DAILY FILM DOSE: A Daily Film Appreciation and Review Blog
Friday, 21 March 2014

The Wolf of Wall Street

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What a pleasure to see at age 70 Martin Scorsese, into the latter stage of his career, deliver one more sprawling crime picture, in this ...
Thursday, 20 March 2014

George Washington

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David Gordon Green’s dreamy feature debut renowned for its swath of Terrence Malick affectations feels even more warm and inviting fourte...
Thursday, 13 March 2014

12 Years a Slave

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Steve McQueen’s already celebrated picture consciously manages to find a medium ground between the intimate and avant-garde roots of his ...
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Wednesday, 12 March 2014

A Brief History of Time

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The story and science of renowned astro-physicist Stephen Hawking was given the Errol Morris cinematic treatment in A Brief History of Ti...
Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Saturn 3

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There’s very little to praise in Saturn 3, the much-maligned Razzy-nominated science-fiction film from 1980, which appears like a stain o...
Friday, 7 March 2014

Tess

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Thomas Hardy’s tragic 19th century novel adapted as a luscious period film by Roman Polanski is a unique notch on his filmography rarely...
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Thursday, 6 March 2014

300 Spartans

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With today’s eyes this version of the Battle of Thermopylae serves only ‘Sword and Sandal’ genre enthusiasts (although this one was Gree...
Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Alan's Top Ten Films of All Time

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Ok, Daily Film Dose is not daily any more. It’s not dead, in fact very much alive (in my head). I’ve been it for over 7 years and I’ve never...
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Thursday, 6 February 2014

Raise the Titanic

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Notable at the time for being an expensive flop, this audacious story of a covert CIA operation to quite literally raise the H.M.S. Titan...
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Friday, 31 January 2014

The Long Day Closes

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Though having only five dramatic feature films under his belt Terence Davies has been dubbed the greatest living British filmmaker. And th...
Monday, 20 January 2014

Sundance 2014 - Day Four Wrap Up

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Boyhood (dir. Richard Linklater) A phenomenal achievement, shooting a film over 12 years charting the course of a child's life f...
Sunday, 19 January 2014

Sundance 2014 - Day Three Wrap Up

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Skeleton Twins (dir. Craig Johnson) This high wattage comedy asserts Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader as a contemporary classic comic ...
Saturday, 18 January 2014

Sundance 2014 - Day Two Wrap-Up

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Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart (dir. Jeremiah Zagar) Appropriately titled Jeremiah Zagar brings us back into the salacious...

Sundance 2014 - Day One Wrap-Up

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The Kristen Stewart starrer Camp X-Ray highlights a light load on this first day. Also included below are capsules for two other fine films ...
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