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Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 12:36 pm
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The author of Love Story, a popular novel turned into the hit film of the same name, has died aged 72.Erich Segal’s most popular work, about love and bereavement, was written when he was 32.The book was an international success and became the bestsel…

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 11:33 am
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I first encountered the work of French film director Eric Rohmer (who has died aged 89) by complete accident.A few years ago I ordered the Billy Wilder film Love in the Afternoon (1957), starring Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn and Maurice Chevalier, throu…

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Saturday, December 26, 2009, 3:03 am
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Two things got me thinking today about the challenges of adapting a book to the screen — my friend John Rogers’ blog posts on the subject and the movie UP IN THE AIR, which I loved. I’ve written a few…

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 6:49 am
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It doesn’t matter whether you’re into science fiction or not, if you love movies, you have got to see AVATAR. Even if you don’t love movies, go see it. Visually, AVATAR is the most amazing thing I have ever seen…

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 4:14 am
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My crime film fest continued last night with a weird entry from 1972… PRIME CUT starring Lee Marvin as a Chicago enforcer who heads out to the fields of Kansas to collect a $500,000 debt from Gene Hackman, another enforcer…

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Monday, November 30, 2009, 2:04 am
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Today I watched VANISHING POINT, the 1971 movie starring a white Dodge Challenger and Barry Newman. The car was a lot more charismatic that its c0-star. I do not get what all the hoopla is about over this movie, which…

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Sunday, November 29, 2009, 8:47 pm
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I’m continuing my Holiday weekend film festival of crime movies I’ve alwasy meant to see, but have somehow missed. Last night, I finally got around to THE OUTFIT, writer-director John Flynn’s 1973 adaptation of the Richard Stark novel. Robert Duvall…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 6:31 am
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I finally saw Allen Baron’s 1961 movie BLAST OF SILENCE, a brutal, cold piece of low-budget film noir that I’ve been hearing great things about for years. I’m pleased to report that it lives up to the hype…and is unlike…

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Thursday, November 26, 2009, 6:32 am
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Thursday, November 26, 2009, 6:30 am
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Thursday, November 26, 2009, 6:20 am
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Here’s Shirley Bassey’s rejected QUANTUM OF SOLACE theme, set to the opening titles. The music is by David Arnold (who clearly lifted some elements from the song in his final QUANTUM score) and lyrics by longtime Bond vet Don Black.

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Friday, October 2, 2009, 12:26 pm
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It’s all about hugging. A film of Dave Pescod’s short story ‘All Embracing’ made by Andrew Love. In this very moving short, a woman targets London train stations with military precision in search of a full body embrace with strangers. (5:05)

Post from Lee Goldberg
Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 5:20 am
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Variety reports that Leonardo DiCaprio has signed to portray Travis McGee in a movie version of John D. MacDonald’s THE DEEP BLUE GOODBYE . Dana Stevens wrote the script, and Peter Chernin will produce, but no director has been set…

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Friday, September 25, 2009, 6:30 pm
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I got a laugh from the first paragraph of Betsy Sharkey’s review of FAME in today’s Los Angeles Times: “Fame,” it turns out, is not going to live forever. It’s officially DOA. Call the coroner. Then call in the top…

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Friday, September 18, 2009, 11:01 pm
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Damn you, Derren Brown! Not only did you cheat to make it look like you predicted the lottery, now you’ve failed to hypnotise me – twice! I watched your film on Channel 4 and again on 4 +1 and the only effect it had on me was making me feel a little …

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Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 11:05 am
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“You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!”“Are they big? I like ‘em big!”“Hang on, lads; I’ve got a great idea.”Just a few of the unforgettable lines from The Italian Job which was written by Troy Kennedy Martin.Mr Martin sadly di…

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Thursday, September 10, 2009, 1:22 pm
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In the Guardian today, Alison Flood looks at authors taking on the brave task of continuing a series left unfinished by the death of the original writer.After the success of James Bond novels written after Ian Fleming’s death in 1964, several other f…

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Thursday, September 10, 2009, 11:13 am
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Friday, September 4, 2009, 4:28 pm
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The renowned British author, television writer and newspaper columnist Keith Waterhouse has died aged 80.His most famous creation was the wily fantasist Billy Fisher, star of the novel Billy Liar (1959), which subsequently became a classic comedy film …

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Thursday, September 3, 2009, 8:23 pm
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Dear imaginary friends,Today has been a surreal day. There was a charity event at work (in aid of Help for Heroes), part of which involved me and a colleague getting a bit David Brent and getting our guitars out. So this morning I found myself playing …