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BURN AFTER READING - REVIEW

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Back in 2008, the Coen Brothers delivered Burn After Reading , an off-beat comedy about a group of idiotic nobodies who find themselves entangled in a ridiculous plot involving an ex-CIA operative and his leaked memoirs. On paper, this is very much the template for most Coen Brothers comedies with a clueless ensemble having to run around a nonsensical maze of misunderstandings. And yet, Burn After Reading is very different than the filmmakers' earlier works in the same genre like The Big Lebowski or even Raising Arizona . The main difference here is that there essentially isn't a plot in this film with characters all working towards their own individual goals without there being one overarching storyline to link it all together. If anything, the CIA is the only common element throughout but with the exception of John Malkovitch's character, who gets fired from the organisation early on, no-one else is directly linked to the CIA and the latter doesn't interfere wit

GOTHAMIZED: GOTHAM BEGINS - PODCAST

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Gothamized  is a completely unofficial guide to new series  Gotham  and a debate arena for all things Batman. CLICK HERE TO PLAY THE EPISODE CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE In this sixth episode, we discuss the Gotham Pilot episode, the many faces of John Malkovitch, batmobiles and we end with a riddle. (for my written review of the Gotham Pilot, click here! ) Hope you enjoy it! You can also find us on podcast  The Big Rewind  (available on iTunes) and send us emails with your Bat-questions, Six Degrees challenges and riddles here:  gothamized@gmail.com (for the pilot episode  CLICK HERE )

WARM BODIES - REVIEW

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What if a zombie fell in love? Surely a question we've all asked ourselves at one point or another. It's also Warm Bodies ' unique concept, introducing to the world the odd notion of a rom-zom-com. A world that's way into zombie-themed things these days, what with the likes of The Walking Dead , World War Z and Zombieland doing so well and all. Despite the odd premise, Warm Bodies looked like a winner. After all, Fido had proven that zombie movies didn't always have to be depressing affairs and that familiar zombie lore could be toyed around with a little in order to make it fit into more off-beat settings and genres. This movie opens like a cross between Zombieland and Wall-E , following Nicholas Hoult's lumbering zombie who spends his days mindlessly walking around an airport grunting, eating the occasional brain and playing music in his abandoned private jet home. Several new zombie ideas are soon introduced to us: zombies can think and actually t

SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE - REVIEW

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Here's a weird little movie you might have missed. Following German film director F. W. Murnau and his crew as they set out to make the iconic classic Nosferatu , Shadow Of The Vampire suggests that actor Max Schreck, who played the main role in the film, might have been a real vampire. Which, as you can imagine, would have made for a bizarre shoot to say the least. We follow the making of the film as crew members start going missing mysteriously and an overall sense of terror starts taking over the entire production. It's a genius premise and the film lives up to it. Luckily, it never takes itself too seriously, always keeping a nicely dark sense of humour around to lighten things up a bit. John Malkovitch is perfect as Murnau, a man so obsessed with putting together this unique film that he is willing to turn a blind eye to Schreck's vampiric nature and even bargain with him. A virtually unrecognisable Willem Dafoe plays the role of Schreck and evokes not only Schre