The FILMdetail Review: Recent Episodes
Ambrose Heron
Up for review this week: Tropic Thunder, the new Hollywood satire starring Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jnr and Jack Black and Linha De Passe, the latest film from Brazilian director Walter Salles.
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This week we review the new Guy Ritchie gangster film ‘Rocknrolla’ and the Kiera Knightley period drama ‘The Duchess’.
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This week on the review podcast we look at Will Ferrell comedy ‘Step Brothers’, Vin Diesel sci-fi actioner ‘Babylon A.D.’ and the 90s set indie film ‘The Wackness’.
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This week we review Hellboy II: The Golden Army, the sequel to the 2004 comic book adaptation; Get Smart, the movie version of the 60s TV show; and Somers Town, the new film from Shane Meadows. Plus, we also hear from director Guillermo Del Toro about Hellboy II and his upcoming film version of The Hobbit.
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This week we look at the latest Adam Sandler comedy You Don’t Mess With The Zohan; the new animated Star Wars film The Clone Wars and period comedy Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day.
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This week we review the latest summer blockbuster ‘The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor’; the new film from Luc Jacquet ‘The Fox And The Child’ and an adaptation of a Philip Roth novel ‘Elegy’.
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On this week’s review podcast we look at the new documentary ‘Man on Wire’ (and hear from it’s director James Marsh), the new X-Files film ‘I Want to Believe’ and the latest Mike Myers comedy ‘The Love Guru’. If you have any comments or questions just email me via podcast@filmdetail.com
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This week we give an early review to the new batman film The Dark Knight, the sequel to 2005’s Batman Begins. Starring Cristian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Heath Ledger as the Joker and Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent it explores what happens when Gotham City is plunged into a nightmare wae of crime and terror. We also hear from director Christopher Nolan about reinventing the caped crusader and casting Ledger as the villain.
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This week we review: Standard Operating Procedure, the new documentary about the Abu Ghraib scandal by director Errol Morris; City of Men, the follow up of sorts to 2002’s City of God and Meet Dave, the new Eddie Murphy comedy. For more links go to www.filmdetail.com.
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In an early review we examine WALL-E, the latest animated film from Pixar and hear from the writer-director Andrew Stanton, sound designer (and voice of WALL-E) Ben Burtt and Sigourney Weaver (who also voices a character in the film).
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This week we review ‘Mamma Mia’, the big screen adaptation of the ABBA musical starring Meryl Streep and ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’, a martial arts action-adventure with Jackie Chan and Jet Li. For more links and info go to www.filmdetail.com
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This week we look at the new DreamWorks animated film ‘Kung Fu Panda’, the new drama from writer-director Tom McCarthy ‘The Visitor’ and the latest Stephen King horror adaptation from director Frank Darabont called ‘The Mist’.
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In this early review we take a look at Hancock, which stars Will Smith as a depressed superhero who is seen as a nuisance by the public. Directed by Peter Berg, it also stars Jason Bateman, Charlize Theron and Eddie Marsan.
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This weel we review new action movie Wanted, starring James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman and Prince Caspian, the new Chronicles of Narnia movie.
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This week we review The Edge of Love, which explores the life and loves of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and Teeth, a horror movie about a teenage girl with an unusual problem.
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On this podcast we look at new Marvel adaptation The Incredible Hulk, the latest film from writer-director M Night Shyamalan The Happening and the Oscar winning documentary Taxi to the Dark Side.
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This week we review Gone Baby Gone, the directorial debut of Ben Affleck, which an adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Amy Ryan, Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris. Plus, we also examine Mongol, the new biopic about Ghengis Khan.
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This week we take a look at the big screen version of Sex and the City and the documentary Zoo. Email us your thoughts via podcast@filmdetail.com.
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This week we review the new Indiana Jones movie, which sees Harrison Ford return as the archaeologist/adventurer dealing with the Russians in the 1950s and trying to find a mythical Crystal Skull in South America.
Let us know what you though of the film by emailing us on podcast@filmdetail.com or you can leave a comment on the website at www.filmdetail.com
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This we we take a look at Charlie Bartlett (a US comedy set in a high school), Smart People (a US indie film about an English professor and his family in Pittsburgh) and Shutter (a US remake of the 2004 Thai horror film).
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This week we review Speed Racer – the new film from The Wachowski Brothers, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden – the latest documentary from Morgan Spurlock and Doomsday – the new post-apocalyptic action film from director Neil Marshall.
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This week we review Iron Man, the first blockbuster of the summer season and Joy Division, a documentary about the Manchester band.
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This week we review: Forgetting Sarah Marshall – the latest comedy from producer Judd Apatow; Stop-Loss – a drama about US troops returning from Iraq; The Eye – a US remake of the Asian horror film with Jessica Alba and Persepolis – an animated film about growing up in Iran.
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This week we review In Bruges, the directorial debut of playwright Martin McDonagh, which sees Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two hitmen in the Belgian town of Bruges.
Plus, we also take a look at Happy-Go-Lucky, the new film from Mike Leigh which stars Sally Hawkins and Eddie Marsan.
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This week we review: Leatherheads, an old fashioned sports comedy with George Clooney and Renee Zellwegger; 21, a drama about MIT students counting cards in Las Vegas; Shine A Light, the new Rolling Stones concert movie directed by Martin Scorcese and [Rec], a Spanish horror film set in Barcelona.
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