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That Ain't My Department: January 2007
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That Ain't My Department. Wednesday, January 17, 2007. The Last King of Scotland (2006). Directed by Kevin MacDonald. Starring Forest Whittaker (Idi Amin) and James McAvoy (as Nicholas Garrigan). After watching this film I left the cinema with a sense of disappointment, and as I walked to the pub I wondered why. It wasn't just because it was too long, although I thought that the opening scenes could have been telescoped and wondered what exactly was the point of Gillian Anderson’s role. And I simply didn...
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That Ain't My Department: How to win an Oscar
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That Ain't My Department. Sunday, February 25, 2007. How to win an Oscar. TV and radio are doing what they do before any ‘big’ event, whether it be England versus Ireland, the Budget or, as today, the Oscars. They predict what’s going to happen, spend hours broadcasting the show, and then spend the next day talking about it. But that’s all by the way. I started this with the intention of listing ten rules for actors to follow if they want to win an Oscar. I’m sure someone’s done...1 Play a loser. 2 Play ...
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That Ain't My Department: Moving
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That Ain't My Department. Tuesday, April 03, 2007. Lack of time means I can't blog here as often as I'd like. So any comments on movies I want to make will be on http:/ sonofmavis.blogspot.com. From now on. I'll probably revise and transfer previous blogs in due course. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Popcorn, soft drinks and cigarette burns. Oh, Mavis, where art thou? View my complete profile.
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That Ain't My Department: April 2007
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That Ain't My Department. Tuesday, April 03, 2007. Lack of time means I can't blog here as often as I'd like. So any comments on movies I want to make will be on http:/ sonofmavis.blogspot.com. From now on. I'll probably revise and transfer previous blogs in due course. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Popcorn, soft drinks and cigarette burns. Oh, Mavis, where art thou? View my complete profile.
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That Ain't My Department: February 2007
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That Ain't My Department. Monday, February 26, 2007. The British media report the Oscar results purely in terms of how British nominees fared. Well done, Helen, nonetheless. Perhaps I'll make the effort to see the film now. So who followed which rule? O'Toole was hoping that rule 3 would see him home, but Whittaker trumped him with rule 8, a role so loud that it appeared leading when in reality it was support. Incidentally, Walter Matthau. Did it the other way round with his Oscar for. Links to this post.
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That Ain't My Department: The Last King of Scotland (2006)
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That Ain't My Department. Wednesday, January 17, 2007. The Last King of Scotland (2006). Directed by Kevin MacDonald. Starring Forest Whittaker (Idi Amin) and James McAvoy (as Nicholas Garrigan). After watching this film I left the cinema with a sense of disappointment, and as I walked to the pub I wondered why. It wasn't just because it was too long, although I thought that the opening scenes could have been telescoped and wondered what exactly was the point of Gillian Anderson’s role. And I simply didn...
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That Ain't My Department: Update
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That Ain't My Department. Tuesday, February 06, 2007. I haven't posted for a while. It's not that I've nothing to say, more that I've got too much. I plan to write a review of all 'The Ultimate Film Noir. Collection', which I've been watching since Christmas. This means watching them all twice. And writing reviews is not as easy as I thought, not if you're going to be fair to the film. My new wide-screen TV is driving me mad. I never. I've almost finished the novel on which. The Last King of Scotland.
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That Ain't My Department: Noir?
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That Ain't My Department. Saturday, February 10, 2007. I’ve set myself the task of writing a review of all ten films in the DVD set, The Ultimate Film Noir Collection. For anyone contemplating buying it, it’s excellent value, despite some dodgy transfer quality at time and an absence of commentaries or extras. Also, if you’re like me you won’t have heard of half of the films in the collection, but that is probably the main attraction, because they so rarely turn up on TV. Leave Her to Heaven. Monochrome;...
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That Ain't My Department: Best Director, Best Picture?
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That Ain't My Department. Thursday, February 08, 2007. Best Director, Best Picture? When the first Oscars were presented, for the year 1927/28, the Best Picture was announced as. A war film directed by William Wellman. In those days there were two best direction awards, one for comedy and one for drama. This year the former went to Lewis Milestone, for. And the latter to Frank Borzage for. William Wellman was not nominated for either. How Green was my Valley. Born on the Fourth of July. Ang Lee) lost to.
