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Sidney Lumet’s 10 best movies
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke in Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007). The 10 best movies of Sidney Lumet - by Regan Payne Sidney Lumet, the American filmmaker with one of...
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Juliette Binoche—ten great performances
Turned down Jurassic Park! List—ten great Juliette Binoche performances - by Regan Payne I’m not certain why, but Juliette Binoche has managed her career almost flawlessly (yes, I saw Dan in Real...
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Anti-wedding wedding films
Prince William and Kate Middleton. It must be love! Ten wedding movies worth watching - by Regan Payne The Royal nuptials are finally at hand. Soon we will have the answers to a succession of...
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Blatant Thor tie-in: directors gone wild
Thor! A list of directors who have departed from their usual fare. Thor! - by Regan Payne Howard Hawks once told film historian and fellow director Peter Bogdanovich, “I liked almost anybody that made...
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The Woody Allen role
Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams in Midnight in Paris (2011). The Woody part – other actors who have played Woody Allen - by Regan Payne Midnight in Paris opened this year’s Cannes film festival to...
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‘Bad’ movie list
Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher, which opens this Friday June 24. We’re bad – a look at ‘bad’ movies through the years - by Regan Payne Cameron Diaz, one of the few women trusted to...
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In memoriam – Peter Falk
Peter Falk’s best – a tribute - by Regan Payne Alzheimer’s, one of the more frightening of potential endings we face, has claimed another victim: actor Peter Falk, age 83, has passed on. Known by the...
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Lottery winners or typecast for life?
Will Deathly Hallows star Daniel Radcliffe transcend the role of a lifetime? Probably not… -by Regan Payne In April 2001, Vanity Fair released the first publicity photo of the soon-to-be world famous...
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Justin Timberlake and 10 more musicians turned actors
Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz in Columbia Pictues' comedy "Bad Teacher." 10 musicians who have foisted their charms on an unsuspecting movie public - by Regan Payne I’ll just come out and say it...
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Shakespeare’s greatest hits
Scene from Julie Taymor's The Tempest (2010). 10 of the strangest Shakespeare movie adaptations - by Regan Payne Excuse the rather crude terminology, but Helen Mirren has always been a ballsy actor....
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Tribute – Chilean director Raul Ruiz
Scene from Raul Ruiz' The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (1979). Tribute – Chilean director Raul Ruiz Raúl Ruiz died last week in Paris, where he had lived and worked as a filmmaker since exile...
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Remakes we’d like to see
Kenny Wormold and Julianne Hough in Footloose 2011 Remake/remodel – five remakes we would actually like to see - by Regan Payne Fresh on the heels of Rod Lurie’s remake of the blunt, no-nonsense, ’70s...
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The Rum Diary, and 10 other movies featuring journalists
The Rum Diary, and 10 other movies featuring journalists - by Regan Payne In The Rum Diary, opening today, Johnny Depp returns to one of his favourite subjects: the journalist and author Hunter S....
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Best 70s science fiction movies
Before Star Wars: the best 70s science fiction movies - by Shawn Conner Star Wars ruined everything. And so it does not make our list of the best ’70s science fiction movies. Sorry. Before George...
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“I eat your flesh!”: top ten cannibal films
Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal the Cannibal in Silence of the Lambs (1991). The best of the bloodiest: all-time cannibal classics - by Elana Shepert Cannibal films exploded in the ’70s, with a rise in...
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12 drug movies (based on drug-themed novels)
Abbie Cornish in Candy (2006). List – 12 drug movies (based on drug-themed novels) – by Regan Payne Whether you think much of Bradley Cooper’s acting chops or not, one must respect his ascension to...
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Who are the heirs to the tradition of independent, individualistic films, as exemplified by recently deceased Chilean filmmaker Raul Ruiz? Regan Payne has some answers. The post Tribute – Chilean...
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Regan Payne looks back on some of the best movies about journalists on the hunt for a drink, er, story. The post The Rum Diary, and 10 other movies featuring journalists appeared first on The Snipe News.
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes got us thinking about pre-Star Wars SF. The post “It’s people!” – the best science fiction movies of the ’70s appeared first on The Snipe News.
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