Last weekend I had an awesome time shooting the cellophane breeze with one of the coolest bloggers around. And “who might that be?” you’d ask. Well if the banner above doesn’t ring any bells, I’ll tell you. I recorded a episode of The Matineecast with The Mad Hatter, owner/operator of The Dark of the Matinee. Definitly the kind of guy you’d want to have a beer with and the man who just so happens to be the 2010 Lammy Award Winner for “Best Podcast”. That said I felt very proud to be on his show. We went over everything from Citizen Kane to Star Trek II and of course our topic de jour…
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G-S-T Review…The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Kidnapping movies have more or less the same outcome; the kidnappers get what they want or they don’t. It’s one of the most basic sub-genre of movies which, at the same time, makes it tough to be original. That said Alice Creed does give us a ransom film that’s not entirely predictable. High points for the film abound but one thing to take close note of is writer/director J Blakeson has fully proven that the “less is more” formula still does and will always work. The Disappearance of Alice Creed is like a perfect, no nonsense “how to kidnap someone” movie…only thing they don’t tell us is how to get guts…