Oscar Predictions 2010
As I had finished my Master’s in September I was free this year to spend more time in the cinema and see all of the contenders possible.  There are a couple that haven’t been release or shown around here – The Blindside will only hit UK cinemas after...
Posted by David Beckett

Becoming a film addict
For many people, a love of film and cinema was developed from a very young age with weekly (or even more frequent) trips to the local picture house with parents or other relatives. Others may have picked up that habit from friends and relatives at...
Posted by David Beckett

My Top 10 Favourite Horror Films
In the spirit of Halloween I’ve decided to go through my collection and try and work out (in the style of High Fidelity) my top ten all time favourite horror films.  I’ve had in mind those that would go into the list and have been slowly reviewing...
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A Solution to the Remake 'Problem'
I recently read that there is a remake of Dario Argento’s classic 1977 horror Suspiria in the works with Natalie Portman highly touted to play the Suzy Bannion role and Pineapple Express helmer David Gordon Green writing the screenplay.  This is the...
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So, what exactly is a Giallo?
With the first batch of Arrow’s Masters of Giallo DVDs out today and Shameless Screen Entertainment preparing to release Footsteps, a little-known Giallo to add to their already impressive collection, most people will be wondering ‘what is a Giallo?’...
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Masters of Giallo DVDs out June 29th
True horror fans can prepare to rejoice. The undead spirit of the "video nasty" and some of the best examples of Italian exploitation cinema are about to be raised from the grave and reborn on DVD courtesy of Arrow Video's forthcoming Masters of...
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The Faux Documentary and 'Found Footage' Horror Film
There are filmmakers whose names are legendary for inventing cinematic techniques that influence motion pictures to this day.  Men like Sergei Eisenstein for his dialectic montage, D.W. Griffith for pioneering the twin narrative structure of...
Posted by David Beckett

What I Watched This Week (w/e October 19th 2008)
Blu-ray No Country For Old Men – I enjoyed it at the cinema, again on DVD and the Blu-ray Disc looks and sounds fantastic. The film was one of the best of last year, is one of the Coens’ finest works and I look forward to seeing Burn After Reading....
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