By Simon Miraudo January 29, 2014 Stanley Kubrick‘s blistering Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb opened on January 29, 1964, simultaneously screening in New York, London, and Toronto. Despite there being no evidence to prove as much, I have a sneaking suspicion the usually-reasonable Canadian […]
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Play It Again – Lolita
June 19, 2012 
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Play It Again – Lolita. Starring James Mason, Sue Lyon, and Peter Sellers. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has […]
Continue readingThe top 10 movie politicians
April 27, 2012 0 Comments
The top 10 movie politicians. By Simon Miraudo. Election fever is in the air, what with the impending vote for the President of the United States, as well as Leslie Knope’s equally significant run for Pawnee City Council on Parks and Recreation. We’ve also seen a glut of politically minded films lately; from George Clooney’s […]
Continue readingThe top 10 mad movie doctors
March 2, 2012 2 Comments
The top 10 mad movie doctors. By Simon Miraudo. “It’s alive!” “Great scot!” “Feed her!” These are the legendary catchcries of cinema’s best and craziest doctors. This week saw the long-awaited release of the formerly-banned horror flick The Human Centipede 2 on DVD and Blu-ray, and to celebrate we’re listing our all-time favourite mad movie […]
Continue readingThe top 10 Oscar losers
February 24, 2012 7 Comments
The top 10 Oscar losers. By Simon Miraudo. We’re sure that winning an Academy Award is one of the highest honours an artist in the field of film could ever hope for. And it hardly needs to be said that a fair few great flicks have been recognised by the Academy over the years. However, […]
Continue reading10 movie characters who are terrible at their job
November 18, 2011 3 Comments
10 movie characters who are terrible at their job. By Simon Miraudo. In the surprise box office hit Bad Teacher, Cameron Diaz plays a … well, a bad teacher. It’s not the most imaginative title in the world, but it brought in the crowds (to the tune of $216 million worldwide). To celebrate the film’s […]
Continue readingThis is the way the world ends – In The Loop review
January 21, 2010 0 Comments
In The Loop – Starring Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander and Chris Addison. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop has been praised as one of the funniest films of the past few years, but surely it deserves to be recognised for also being one of the scariest. With […]
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