Filmstalker: January 2006 Archives

Munich

The controversy around Munich has been apparent from its announcement, and the unusual move by Steven Spielberg to not talk about it or pamper to the Press has raised expectation and the very controversy he has sought to avoid. Then we began to hear some negative comments about it, that...

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Walk the Line

Going into Walk the Line it's fair to say I knew nothing about Johnny Cash other than the Ring of Fire song and one of my more eccentric school friends who was into his music while most other kids were reading Smash Hits and watching Top of the Pops! So...

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

When going to see this movie there were two things that were with me as baggage walking through that darkened doorway, thankfully I managed to leave both right there allowing me to enjoy the movie. One was the animated film I saw when I was a child, and the other...

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Ônibus 174 (Bus 174)

When I rented this movie I had no real idea what to expect. I had no prior knowledge of the event or of the documentary itself, and all that I was going on was another viewers review on my DVD rental queue, the rating itself, and the tagline - that...

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Match Point

I'm not a big fan of Woody Allen, and I know that probably comes as a big surprise to anyone out there who is a movie journalist, writer or someone who really loves movies. It seems that you have to like Allen because there's some stigma attached to his movies...

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The films to watch in 2006

I started writing a top five list of the films due out in 2006 that I really thought would be worth seeing, and as I worked through the release schedules I found more and more being added on. When I looked at the huge list I realised I was going...

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