Whiplash

Film Review: The operatic, obscene vision of Babylon is a welcome reminder of the boundaries cinema can push

An elephant graphically defecates on its unsuspecting handlers, before stomping about in an uneven state amongst a storm of fornicating bodies.  An aspiring actress urinates on the face of a willing movie star in a coked-out stupor.  A tuxedoed lounge singer seductively croons about petting her girlfriend’s genitalia.  A party reveller bounces around on a…

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Boyhood wins Best Picture while The Grand Budapest Hotel takes home five BAFTAs. Full list of winners here:

Well, if the BAFTA’s are any indication, the race of Best Picture at the Oscars this year remains wide open, with Boyhood taking home the BAFTA for Best Picture at today’s ceremony in London. The film took home three awards in total, also snagging Best Director (Richard Linklater) and Best Actress (Patricia Arquette). Meanwhile, another…

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Film Review: Whiplash (MA15+) (USA, 2014)

Apparently the world of jazz musicianship is particularly vicious if Whiplash is anything to go by, a “Full Metal Jacket at Julliard” type thriller that comes courtesy of producer Jason Blum, whose credits include such scarers as Insidious, Paranormal Activity and Sinister. Though it seems strange that a producer best known for his work in the horror…

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New Clip and Featurette released for Whiplash – in cinemas tomorrow!

How far would you go to be great? The new film Whiplash, out in limited release tomorrow, shows us just how much one young drummer Andrew (Teller) is prepared to give… and take… in order to be great. A first year jazz student, he is handpicked by Fletcher (Simmons), a teacher who is known equally…

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