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Cookie 'N' Screen's Cult Classics: Manhunter

3/31/2013

By Cookie 'N' Screen

There comes a time in every critic’s life where they must choose their head over their heart. The facts and the films must both be weighed up logically and the critic must decide using their intelligence and the films that make her weep for joy. I had already demonstrated this on my own website where I picked Life of Brian over The Holy Grail. But this decision is damn near killing me. You see The Silence of the Lambs has been my favourite film since I was about 13 and I can quote the whole movie word for word. If you wanted, right now, I could do the Hannibal Lector Monologue. Even if you didn’t want to, I’d still do it. Usually, I’d argue why Anthony Hopkins is better than Brian Cox with an air of obnoxiousness. But after re-watching both films, I have to concede and it is with the heaviest of hearts that I must say; Manhunter is a better movie. Sigh.

The Wolverine - Predictions

3/31/2013

By Josh Crooks

After the admittedly atrocious X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the only person keeping positive about the character's future in cinema was Hugh Jackman who, lets face it, wasn't to be trusted after his positivity and hopes for the aforementioned film. However, presumably thanks to the positive reaction to X-Men: First Class, and the once strong creative team trying to bring the original vision of Chris Claremont and Frank Miller to life, The Wolverine will be hitting our shores as early as July 26th. What I am presented with today is a trailer that pales in significance when compared with both the original story as well as what The X Men could stand for in the world of cinema.

Hit Play: Thirteen (2003)

3/28/2013

By Kim J Osborne

When I first picked up Thirteen, my 14 year-old, very bored self had followed the mother on an ‘exciting’ food shopping trip and I'd somehow ended up in the not-so expansive film aisle of the Tesco superstore. After browsing for a few minutes, not looking for anything in particular, my hands found their way onto a copy of Thirteen. I'd never heard of the film before and this was way before Evan Rachel Wood got with Marilyn Manson (who I was and still am a massive fan of). To me, this was just two girls, sticking their metal-clad tongues out. "Sod it", I thought.

TV Movie of the Week: Out of Sight

3/27/2013

By Robbie Jones

With TV movie of the week, I aim to choose films that perhaps not many people have seen. This week, it was a lot harder. Unlike last week’s little known Before the Devil Knows you’re Dead, this week was littered with many all time favourites – Speed, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Grease etc. Of course, I managed to find a film I watched some time ago, one that I have fond memories of: Out of Sight, starring George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez.

Cookie 'N' Screen's Guilty Pleasures: Bring It On

3/24/2013

By Cookie 'N' Screen

Somewhere, in our vast universe of cinematic goodness, teenage movies have a place. All of you (now don’t lie) have a movie centred around thirty something people playing teenagers in your favourite films lists. After all, there’s Mean Girls, 10 Things I Hate About You, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Breakfast Club and more. When teen movies get it right, they can be heart filled, clever and funny with iconic scenes and great storylines. When they get it wrong, they can be sex filled stereotypical clichés with offensive jokes; knowing diddily-squat about their teenage audience. Bring It On kick flips into the middle being a hilariously stereotypical movie that is roughly about everyday teenagers.

We'll Fix it in Post - The Green Hornet

3/24/2013

By Graham Osborne

This week we continue the green theme by looking at another superhero flick; The Green Hornet. (Hmm, I guess you could include comic and hero in the continuing themes column too.) I should probably confess, I have no idea what the Green Hornet is about, aside from what I saw in the film. So everything I say could change the character entirely from how it was originally envisioned by the creators. But I suppose that’s why I try and fix these things (that and the inflated sense of ego I get).

Hit Play: Hook (1991)

3/21/2013

By Heather Stromski

There aren't many movies that I can watch from my childhood that I love as much now as I did then. Near the top of that short list is 1991’s Hook, a live-action take on the beloved children's tale Peter Pan that contains as much fun for adults as it does for children, with all manner of inside jokes – and inner sadness - that become all too clear as one 'grows up'.

TV Movie of the week: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

3/18/2013

By Robbie Jones

Usually, no one wants to watch a film they haven’t heard of. If the title doesn’t ring a bell, they don’t know the cast, haven’t heard any reviews etc. they are immediately put off. This was not the case for me. About a year ago, I saw there was a film on called Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. It was released in 2006, and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke, yet I had never heard of it in my life. But, I recorded it. Why did I record it? Because I thought it was a cool title. That’s right; I recorded it for its namesake. That’s not something I condone, by the way. I also don’t condone not watching a film due to its title, as you may be missing out on something brilliant. But here I was, recording a film I didn’t even know the plot to.

Hit Stop: Life as We Know it (2010)

3/18/2013

By Robbie Jones

I’m always up for a bad comedy. Whether it’s Adam Sandler’s latest or the new formulaic sex adventure, I have no doubt that I’ll find some shred of enjoyment. So whenever LOVEFiLM doesn’t send me the film I want, but rather a critically trashed comedy, I’m absolutely fine with it. But let me make this clear: I’m ok with them sending me a bad comedy, NOT A FREAKING DEATH SENTENCE.

Cookie 'N' Screen's Cult Classics: Blue Velvet

3/17/2013

By Cookie 'N' Screen

When David Lynch burst into prominence with Eraserhead in 1977, he came in a burst of cult flames. Weird, quirky, unashamed and without inhibitions, David Lynch took the boundaries of cinema and broke them into a million little pieces. Specialising in the strange and unusual, Lynch is a God when it’s comes to cult cinema. But what really made him and is by far one of his most critically acclaimed pieces of work is Blue Velvet; a lesson in terror and the seedy world beneath suburbia.

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Cookie 'N' Screen's Cult Classics: Manhunter

The Wolverine - Predictions

Hit Play: Thirteen (2003)

TV Movie of the Week: Out of Sight

Cookie 'N' Screen's Guilty Pleasures: Bring It On

We'll Fix it in Post - The Green Hornet

Hit Play: Hook (1991)

TV Movie of the week: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

Hit Stop: Life as We Know it (2010)

Cookie 'N' Screen's Cult Classics: Blue Velvet

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