December 2010
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The Year In Film 2010
Best Film:
1) The Social Network
For me, no other film quite captured its moment more than David Fincher’s typically meticulous The Social Network which, besides documenting the rise of the decade’s definitive mode of communication, Facebook, also charted the behind-the-scenes legal wrangling between its two founders Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) and Eduardo Saverin (Andrew...
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The Year In TV 2010
Best show:
1) Mad Men
There’s no competition really. Season 4 of Mad Men was its most daring yet, one that trod a thin line between tragedy and farce for much of its first half before moving towards something more poignant with its outstanding tour de force, “The Suitcase.” The series’ highlights are endless, but it’s a testament to the writing that the show can...
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Eat, Pray, Love
Based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling memoir, Eat, Pray, Love is a perfectly competent - at times even rather successful - slice of pop psychology. Julia Roberts plays Liz, a journalist who realises that she is no longer happy with her smug upper middle-class lifestyle, divorces husband Steven (Billy Crudup) and sets off around the world to “discover herself.” She learns...
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Films of the 2000s Part 10
160) Dawn Of The Dead (2004):
With 300 and Watchmen, Zach Snyder might have worked his hardest to make us forget that he was ever a director that showed so much promise, but his remake of Dawn Of The Dead was probably the only genuinely inspired horror remake of the decade. George Romero’s original premise remains intact - a group of very different people are holed up in a shopping...
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The week in TV 12/12/10
30 Rock, Season 5, Episode 10: Christmas Attack Zone
After a slow start, Season 5 has really picked up recently. The show has always delivered good Christmas episodes, and this was no exception, especially since it allowed them to bring back Elaine Stritch, Alan Alda and Elizabeth Banks, who got some great lines tonight. After Jack finally gets round to telling Colleen about Avery being...
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The week in TV 07/12/10
30 Rock, Season 5, Episode 9: Chain Reaction Of Mental Anguish
Sometimes it doesn’t take a high concept like “Live Show,” or a sparkly guest star to make an episode of 30 Rock work and this, for me, really clicked. It wasn’t just that there were a couple of really big laughs (although there were) but that the stories all dovetailed so neatly and that it felt as easy as an episode from the...
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