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Kundun (1998)

11th December 2023 Going Postal 2021 Comments

  I do like a good biographical film, they often portray important and fascinating figures, set in exotic locations around the world, giving snap shots of the turning points in civilization. Showing what has been [more…]

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Zatoichi (2003)

20th November 2023 Going Postal 2116 Comments

Hands up who wants to watch a tap dancing, comedy, Samurai flick? No? Well, you should do. Zatoichi is such a breath of fresh air in the action genre that I came away with a [more…]

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The Truman Show (1998)

13th November 2023 Going Postal 2492 Comments

“All the worlds a stage, and all the men and women merely players”, so wrote Shakespeare, and never could these words be better applied than to The Truman Show. Released in 1998, the film is [more…]

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The Birds (1963)

16th October 2023 Going Postal 2639 Comments

Not the most obvious choice to start with when delving into the Hitchcock canon, he did better films undoubtedly, but The Birds is just a great example of pure story telling. We are not weighed [more…]

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F for Fake (1973)

9th October 2023 Going Postal 2696 Comments

What is art if not a forgery of the real world. A reflection of what we see in our lives, and then try to convey to others, a form of primeval communication. This is the [more…]

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Grosse Point Blank (1997)

28th September 2023 Going Postal 3113 Comments

Made in 1997, by director George Armitage. Grosse Point Blank tracks the story of our hero, Martin Blank (John Cusack), a professional killer, who’s forced into one last job after an unfortunate event with a [more…]

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The Parallax View (1974)

11th September 2023 Going Postal 1759 Comments

“Love, mother, father, home, enemy, me”. These are the words burned onto the eyeballs of our protagonist Joe Frady, played by Warren Beatty, as he sits motionless, watching a montage of images flash across the [more…]

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