Mark Kermode's film blog tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2008-04-21:/blogs/markkermode/121 2009-11-20T14:21:04Z 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 Farewell Edward Woodward tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.168035 2009-11-20T14:13:51Z 2009-11-20T14:21:04Z Having met the man and shared a few memorable moments with him, I thought it might be appropriate to share some memories of the late, great Edward Woodward, the widely loved star of that extraordinary 1970s British horror masterpiece,... Mark Kermode Having met the man and shared a few memorable moments with him, I thought it might be appropriate to share some memories of the late, great Edward Woodward, the widely loved star of that extraordinary 1970s British horror masterpiece, The Wicker Man.

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]]> Screening Room: Animation & Aardman tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.167671 2009-11-19T14:40:02Z 2009-11-19T14:38:54Z Is animation the future and if so does that mean all of it? How about stop motion and the hand-drawn variety? Here are a couple of thoughts that didn't make it into this week's Culture Show Screening Room Animation... Mark Kermode Is animation the future and if so does that mean all of it? How about stop motion and the hand-drawn variety? Here are a couple of thoughts that didn't make it into this week's Culture Show Screening Room Animation Special and, as always, let me and Simon Mayo know what you think using the facilities below...

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]]> Call of Civic Duty 2 tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.167100 2009-11-17T11:35:06Z 2009-11-17T11:30:38Z Attacked in the House of Commons and defended in print (and in Twitter) by Charlie Brooker, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the latest videogame to be declared a desperate hazard to the minds of the young and impressionable,... Mark Kermode Attacked in the House of Commons and defended in print (and in Twitter) by Charlie Brooker, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the latest videogame to be declared a desperate hazard to the minds of the young and impressionable, but to me the whole controversy looks rather familiar: Yes, it's the 80s video nasty saga all over again. Honestly, next thing you know Spandau Ballet will be reforming and playing live.

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]]> 5 live review: 2012 tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.166859 2009-11-16T13:49:08Z 2009-11-16T13:52:08Z Mark Kermode .

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(Please note this content is only available to UK viewers) ]]> The Best Christmas Movie Ever tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.166025 2009-11-13T15:55:49Z 2009-11-13T15:54:25Z As a 3D Jim Carrey bursts out of screens (like some seasonal version of John Hurt's personal alien) in Robert Zemeckis's Disney version of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, I'm reminded that it is time to court your opinions on... Mark Kermode As a 3D Jim Carrey bursts out of screens (like some seasonal version of John Hurt's personal alien) in Robert Zemeckis's Disney version of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, I'm reminded that it is time to court your opinions on the best Christmas movies of all time, as well as letting you know mine. With added Peter Andre...

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]]> Screening Room: Disaster! tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.165666 2009-11-12T13:43:47Z 2009-11-12T13:57:39Z On the screening room this week Simon Mayo and I wondered why apocalyse movies are always apocalyptically bad. Your comments please... In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise... Mark Kermode On the screening room this week Simon Mayo and I wondered why apocalyse movies are always apocalyptically bad. Your comments please...

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]]> Bride Wars Revisited tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.165067 2009-11-10T12:37:11Z 2009-11-11T09:15:35Z Last time we checked, four films worse than Bride Wars had been released in 2009 and guess what, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is one of them. If there are ten films worse than Bride Wars then, as I promised... Mark Kermode Last time we checked, four films worse than Bride Wars had been released in 2009 and guess what, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is one of them. If there are ten films worse than Bride Wars then, as I promised in January, I will quit. That's it. I'll go get another job. Sayonara screening rooms. So as the year comes to a close, where are we up to, and what is the mysterious nature of what I'm calling the Couples Retreat Quandary?

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]]> 5 live review: The Men Who Stare At Goats tag:www.bbc.co.uk,2009:/blogs/markkermode//121.164820 2009-11-09T16:12:34Z 2009-11-10T09:16:58Z Mark Kermode .

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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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