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Last year I watched 52 movies in 52 weeks and posted my ratings, and in some cases short reviews, of each film on the blog. This year I’m doing the same but I’ve modified the system I use to give each film its rating. After a period of deliberating whether I should reveal my rating system I decided it was time to open up and reveal how I score the movies I watch.
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In my quest to watch 52 films during 2010 I’ve had some catching up to do to reach my target. I’ve watched a number of movies during the holiday period to make up lost ground. Usually I have the luxury of time to devote an entire post to each film – but I want to wrap this up quickly so today includes a number of short reviews.
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Last Sunday Joanne and I went to see the re-release of Metropolis at the Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds. Originally released in 1927, this re-release is the result of a duplicate print being discovered in Buenos Aires a couple of years ago. Now restored and with an extra 25 minutes of footage, the film is having a limited run in cinemas for today’s movie-going public to enjoy.
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At the beginning of this year I made some New Year resolutions. These weren’t your typical resolutions of consume less alcohol, get out of debt or lose some weight (although the latter one may be a consideration for next year!), but resolutions based on watching new films, reading more books and getting back into drawing. Although the latter two have, by my own ashamed admission, been a disaster – I have been able to keep up to watching a new film a week. I should be clear that by ‘new‘ I mean a film that I haven’t seen before, not necessarily a film released in 2010.
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Based on the novel by Walter Kirn, Up In The Air is the latest film from Jason Reitman, who previously directed the award winning Juno. The film follows Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) who spends 320 days a year flying across America carrying out his job; informing people that they’re losing their jobs and being made redundant.
