Articles by J.M. McNab

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  Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans [Blu-Ray]

  Werner Herzog

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2010

  Nicolas Cage is fucking insane. Nicolas Cage is so insane in Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans that Val Kilmer, one...

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  The Prisoner

  Nick Hurran

  PUBLISHED Apr 14, 2010

  The Prisoner, based on the classic 1967 Patrick McGoohan series of the same name, will inevitably be judged in comparison to the original....

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  The Ghost Writer

  Roman Polanski

  PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2010

  Before seeing The Ghost Writer, I assumed that Roman Polanski's new film would be overshadowed by his current legal predicament. Now I'm su...

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  Star Trek

  J.J. Abrams

  PUBLISHED Dec 17, 2009

  Star Trek: Nemesis, the previous entry in the Star Trek filmic canon, was a shockingly bad movie about The Next Generation crew, notable on...

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  Me and Orson Welles

  Richard Linklater

  PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2009

  I first saw Citizen Kane when I was ten. Back then, it was hard for me to reconcile the image of the passionate, young Orson Welles as he a...

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  Film Noir Classics 1

  Various Directors

  PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2009

  After having been beaten to the punch by both Warner and Fox, Sony has released its first set of Film Noir Classics. Like its competitors,...

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  South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut [Blu-Ray]

  Trey Parker

  PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2009

  It's hard to believe it's been ten years since South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut was released theatrically (it's even harder to believe...

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  Nightwatching

  Peter Greenaway

  PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2009

  From the very beginning of the film, veteran director Peter Greenaway lets the audience in on his intentions; Nightwatching is a film about...