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T.G
Suffolk, UK
Eyes are the window into the soul, that's why I wear sunglasses
Interests: music, film, books, life (sometimes).
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This is a good film. It is a very good film. I really, really liked this film. Fear not, the whole review will not simply be variants of that single statement, I just wanted to start out with that news which I am happy to report. After the successes of... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Film Flare
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Evening one and all. It's another shiny as FFFD. Tonight, another Jason Statham film after the joy and wonderment of last week's Crank. Let's see what that balding, hench heartthrob is up to.... Snatch (2000) I just tried googling Snatch to find a poster for here.......big mistake. Guy Richie found... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at Film Flare
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Hello, good evening, and welcome to a pretty late edition of Film Flare's Film Diary, the blog where the concept of a weekly diary is loosely followed. It's been a quiet old week on the film front so as such, there is only 1 film for FFFD this week. An... Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at Film Flare
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Morning everyone (probably good evening actually by the time this goes out). A simple, honest FFFD today and tomorrow/wednesday there will be a shiny, glowing review of a small film I'm sure no one has heard of called IRON MAN (caps!). Short answer: it's really good. Longer answer will be... Continue reading
Posted Apr 29, 2013 at Film Flare
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Evening one and all. A pretty short entry this week as I only watched one film. (I did watch 10 seconds of another film but fell asleep) So here it be, in my opinion, one of my favourite films. Fargo (1996) Using the old Texas Chainsaw 'based on a true... Continue reading
Posted Apr 22, 2013 at Film Flare
Finally, Warner Brothers have realised that they have in their possession one of the most anticipated blockbusters of the year inthe shape of Man of Steel. After a teasing, softly softly approach of countdowns to website launches and so on, there were a smattering of trailers but now the marketing... Continue reading
Posted Apr 17, 2013 at Film Flare
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....and hello again. Part 2 here! Well, actually, the author here, Part 2 can't speak but if it could, it'd be saying '....and hello again. Part 2 here!' I'm rambling again. Sorry. We go in! 30 Days of Night (2007) This is a vampire film. That creature in the above... Continue reading
Posted Apr 16, 2013 at Film Flare
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Part 1? I can practically hear you through my monitor (and through time too, I do have pretty big ears!). Yes yes! Part 1, the first of two parts for FFFD this week. It's so simple, this entry refers to the two comedic films I watched this week whilst Part... Continue reading
Posted Apr 15, 2013 at Film Flare
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Hello and welcome. Being Monday, it is obviously time for another stirling edition of FFFD. The blog was voted by Time magazine as the most likely source of literature available in the world today to cause Kim Jong Un to step down his fierce rhetoric, a level of praise which... Continue reading
Posted Apr 8, 2013 at Film Flare
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Olympic opening ceremony director and balding national sweetheart Danny Boyle has had an illustrious twenty year career that has successfully spanned several genres. From his crime debut, Shallow Grave, he has made films involving zombies (28 Days Later), sci-fi (Sunshine), depressing drugs sagas (Trainspotting), biographies (127 Hours) and drama (Slumdog... Continue reading
Posted Apr 8, 2013 at Film Flare
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A fine evening to you all, If you are anything like me then the combination of clock change and bank holiday means you have no earthly idea what day it is. It is Tuesday. And FFFD is one day late. Sorry. Taxi (1998) The first entry in the hyper-successful 'Taxi'... Continue reading
Posted Apr 2, 2013 at Film Flare
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Whatteau folks. Tonight I am writing a super special edition of FFFD because the films I watched last week were all musicals. Yes! Once I was as prejudiced as you (maybe) are, that musicals are the sole domain of the flamboyant, the Andrew Lloyd Webbers and people who use the... Continue reading
Posted Mar 25, 2013 at Film Flare
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Good evening everyone. This FFFD entry is going to be utter 'magic', a 'wand'-ering journey that'll cast a 'spell' on you that'll make you forget those 'hog warts' on your face and will make you 'potter' to the...........place. I am going to review Transformers. Transformers (2007) The only magic at... Continue reading
Posted Mar 18, 2013 at Film Flare
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Your eyes do not deceive you, it is the return of FFFD. After a short time away, I had the chance to view a whole bundle of new films on the 13 hour flights. This is them films, what? Argo There is no avoiding this film, I swear. After literally... Continue reading
Posted Mar 11, 2013 at Film Flare
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Evening there folks and lady folks, No Film Flare tonight, or until at least the 5th of March. Sorry. It's because I'm going here: To work on my tan and to destroy the One Ring. See you laters, I'm sure, with tales aplenty from my travels. Samwise says 'Hi', by... Continue reading
Posted Feb 18, 2013 at Film Flare
Hey again. After the last entry highlighted a TINY amount of films coming out which grab my interest, it makes sense to finish the job and to do the same thing for the latter half of the year. However, as you will soon be able to deduce yourselves, the second... Continue reading
Posted Feb 13, 2013 at Film Flare
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Good evening everyone and welcome to another FFFD entry. Vroom vroom. If my poor onomatopoeic phrases don't give too much then this is going to be a car related blog entry. Filled with cars....and carbon monoxide (depending on how it goes). Fast and Furious (2009) Expertly dropping the 'The' and... Continue reading
Posted Feb 11, 2013 at Film Flare
Hola amigos. Before film goodness begins, I just wanted to shout out that this is my 100th blog entry! Woo! It's only taken 402 days. Thanks for all your ongoing support and interest. On with the show! As we reach the end of the first month of 2013, we've already... Continue reading
Posted Feb 6, 2013 at Film Flare
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A hearty monday to you all. Another long toil of a Monday is bettered by the appearance of Film Flare, the collection of words that deal with films and stuff. Let the collection commence: Sleepy Hollow (1999) Oh hello Tim Burton film with Johnny Depp. The modern classic combination have... Continue reading
Posted Feb 4, 2013 at Film Flare
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This FFFD will be slightly different from previous installments due to the fact that I will be reviewing a trilogy of films not as individual parts but as the whole. The trilogy in question is Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. After the negative reaction against Joel Schumacher's Batman and Robin (1997),... Continue reading
Posted Jan 28, 2013 at Film Flare
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I love Westerns. John Wayne, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Sam Peckinpah, John Ford, Howard Hawkes, Charles Bronson, many famous names have graced the genre but for me, the more cynical European westerns are those that stuck with me the most, the most famous examples being the well known 'Spaghetti Westerns'.... Continue reading
Posted Jan 24, 2013 at Film Flare
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Making a list of the five best new films I saw last year is not as easy as it sounds. You are inevitably forced to cut out several films which were really good, just not quite good enough. This is simply a very brief list of those that almost made... Continue reading
Posted Jan 23, 2013 at Film Flare
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Dum dum dum dum dum! (music loses some of its appeal when it is just written onomatopaeic words) So here it is. The smartest, most tense, most shocking and (in my opinion) the best film I saw last year. Rian Johnson's time travel character drama, Looper. Part of the great... Continue reading
Posted Jan 22, 2013 at Film Flare
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I'm going to disrupt usual FFFD proceedings until this gets done. Anyway. Number 2 on my list is... Altogether brighter, more fun, funnier and more action packed than The Dark Knight Rises. Joss Whedon displays his masterful ability to control a large cast of characters and to give the action... Continue reading
Posted Jan 21, 2013 at Film Flare
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The final part of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. Trying to fill the exceptionally large clown's shoes the Joker left behind is no easy task and Dir. Nolan and screenwriters Jonathan Nolan and David S. Goyer do very well to give us a third film that almost... Continue reading
Posted Jan 19, 2013 at Film Flare