Actor: Andy Serkis

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

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I started off 2013 the same way I started off 2012, by watching a movie at Toho Cinemas in Roppongi Hills, one of the few cinemas in Tokyo which is open on New Year’s Day. I wasn’t particularly interested in the new Hobbit film, but there wasn’t a whole lot of choice and after covering [...]


Brighton Rock (2011)

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The Tokyo International Film Festival kicks off next week, and a number of pre-screenings for press are being held this week, and Brighton Rock was the first film of the festival I got to see. I have never seen the famed 1947 British noir that gave a boost to Richard Attenborough’s early career, and have [...]


Burke and Hare (2010)

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Since the last film John Landis made that anyone took notice of was Blues Brothers 2000 (confusingly made in 1998 despite the title), a film so obviously ill-advised that no one bothered to see it, it was natural to think that he would probably never make another film again. But he has made one of [...]


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“We are unable to find the switch to turn the lift off, can't stop the dancing chickens. Send an electrician, we're standing by.”
-Deputy Sheriff (Bob Evans)
from Stroszek