About MovieBrit
Known to many as Wet Dark and Wild (aka Kate), I've blogged about Jake Gyllenhaal and his movies for years. As a result, I've discovered I'm opinionated about other films too. MB began at the end of 2009.
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Dusty archives
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- December 2011 (7)
- November 2011 (4)
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- August 2011 (10)
- July 2011 (6)
- June 2011 (9)
- May 2011 (9)
- April 2011 (4)
- March 2011 (9)
- February 2011 (5)
- January 2011 (8)
- December 2010 (7)
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- July 2010 (9)
- June 2010 (1)
- May 2010 (4)
- April 2010 (3)
- March 2010 (6)
- February 2010 (8)
- January 2010 (9)
- December 2009 (8)
- November 2009 (2)
Places to visit
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The latest
- The Descendants – even paradise has its bugs
- Carnage unleashed
- War Horse – Black Beauty enlists…
- Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol – is Bond outbonded?
- The Artist – silent and golden: a big shiny sun among movies
- The Iron Lady – and I needed nerves of steel to watch it…
- Movies 2011 – the fabulous, the less good and the downright horrible – and worse
- Apollo 18 – the Christmas Blu Ray Turkey
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Fincher style
- Arthur Christmas – what happens when you mix Magic Dust with a flask of Christmas Spirit
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Remaking Goldie Hawn (and anything else that moves)
Is it just me, or is there an unusually high number of movie remakes in the offing? Or does it just feel like that? In the same way that it feels like Alfred Molina is in every other movie this … Continue reading
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Tagged Carey Mulligan, Clash of the Titans, David Fincher, Goldie Hawn, Overboard, Private Benjamin, Scott Pilgrim
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Do I love you, Phillip Morris? And what about you, Ewan McGregor?
This week I put aside my misgivings about Jim Carrey ever being able to make me believe he is anyone other than Jim Carrey and went to see I Love You Phillip Morris. I’m not so sure that I left … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Reviews
Tagged ewan McGregor, I Love You Phillip Morris, Jim Carrey, Vera Farmiga
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David Fincher – Making the ordinary extraordinary
I have a real, tangible weakness for David Fincher. If there is one director whose work I will make a point of chasing down it’s Fincher. There is no other director I can think of for whom I feel anything … Continue reading
Tron is back! Iron Man is back! Avatar may also be back…
It’s been a busy week, due to a certain golden chappie who answers to the name of Oscar, but now it’s time to take a breather and catch up a little on what else has caught the eye – apart, … Continue reading
Bravo Sandra Bullock but Land of the Lost ‘Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel’? Never!
There was one film from last year that I didn’t make a single effort to see and that was All About Steve. But surely I am not the only person who now wants to give it a go following Sandra … Continue reading
Never mind Alice – stick with Mars Attacks!
Alice in Wonderland is certainly raking it in this weekend, despite decidedly mixed reviews – both about the film and its less than perfect (indeed, horrid) 3D effects. It has been commented that perhaps Alice is a film too many … Continue reading
