SAFE HOUSE

SAFE HOUSEWritten by David GuggenheimDirected by Daniel EspinosaStarring Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds and Brendan GleesonTobin Frost: Remember Rule no. 1 - You are responsible for your house guest. I am your house guest.Despite the title, at no point in time while watching SAFE HOUSE will you feel anything close to safe. Director, Daniel...

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MILDRED PIERCE

MILDRED PIERCEWritten by Todd Haynes and Jon RaymondDirected by Todd HaynesStarring Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce and Evan Rachel WoodThere are some dream projects that just make me shiver with an almost lustful anticipation. HBO’s 5-part miniseries, MILDRED PIERCE, is definitely one of these projects. James M. Cain’s 1941 novel of the same name...

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IN TIME

IN TIMEWritten and Directed by Andrew NiccolStarring Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried and Cillian MurphyHenry Hamilton: For a few to be immortal, many must die.Depending on how you see it on any given day or what side of the bed you got up on, time is either on your side or running out. For some, all they’ve got is time on their hands,...

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Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

Genre: Crime/Action/Drama/Comedy/Spoof/AdventureStarring: Mike Myers, Seth Green, Beyonce Knowles, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Mindy Sterling, Verne Troyer, Michael CaineThe James Bond with obscenely high testosterone levels is back once more to make the ladies shiver with excitement and save the world. Austin Powers (Myers) has learnt that...

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Pulp Fiction (1994)

Genre: Drama/CrimeStarring: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Ving Rhames, Bruce WillisThere is something about Tarantino's movies that is unsaid. There is a deeper insight, a test of patience, ironic humour, characters that don't add any value to the story and a simplicity within complexity that make his movies so outstanding....

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Flags of our Fathers (2006)

Genre: War/Action/Drama/History/BiographyStarring: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, John Slattery, Barry Pepper, Paul Walker, Neal McDonough, Thomas McCarthyCan a single photograph change the course of world events? Not likely, but for US Marines Ira Hayes (Beach), Rene Gagnon (Bradford) and John Bradley (Phillepe)...

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Black Sheep interviews Paddy Considine

WHAT MAKES A MONSTERAn interview with TYRANNOSAUR writer/director, Paddy Considine.When Paddy Considine decided to write and direct his first film, TYRANNOSAUR, he had no intention of making one of the most bleak films in history. And, depending on how you read it, he may very well have not, but the surface of the film itself might make it...

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BOARDWALK EMPIRE

HBO has a reputation for producing quality, cinematic television and BOARDWALK EMPIRE is a perfect example of this. Set in Atlantic City during the prohibition era, the show focuses around the city treasurer, one Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, played with great weight and resolve by Steve Buscemi. Often relegated to showy, albeit still mere, character...

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Black Sheep interviews Daniel Radcliffe

THE BOY WIZARD GROWS UPAn interview with THE WOMAN IN BLACK star, Daniel RadcliffeAt this point in my career, I’ve interviewed a fair amount of famous filmmaker types. Still, there was something, dare I say magical, about meeting Daniel Radcliffe - the man, now 22, who played the most famous young wizard the movies have ever seen and spearheaded...

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The Descendants (2011)

Genre: Drama/ComedyStarring: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Patricia HastieThe life of an average American man who suddenly seems to have too much on his hand to control. Matt King (Clooney) is a lawyer based in Hawaii and lives with his wife and two daughters. His relationship with his wife, Elizabeth (Hastie)...

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Best of Black Sheep: BLACK SHEEP INTERVIEWS RYAN GOSLING

THE DRIVERAn interview with DRIVE star, Ryan GoslingRyan Gosling has a dream but its not what you would expect. It isn’t riches or success or notoriety; he has already achieved those lofty goals. No, Gosling has something much more specific in mind. “My dream is to create a character that people go out as on Halloween,” Gosling tells me when...

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Best of Black Sheep: DRIVE

DRIVEWritten by Hossein AminiDirected by Nicolas Winding RefnStarring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks and Albert BrooksIrene: What do you do?Driver: I drive.Every now and again, a movie comes along and takes you for a ride you don’t soon forget. It straps you in with its fresh cinematic voice and doesn’t...

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Best of Black Sheep: THE IDES OF MARCH

THE IDES OF MARCHWritten by George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau WillimonDirected by George ClooneyStarring Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Evan Rachel WoodStephen Myers: Nothing bad happens when you’re doing the right thing.Governor Mike Morris: Is that your personal theory because I can poke holes in it.George...

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Agneepath (2012)

Genre: Crime/Action/DramaStarring: Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra, Rishi Kapoor, Om PuriA remake of the 1990 blockbuster starring Amitabh Bachchan, Karan Johar attempts a remake of the original made by his father. Johar, more known for his melodramatic and housewife-ish movies, has created a type-casted genre for himself and...

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IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY

IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEYWritten and Directed by Angelina JolieSomewhere amidst raising countless kids and attending to the demands of being a giant star, Angelina Jolie found the time to write and direct her first movie. Set against the backdrop of the Bosnian war in the early 1990’s, IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY tells the story of...

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All the King's Men (2006)

Genre: Drama/BiographyStarring: Sean Penn, Mark Ruffalo, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Patricia Clarkson, James Gandolfini, Jackie Earle HaleyLoosely based on Huey Long, Governor of the state of Louisiana, Willie Stark (Penn) worked as a small-town lawyer and was roped by the local political muscle, Tiny Duffy (Gandolfini) to run...

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The 84th Annual Academy Awards

The nominations are finally out! The Academy went with nine Best Picture nominees. I went with eight in my predictions and all eight of those made the list. How could I have known EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE would snag a nod in the top category? And what? A tenth film would have really been that bad? Round it out, people!First of...

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Black Sheep predicts the 2012 Academy Awards

It's a shame the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to change the Best Picture rules this year. Now, anywhere between five and ten films will be nominated for the field's most prestigious honour in a year that could have easily seen ten very deserving candidates fill those slots. Instead, each film must garner 5% of the first...

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Black Sheep Reviews presents the 2011 Mouton d'Or Awards

It is with great pleasure that I announce to you today the nominees for the 2011 Mouton d'Or Awards. This year marks the seventh year the awards have been held and this year's bunch of contenders is a strong bunch indeed. In fact, there were so many memorable performances and films this year, that the acting categories have been expanded...

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