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I was so busy organising a teen film festival last week that I completely forgot to mention what a bonkers clocks week it was for new teen movies. Young Adult, Martha Marcy May Marlene and Chronicle all more or less fit the profile, and two of them already feature in my Best Movies of 2012 list. Cinemas showing all three are few and far between, but if you happen to live near the West India Quay Cineworld then there’s a hell of a triple bill waiting for you one night this week.
| Methodically watching and ranking every Hugh Grant movie in order of Grantiness in a contrived effort to convey my love for the man. |
The full-length trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World found its merry way onto the internet earlier today and like the teaser, it’s an embarrassment of riches. Check it out above and then feel free to peruse our 10 favourite bits…
Last Friday I went to see The Girl on the Train, André Téchiné’s critically acclaimed French drama about a teenaged girl who claims to have been the victim of a hate crime, at an early morning screening. There was nobody at the door so I went straight in and waited for it to start.
I was immediately surprised at how gory the film was, and I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t realised it had Adrien Brody in it. I also wasn’t expecting it to be in English, and to focus so heavily on the subject of human cloning.
In case you haven’t guessed it yet, they’d cancelled the screening and forgotten to tell me. I was watching Splice. If you ever find yourself in a similar position, here’s a pocket-sized guide you might want to consider carrying around:
Anyway, Splice. It’s not very good.
It’s stuck somewhere between body-horror and moral allegory, although it’s not particularly scary and it tackles the ethical complexities of human cloning in about as much depth as a Newsround press pack.
And it won’t be winning any awards for feminism: as it turns out, almost everything that’s wrong with the world is down to the emotional instability of women.
Bloody women.
This is getting ridiculous.
Dennis Hopper, star of my favourite movie of all time - Blue Velvet, has died.
Aren’t they nice? If a little predictable.
Have a good weekend.
