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The Moviejerk’s Best of Cinema: 2016 Edition

Whatever the hell Martin Scorcese’s been smoking these days, I’m not having any of it. Spouting untruths like a proclaimer of gospels, he righteously preaches “Cinema is gone!”, after which millions of over-stressed…

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Features

The Moviejerk’s Best of Cinema 2014

No year is complete without a supervillain. And no, I’m not talking about Scott Rudin or North Korea. In this annus mirabilis in cinema, no one else has royally fucked-up…

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Film Reviews

Only Lovers Left Alive (2014)

The genre of the undead, bloodsucking night-prowlers has long been buried into the grave of senseless mediocrity, no thanks to the patronising saga of teen romance, one which shall not…

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Berlin 2014: Snowpiercer

Western society be damned if Bong Joon-Ho’s originally unblemished, un-Weinsteined version of his apocalyptic sci-fi opus Snowpiercer doesn’t make it to cinemas. Harvey ‘Scissorhands’ Weinstein, as we now brand him,…

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Berlin 2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Consider it quite appropriate that the Berlinale has chosen Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel to open the city’s film festival this year. It’s a gorgeously realised movie in thrall…

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The Berlinale Diaries 2014: Part 1

For those who follow this little film blog, you would’ve known by now that I have quite a thing for film festivals. There are no other events in my annual…

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Latest News

‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ to open Berlin Film Festival

Set to hopefully warm up the freezing balls of Berlin early next year, Wes Anderson’s latest coterie of quirks, shenanigans and unparalleled cinematographic symmetry The Grand Budapest Hotel has been chosen…

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‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ trailer will suck your funny bone

Yes. Jim Jarmusch’s new one is a vampire comedy. Fresh from Cannes and London film festivals, the marketing team for Only Lovers Left Alive (groovy title, by the way) has…

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Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Wes Anderson’s seventh feature is infused with almost featherweight childhood nostalgia, but don’t let that deceive you. Moonrise Kingdom is a heartfelt, albeit whimsical, paean to the caprices of first love, longing and youthful escapism told in meticulous cinematic detail and style unrivalled by any director of his league. It’s also wonderfully, coolly idiosyncratic.

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Movie Trailer

‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Trailer

There’s no other director in cinemalandia who does quirky better than Wes Anderson. The man probably consumes ‘quirk’ for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And then enjoys a bit of whimsy for afters. His latest cinematic dish Moonrise Kingdom looks like from the Signature Anderson Menu – yellow palettes, idiosyncratic humour, slow motion, groovy French soundtrack, childhood brouhaha and Bill Murray. Just don’t expect Anderson to make gritty cinéma vérité – this guy sticks to his own style like superglue to a wall. Which makes him just wonderful.

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We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011)

A chilling take on a very unsettling tale of beleaguered motherhood and parental torment. Ramsay’s vision opts for a bold, raw aesthetic that brilliantly eschews common book-to-screen tropes. Plus Swinton is so fucking terrific. And you’ll never listen to Buddy Holly’s ‘Every Day’ the same way again.

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