. The Chinese Theatre, the iconic sign, the screaming crowds, the red c … |
| December 18, 2014 |
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I was watching an awards ceremony recently… No, let me correct that. I was working on my compu … |
| October 24, 2014 |
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Hollywood’s latest trick to get us back to cinemas has now made itself known. The last one, of … |
| October 21, 2014 |
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I’ve often wondered about the point at which a filmmaker becomes an adjective. You know, a Spi … |
| October 1, 2014 |
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If you haven’t seen it, Captain Phillips is as great a movie as you’ve heard it is, but … |
| September 8, 2014 |
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First of all, sorry this edition of the Filmism.net Dispatch has been so long coming. You’ll b … |
| July 16, 2014 |
Filmism.net Dispatch
If you haven’t seen the pictures and trailer for the big screen Paddington, seat yourself down … |
| June 24, 2014 |
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There’s a common theme in coverage about movies every time a movie breaks out and captures bot … |
| June 9, 2014 |
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I want to talk about screenwriters and stardom. Make no mistake, there are star screenwriters just l … |
| May 20, 2014 |
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I’d like to defend the Paranormal Activity series, because I don’t think it gets enough … |
| April 13, 2014 |
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If you loved movies in the 1970s, you’d have felt a far different air of acceptance around you … |
| March 22, 2014 |
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Here’s an inspirational Hollywood success story. There are six big studios that can spend hund … |
| March 6, 2014 |
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Here’s a pop quiz I don’t know the answer to; who’s more creative in the filmmakin … |
| February 14, 2014 |
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I’m not the first observer to ask this, but when did movies start getting so long again? Lord … |
| February 3, 2014 |
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As Monuments Men comes out across the world over the next few weeks, it raises a very pertinent ques … |
| January 20, 2014 |
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In the last Filmism.net Dispatch I mentioned Stallone and Schwarzenegger and predicted that their at … |
| January 5, 2014 |
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Now Saving Mr Banks is out, it’s time to ask why the past is the new future in Hollywood. Just … |
| December 15, 2013 |
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In case you missed it, a few months back JK Rowling announced she was going to team up with Warner B … |
| December 2, 2013 |
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A few weeks ago I talked about edgy entertainment, how cable TV shows are the ones pushing the envel … |
| November 18, 2013 |
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Nothing earth shattering this week, I promise (not that anything in the Filmism.net dispatch ever sh … |
| November 3, 2013 |
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Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the question of what constitutes the term ‘produ … |
| October 20, 2013 |
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A quick shout out to the film of 2013, Gravity. For the purest cinematic experience you’ve had … |
| September 30, 2013 |
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The Edge. Not the guitarist, the state of mind. Audiences want it, but there was an overlap where th … |
| September 15, 2013 |
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Deadline Hollywood, the website famous for making enemies across Tinseltown, recently posted a simpl … |
| September 2, 2013 |
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It’s Labor Day week in the US, which means the summer blockbuster season is officially over. A … |
| July 30, 2013 |
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After the performance of most movies this blockbuster season, it’ll be interesting to see how … |
| July 16, 2013 |
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Here’s a thought that’s part prediction, part question; might Disney stop making movies? … |
| July 4, 2013 |
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Sony, Sony, Sony, where did you go wrong? It’s not like you haven’t been trying, althoug … |
| June 14, 2013 |
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I can’t remember what book I read the scenario in, but the author talks about an experience in … |
| May 30, 2013 |
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I watched a very low quality but very interesting video recently, recorded back in 1999 when the ven … |
| May 14, 2013 |
Filmism.net Dispatch
Were there any worse films than the personality free zone that was Tomb Raider and its colourless se … |
| April 6, 2013 |
Filmism.net Dispatch
A very quick goodbye and thank you to Roger Ebert, who succumbed to cancer this week. A giant amid i … |
| March 2, 2013 |
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Well, that’s another awards year done. As usual there were some surprises (Ang Lee for Life of … |
| February 17, 2013 |
Filmism.net Dispatch
I’m not going to say I predicted it and it’s not rocket science, when people don’t … |
| February 3, 2013 |
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I want to talk about Dreamworks Animation and the creative bankruptcy of Hollywood. I don’t me … |
| January 26, 2013 |
Filmism.net Dispatch
Must… not… talk… about… Star… Wars. Except to say JJ Abrams was denyin … |
| January 20, 2013 |
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The litany of comment over the legitimacy of the Golden Globes has become as regular as the Golden G … |
| January 14, 2013 |
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I might be the only person interested in this, but Dean Devlin is making another disaster movie. Who … |
| January 2, 2013 |
Filmism.net Dispatch
Welcome to another star studded year of the Filmism.net Dispatch and thanks for reading throughout 2 … |
| December 9, 2012 |
Filmism.net Dispatch
Everyone who’s even obliquely connected to the movie or media industries has felt it. The over … |
| November 26, 2012 |
Filmism.net Dispatch
Now The Dark Knight Rises is appearing on DVD, it will inevitably clean up all over again. Personall … |
| November 20, 2012 |
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When will Hollywood get over caricatures? I know, when hell freezes over. Rise of the Guardians, out … |
| November 13, 2012 |
Filmism.net Dispatch
In case you hadn’t noticed, Bond is back. Skyfall is smashing records left and right, with the … |
| November 5, 2012 |
Filmism.net Dispatch
I prefer to talk about something a bit more theoretical and analytical in the Filmism.net Dispatch, … |
| October 25, 2012 |
Filmism.net Dispatch
A few weeks ago I railed against movies without stories and which seem to be made by people more int … |
| October 16, 2012 |
Filmism.net Dispatch
Look, for the last time (because I read someone extolling the virtues of Harry Potter again this wee … |
