The 86th Academy Awards – why blame the host?
What makes a good Oscar host? Before I answer that, I can say where you might find one, that is, the Sunshine Cinema, 143 East Hou…
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This is faulty
You are Judd Apatow. How quickly you have gone from being a comedy giant to a guy who pleads with Melissa McCarthy to help him out…
Larry Oliver - Diary of a Film Reviewer - February 2013
1 February Pinch, punch, first of the month! What do you mean, no returns? I thought there was a thirty day exchange policy. I hav…
Bullet to the Head - Nothing in the brain
In the early 1980s, Sylvester Stallone was attached to 50/50, a mismatched buddy thriller one guy is a cop, the other a criminal.…
What if Transfer Deadline Day applied to the Movie Business?
Its 21:20 on Thursday 31 January at time of writing and there is still one hour and forty minutes to conclude transfers in the Eng…
Movie 43 – what, you mean there were 42 others?
A bad comedy is like sensory deprivation. You sit there unable to laugh because there is nothing to stimulate your sense of humour…
ARGO verses FLIGHT - Great Acting by Movie Stars
The BAFTA and Oscar nominations have reignited the debate: what makes great screen acting by movie stars? BAFTA propose that Ben A…
Censorship Tourism – what to do about the UK Film Classification system?
Teenagers - you cannot stop them wanting it. Why 18 rated films, of course, what did you think I was talking about? Like many of h…
Larry Oliver’s Diary 1 to 31 January – 12 trips, 11 movies (at the cinema) 3 on TV
31 January The end of the month and I had a wizard wheeze of an article idea [film franchises and transfer deadline day]. It curdl…
Film Review: V / H / S – well, at least it not Betamax – or Paranormal Activity
As a subscriber to a named brand of cable television in the United Kingdom, I have fond memories of being able to record content. …
