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Movie Feature | The Ten Best films of 2011 Dec 30, 2011
by Chris Sullivan
Chris Sullivan takes a look at the past 12 months of cinema and, after careful deliberation, picks his top ten flicks of the year...
Movie Feature | What You’ll Be Watching In 2012 Dec 29, 2011
by Glen Ferris
Next year is shaping up to be banner year at the cinema: Batman’s returning, Harry Potter’s seeing ghosts, Alien origins are revealed, Bond is back and the mother of all superhero team-ups will touch...
Popcorn Diaries - Margin Call | Banker Bonus Dec 29, 2011
by Chris Sullivan
This week, Chris Sullivan occupies Wall Street with the amoral banking drama Margin Call before getting Kristen Stewart moving on the dancefloor at the Snow White And The Huntsman wrap party...
Popcorn Diaries - Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows | Watching The Detective Dec 14, 2011
by Chris Sullivan
The game is afoot for Chris Sullivan this week as he checks out the latest film from director Guy Ritchie, Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows...
Popcorn Diaries: New Year's Eve | The Ultimate Party Pooper Dec 7, 2011
by Chris Sullivan
This week, Red Bull film critic Chris Sullivan went to see New Year's Eve... and came out wishing this particular auld acquaintance could be forgot.
Popcorn Diaries: Last Waltz and the Magic Trip | A trip back in time Dec 1, 2011
by Chris Sullivan
Red Bull film critic Chris Sullivan looks at two documentaries which cover the start and end of 60s counter culture: Magic Trip about Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and Martin Scorsese's The Last...
Movie Blog | The Deep Blue Sea Nov 20, 2011
by Chris Sullivan
To make a successful film adaptation of a play, you've got to tone down the theatricality, says Chris Sullivan. Unfortunately, it's a lesson Terence Davies' The Deep Blue Sea chose to ignore...
Movie Blog | The Rum Diary Nov 16, 2011
by Chris Sullivan
Back when dinosaurs ruled the earth I had a night out with Hunter S. Thompson. We met in the Mudd Club in New York and even though, I’d read Hell’s Angels and Fear And Loathing I didn’t recognise...
Movie Blog: Machine Gun Preacher| Popcorn Diaries Nov 5, 2011
by Chris Sullivan
Chris Sullivan casts his critical eye over the latest offering from director Marc Forster and concludes that watching Machine Gun Preacher is time well spent...
Movie Blog: Straw Dogs | Popcorn Diaries Nov 3, 2011
by Chris Sullivan
Chris Sullivan questions whether remakes ever have any merit as he sits down for the 2011 version of Straw Dogs...