Review: Noises Off

Posted on Wed 17 March 2010 in general • Tagged with comedy, film, play, review

Last night Fliss and I watched the film version of Michael Frayn's Noises Off. Fliss explained to me that it is a film beloved of theatre technicians due to it's setting, following the goings on behind stage of a dysfunctional group of actors performing a classic English farce. The …


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Film Review: Dark Star

Posted on Tue 17 November 2009 in geek • Tagged with film, reviews, sci-fi

As part of our wandering approach exploring film rental the latest instalment to drop on the door mat was John Carpenter's Dark Star. It's a weird black comedy about a bunch of bored stoners, some sentient bombs and strange beach ball aliens aboard a deep space planetary destroyer. As …


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Crystal Aliens!?

Posted on Thu 19 June 2008 in general • Tagged with film, review

Despite less the glowing reviews we thought we would chance Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull at the cinema. It's not the worlds worst film, in fact if you disengage brain and enjoy it for what it is I thought it was pretty good. Some people have …


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