Mark Kermode's film blog tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2008-04-21:/blogs/markkermode/121 2009-11-09T16:16:37Z Kermode Uncut: Mark Kermode's film blogOutspoken, opinionated and never lost for words, Mark Kermode is the UK's leading film critic.He is resident film critic on Radio Five Live's Mayo Show and on the News Channel, is a presenter on The Culture Show and often appears on Newsnight Review.This twice-weekly video blog is the place where he airs his personal views on the things that most fire him up about cinema - and invites you to give your own opinions. Movable Type 4.1 5 live review: The Men Who Stare At Goats tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.164820 2009-11-09T16:12:34Z 2009-11-09T16:16:37Z Mark Kermode 5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews The Men Who Stare At Goats.

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(Please note this content is only available to UK viewers) ]]> The future of cinema: This Is It tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.163670 2009-11-05T16:37:29Z 2009-11-06T09:56:19Z Michael Jackson has shown the way. Under the watchful eyes of the great Kenny Ortega (whose High School Musical series of movies are, as I have explained many times, the very definition of pure movie entertainment) the King of Pop... Mark Kermode Michael Jackson has shown the way. Under the watchful eyes of the great Kenny Ortega (whose High School Musical series of movies are, as I have explained many times, the very definition of pure movie entertainment) the King of Pop has delivered unto us an all-singing, all-dancing saviour of cinema...

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]]> Twilight of the blogs tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.162931 2009-11-03T17:18:30Z 2009-11-03T17:39:55Z Seems last week's Hallowe'en blog about Robert Pattinson, Stephen Moyer, Brad Pitt and all those other sexy creatures of the night got your collective blood up, so after swift reflection (if not in mirrors) you bit back with the vampire... Mark Kermode Seems last week's Hallowe'en blog about Robert Pattinson, Stephen Moyer, Brad Pitt and all those other sexy creatures of the night got your collective blood up, so after swift reflection (if not in mirrors) you bit back with the vampire movies that have possessed you including Salem's Lot, Dreyer's Vampyr, George Romero's Martin, and the much gorged on Near Dark, which, as I shall explain, changed my life. It's nice to know you all feel you have a stake in this blog and for that I'd like to fang you (That's enough bleeding vampires, Ed.)

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]]> The ten-second vampire movie tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.158704 2009-10-28T11:33:49Z 2009-10-30T09:37:10Z So it's true: the undead really are. Since Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee first donned Dracula's wardrobe, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise have chugged romantic gore in Ann Rice's Interview with a Vampire and even Eddie Murphy blooded himself as... Mark Kermode So it's true: the undead really are. Since Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee first donned Dracula's wardrobe, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise have chugged romantic gore in Ann Rice's Interview with a Vampire and even Eddie Murphy blooded himself as a Vampire in Brooklyn. But this year has seen a rhesus positive infestation with Stephen Moyer in True Blood and Robert Pattinson in Twilight representing only the fang tips of a blood sucking army that includes representatives from as far away as Korea and Denmark. So why can't we resist vampires? And more to the point, how do you get to be one? Now Halloween is here, allow me to explain...

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]]> The second second time around tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.158271 2009-10-26T10:38:04Z 2009-10-26T13:35:29Z So Stanley Kubrick, Terry Gilliam and David Lynch are the directors whose work troubles you enough to demand more than a single viewing, but really, just how many times does anyone need to see Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd... Mark Kermode So Stanley Kubrick, Terry Gilliam and David Lynch are the directors whose work troubles you enough to demand more than a single viewing, but really, just how many times does anyone need to see Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd in Anchorman? For some, more than you'd think. Also this week, the very last word on Jennifer Aniston's face...

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]]> Trailer Treachery tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.155665 2009-10-20T13:18:11Z 2009-10-21T13:07:35Z Whether using the popular visages of Jude Law, Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell to promote The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus or a night vision shot of a movie audience launching its popcorn in the air to demonstrate how terrified... Mark Kermode Whether using the popular visages of Jude Law, Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell to promote The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus or a night vision shot of a movie audience launching its popcorn in the air to demonstrate how terrified everyone will be when they see Paranormal Activity (the new "scariest movie ever"), trailers are there to let you know exactly what you'll be spending your movie ticket money on. So what exactly is going on in the trailer for the new movie version of Cormac McCarthy's The Road?

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]]> Jen Again tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.154336 2009-10-16T10:10:41Z 2009-10-16T11:19:25Z The path from small screen to big screen is littered with disasters (and let's not even mention Jennifer Aniston's Friends co-alumni), but you, the staunch and loyal movie going Kermode Uncut bloggers, have identified many without whom our movie... Mark Kermode The path from small screen to big screen is littered with disasters (and let's not even mention Jennifer Aniston's Friends co-alumni), but you, the staunch and loyal movie going Kermode Uncut bloggers, have identified many without whom our movie viewing lives would be infinitely the poorer...

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]]> The Revisitations of Doctor Kermode tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.153047 2009-10-13T11:07:17Z 2009-10-13T11:15:59Z There are some films, like Heath Ledger's last movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (also starring Jude Law, Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp and directed by Python genius Terry Gilliam), that definitely warrant a second viewing to solidify or adjust a... Mark Kermode There are some films, like Heath Ledger's last movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (also starring Jude Law, Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp and directed by Python genius Terry Gilliam), that definitely warrant a second viewing to solidify or adjust a critic's first appraisal. Others just go to show that seeing them once was more than enough...

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]]> Big Budget Catastrophes of Pure Joy tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.151672 2009-10-08T15:26:48Z 2009-10-12T09:19:15Z Some of you objected to my choice of Howard the Duck as the greatest big budget movie disaster of all time but among your own selections, which include Sharon Stone's mighty Basic Instinct 2 and Bruce Willis's ineffable Hudson Hawk,... Mark Kermode Some of you objected to my choice of Howard the Duck as the greatest big budget movie disaster of all time but among your own selections, which include Sharon Stone's mighty Basic Instinct 2 and Bruce Willis's ineffable Hudson Hawk, are salutary lessons about the permeability of the membrane between bad and good.

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]]> When paying higher taxes really pays off tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.151211 2009-10-07T10:38:43Z 2009-10-09T11:21:01Z Within the black umbra of the world economic collapse, film industry finance hasn't had it so bad for years. So how will the new 50 per cent tax threshold affect those working in the industry? Well, at least for... Mark Kermode Within the black umbra of the world economic collapse, film industry finance hasn't had it so bad for years. So how will the new 50 per cent tax threshold affect those working in the industry? Well, at least for one filmmaker, in a surprisingly satisfactory way and with a possible entente cordiale at the end of it.

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]]> From Back to the Future to the Piano... You hum it and I'll play it tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.150857 2009-10-06T14:47:37Z 2009-10-07T09:28:14Z So you like Joy Division in Control and Jeremy Northam at Gosford Park but Michael J Fox on stage in Back to the Future movies stirs up all kinds of reactions. And what about all those accordion movies, eh?... Mark Kermode

So you like Joy Division in Control and Jeremy Northam at Gosford Park but Michael J Fox on stage in Back to the Future movies stirs up all kinds of reactions. And what about all those accordion movies, eh?

]]> 5Live Review: Invention of Lying tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.149219 2009-10-05T09:58:36Z 2009-10-05T09:55:09Z Mark Kermode
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]]> What Jennifer Aniston's Best Friends won't tell her tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.148096 2009-10-02T14:20:17Z 2009-10-02T14:17:36Z She's been in and continues to be in a ton of movies including the wonderful Office Space, The Break Up (co-starring with Vince Vaughn no less), Derailed (alongside Clive Owen and Vincent Cassel no less), Along Came Polly (with Ben... Mark Kermode


]]> The Greatest Megabudget Movie Ever Made tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.145223 2009-09-29T10:41:24Z 2009-09-29T10:38:55Z In this week's virtual mail bag of blog replies, the question of mammon and the movies has opened up a mine of conjecture regarding the budget versus creativity dynamic, and at your request I offer up my own candidate for... Mark Kermode In this week's virtual mail bag of blog replies, the question of mammon and the movies has opened up a mine of conjecture regarding the budget versus creativity dynamic, and at your request I offer up my own candidate for the greatest ever multimillion dollar blockbuster. Feel free to volunteer your own... 5Live Review: The Soloist tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.143924 2009-09-28T09:38:39Z 2009-09-28T11:16:43Z Mark Kermode
5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews The Soloist.

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