Right. Firstly lets remember that I don’t choose the films for the Alphabet Challenge, the role of ‘film chooser’ is randomly allocated amongst a group of us. That’s how I find myself writing about Saw VI. Especially not having seen anything from Saw II to Saw V. I saw Saw (See Saw? Saw Saw etc etc) and to be honest,
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And so on ‘R’, only 2 days after Pulp Fiction, we take to Quentin Tarantino’s directorial debut – Reservoir Dogs. Released in 1992, this dark crime thriller follows the tale of an attempted robbery by a group of criminals and the direct aftermath as the team regroup to try and understand what went wrong. The film has the traditional Tarantino ensemble
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‘Q’ in the Alphabet challenge. And for this, its ‘Quarantine 2 : The Terminal’. I haven’t seen the original Quarantine movie, but the sequel is set around a group of passengers and flight attendants who are on a flight that has to land and ends up quarantined after a virus breaks out on board. I’d been dreading Q in this
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O. And to the Palestinian drama from 2013, ‘Omar’. For this tale, we follow Omar, a young man from Palestine who is secretly in love with his childhood friend Tarek’s younger sister Nadia. He, Tarek and a 3rd friend Amjad have grown up together and remain close. His relationship with Nadia has remained a secret from Tarek whilst Omar works
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For the 13th day of the Alphabet Challenge (https://filmgeeky.com/2016/01/31/the-february-alphabet-challenge/) we’re off to ‘M’ and more specifically ‘Miller’s Crossing’, the second film by the Coen brothers in the challenge so far. The film is very much in the tradition of film noir. It’s the 1930’s and our anti-hero is Irish Tom Reagan (played by Gabriel Byrne). Reagon works for a local gangster
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The daily ‘Alphabet Challenge’ is on day 11 and it’s ‘K’ today. The film ‘Kajaki’ is based on a true story of a unit of the british army based in Afghanistan, close to the Kajaki Dam. The story follows the unit as they initially spend day after day in relative monotony, until the decision is made for three of the
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For the 6th day in the Alphabet challenge, we’re off to Minneapolis, Minnesota for the film 1996 film ‘Fargo’. Directed and written by the Coen brothers, this classic comedy / drama / thriller film is the tale of a a kidnapping and subsequent events that spiral out of control. It went on to reap a number of awards including 2
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I’m not sure that the UK music industry has gotten over the death of Amy Winehouse in 2011, from alcohol poisoning. It’s that very story that is captured through the 2015 documentary ‘Amy’ directed by Asif Kapadia (whose previous work includes Senna – an equally touching film). There is a significant amount of footage that has been acquired by Kapadia
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‘Everest’ is based on the true story of a 1996 group ascent of the largest mountain on the planet, led by Rob Hall (played by Jason Clarke – recently in the new Terminator movie) of ‘Adventure Consultants’. Hall and his company having essentially invented the Everest tourism industry. Directed by Baltsar Kormakur (2 Guns, Contraband), the film features Josh Brolin, John
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Spotlight recounts the true story of how an investigative team from the Boston Globe newspaper uncovered the story of child abuse over a sustained period by Catholic Priests and covered up by the local church structure. The team would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize in 2003. Featuring an ensemble cast including Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachael McAdams, and
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