Category Archives: On the Small Screen at Home

We watch stuff not new. (Doesn’t mean it has to be good.)

Inglourious Basterds

Posted on September 28, 2009 by John Murdoch

Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino | USA | 2009 153 min This film should not be taken seriously. How could it be taken seriously when its director is Quentin Tarantino whose reputation as a post-modern filmmaker or ‘film DJ’ is now … Continue reading →

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District 9

Posted on September 26, 2009 by John Murdoch

District 9 Neill Blomkamp | New Zealand | 2009 112 min For those familiar with Franz Kafka’s disturbing and ironic book Metamorphosis, District 9 — with its cheap literary homage and ridiculously overstated Apartheid metaphor — will come as a … Continue reading →

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Sunshine Cleaning

Posted on September 12, 2009 by MADali

Sunshine Cleaning Christine Jeffs | USA | 2009 91 min I’ve seen almost all of Amy Adams’ films of the last few years. You want to sell a film to me, just tell me it has Amy Adams in it. … Continue reading →

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Interview: Ashraf Ghori

Posted on August 19, 2009 by John Murdoch
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Ashraf Ghori Visual Artist & Filmmaker Ashraf Ghori is known to many residents here as the creator of Xero Error, the first CG animated short film to be produced in the United Arab Emirates. Some may even nostalgically recall Ashraf … Continue reading →

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