http://www.ultraculture.co.uk The UK's Greatest Movie Blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's taken me a few days to get around to writing this review, if you can call it a review, because I'm still not quite sure what I think of Shutter Island. This is partly because I saw it the day after the Oscars and could barely stay awake through ... http://www.ultraculture.co.uk/2508-shutter-island-review.htm Jus' sayin'. http://www.ultraculture.co.uk/2507-tina-fey-only-has-one-facial-expression-in-date-night.htm We were rambling on yet again on Monday about how brilliant the Toy Story movies are, and more specifically the new Blu-ray releases of said movies. With the exception of the entirely useless cardboard sleeves, these are among the best Blus we've ever seen. Well, it's two days later and JUST ... http://www.ultraculture.co.uk/2502-fuck-yeah-weve-got-a-shitload-of-these-to-give-away.htm Sometimes things just don't make sense. http://www.ultraculture.co.uk/2500-corey-haim-1971-2010.htm Don't worry, we won't do too many more of these. We know the idea is getting a bit stale. Contains very strong violence, sadomasochistic sex scenes and child abuse I can't help but think that warnings like the one above for Michael Winterbottom's controversial neo-noir The Killer Inside Me are gratuitously specific. ... http://www.ultraculture.co.uk/2495-this-week-bbfc-guidelines-part-3.htm We're a little bit busy this morning. Check back about midday. http://www.ultraculture.co.uk/2493-brb.htm We first wrote about Green Zone a couple of weeks ago, but that was mainly to complain about the crapulosity of the Empire Leicester Square. It finally came out of embargo yesterday, but we thought we'd wait until the Oscar dust had cleared to give it a proper assessment. And here ... http://www.ultraculture.co.uk/2353-green-zone-review.htm Monday has come and after three hours sleep, the 82nd Annual Academy Awards are but a faint memory. Here's our (very) brief rundown of last night's festivities: 1 RED CARPET It was pretty banal. 2 MARTIN / BALDWIN They weren't terrible. 3 LONG It seemed to go on LITERALLY FOREVER. 4 FUNNY This was as close as anyone came to matching the ... http://www.ultraculture.co.uk/2490-10-sentences-about-last-nights-oscar-ceremony.htm I'm still asleep after all that mad Oscar fun last night, but here's something I wrote earlier: it's this week's exciting Blu-ray releases. Don't forget, you can also get them on DVD if you're some kind of time traveller from the past. JULIE & JULIA Film - I'd have never imagined I ... http://www.ultraculture.co.uk/2474-this-weeks-blu-ray.htm This is going to make me mind less when she wins Best Actress tonight. http://www.ultraculture.co.uk/2482-good-sport.htm