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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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Places to visit
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The latest
- W.E. (or should that be Non?)
- The Avengers Assemble (not too shabbily at all)
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – definitely worth catching
- Battleship – does exactly what it says on the box
- The Cabin in the Woods – Spoiler Free Zone
- Anonymous – Emmerich blows up Good Queen Bess!
- Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
- Wrath of the Titans – Believe me, I feel the Wrath
- The Hunger Games – nails it
- John Carter – a secret jewel
Monthly Archives: November 2011
My Week with Marilyn – like bathing in a bath of champagne bubbles
In 1956, Marilyn Monroe spent a week in Britain filming The Prince and the Showgirl opposite Laurence Olivier, who was also the film’s director. During that week, Marilyn, newly wed to playwright Arthur Miller, was looked after by the director’s … Continue reading
The Ides of March
It may have been two thousand years or so since Caesar met his fate at the foot of the statue of his rival, Pompey the Great, stabbed 23 times by his fellow senators, but the attraction and danger of politics … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Beau Willimon, Evan Rachel Wood, George Clooney, Jennifer Ehle, Marisa Tomei, Paul Giamatti, Phiip Seymour Hoffmann, Ryan Gosling
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The Help
I had my doubts about The Help. While the promise of a lovingly executed reconstruction of the 1960s in the deep south of the USA most definitely appealed to me, the concept of white women questioning their black maids about … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Reviews
Tagged Ahna O'Reilly, Allison Janney, Bryce Dalls Howard, Cicely Tyson, Emma Stone, Jessica Chastain, Octavia Spencer, The Help, Viola Davis
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In Time – well worth some of yours
After a couple of weeks in which I’ve not been able to make it to the cinema due to an excessive number of aches and pains, it was a pleasure to make it tonight to see a film that had … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, In Time, Justin Timberlake, Vincent Kartheiser
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