Category Archives: films

flicks at home!

05 Sunday Nov 2006

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flicks.jpg At last!

About a month ago our local dvd rental place closed down, to our dismay. As I have no doubt mentioned before, there are very few films shown at the cinemas in Sevilla in original version so we usually have to wait until they are released on dvd as we refuse to watch dubbed films.

So today I had a google around and found a Spanish company that offers home dvd pick up & delivery – and they also offer a 15-day free trial period so we decided to go for it.

And so any film suggestions would be much appreciated. 🙂

see saw?

31 Tuesday Oct 2006

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hacksaw.gifI don’t think I will . . .

According to this Grauniad article some people in the UK have required emergency medical treatment as a result of watching this film. Could this be true or do you think it’s some sort of ‘Halloween prank’ article?

I thought the original Saw was just another of those low-budget farcical over-the-top horror flicks. And now they’ve made three of them. What do you think the moral issues (if any) are about promoting films that show extremely graphic torture scenes?

favourite films

20 Thursday Jul 2006

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reels3.jpg

I can never answer the question “what’s your favourite film?”

Often what makes a film special to you depends on mood, age, what was going on when you saw a particular film, etc.

And so this is kind of a two-parter. Wondering what your favourite films of all time are and also what films – seen recently or twenty years ago, whatever – you simply enjoyed.

It would be good to have a bit of a critique of each film – so a bit more than simply saying ‘saw Superman yesterday – awesome!’, and also some info about the story . . . but without spoilers, of course.