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Nov 12 2007

30 Days of Night

Published by Fence under Moving Pictures

Dir: David Slade
Writ: Steve Niles, Stuart Beattie, Brian Nelson. Based on the comic by Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith

  • Josh Hartnett … Eben Oleson
  • Melissa George … Stella Oleson
  • Danny Huston … Marlow (Head Vamp)
  • Ben Foster … The Stranger
  • Mark Boone Junior … Beau Brower
  • Mark Rendall … Jake Oleson

I’ll admit that I was a little disappointed that when IFCO’s rating came up this was only a 16. From the trailers I was hoping for a total blood and gore fest. Still, despite not making the 18s cut there was plenty of violence and a high body count. Not to mention plenty of blood. Blood every where. And then more blood.

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Tags: 30 Days of Night, 7 Stars, based on comic, Ben Foster, bloody, Brian Nelson, Danny Huston, David Slade, gore, horror, Josh Hartnett, Mark Boone Junior, Mark Rendall, Melissa George, R16, Steve Nils, Stuart Beattie, vampires, violence

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Nov 12 2007

Death at a Funeral

Published by Fence under Moving Pictures

Dir: Frank Oz
Writ: Dean Craig

  • Matthew Macfadyen … Daniel
  • Keeley Hawes … Jane
  • Andy Nyman … Howard
  • Ewen Bremner … Justin
  • Daisy Donovan … Martha
  • Alan Tudyk … Simon Smith
  • Jane Asher … Sandra
  • Kris Marshall … Troy
  • Rupert Graves … Robert

You never quite know what to hope for when you go to see a so-called black comedy/farce. I mean, the trailers might give you an idea of some of better moments, but you just don’t know whether the whole thing will work. Especially when the setting for the “hilarious hijinks” is a funeral. Happily, Death at a Funeral does indeed work.

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Tags: 7 Stars, Alan Tudyk, Andy Nyman, black humour, comedy, Daisy Donovan, Dean Craig, death, Death at a Funeral, Frank Oz, Jane Asher, Keeley Hawes, Kris Marshall, Matthew MacFadyen, R15A, relationships, Rupert Graves

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