Film Opinion
Opinion pieces from our film writers looking at key debates and discussions around films, directors, actors, and cinematic trends. Here you can also find insight to stay current with coverage of booming film festivals.
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FestivalsFor Your Consideration...
With the award season pantomime over for another year, we consider the merit of film awards Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
OpinionFive Slices of Cinematic Cuisine
You may have noticed that the January issue of The Skinny is a Food & Drink special. Film joins this perverse anti-detox celebration with a selection of five great food moments from cinema Read more »| 09 Jan 2012 -
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Trailer Trash #3 – Sherlock Holmes 2: Game Of Shadows
It's impossible for Guy Richie to make a decent film, ergo Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows must be bollocks. Its explodey trailer certainly suggests so Read more »| 13 Dec 2011 -
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Trailer Trash #2: New Year's Eve
Garry Marshall, the patron saint of chick flicks, brings the world another candy coated fairytale about love with a cast made up of Hollywood's shiniest – and Robert De Niro. It's enough to make our trailer reviewer puke on his Rudolf jumper Read more »| 06 Dec 2011 -
Opinion2011 in Film: Year of the Scorpion (Jacket)
With another year of cinema almost done and dusted, The Skinny's Film editor looks back over twelve months of movie highs and lows Read more »| 01 Dec 2011 -
OpinionTrailer Trash #1: Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
The bathetic teaser for Breaking Dawn, the latest film in the sexy Mormon vampire franchise, has our trailer reviewer breaking down Read more »| 14 Nov 2011
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Opinion
Three Things I've Learned From The Walking Dead
Fred Fletch pays tribute to the US zombie thriller, and offers his survival advice for a surprisingly mundane zombie apocalypse Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
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The Church of Kevin Smith
The unconventional release of Kevin Smith's new film Red State has caused a bit of a brouhaha stateside. We see what all the fuss is about Read more »| 29 Sep 2011 -
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A Toy the Block
To mark the DVD release of Joe Cornish's Attack The Block, The Skinny delve into the archives of The Adam & Joe Show to countdown the top five mini movie toy spoof masterpieces that made Cornish's name Read more »| 19 Sep 2011 -
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Hero Worship: Brian De Palma
"I came for the naked school girls, I stayed for De Palma's baroque brilliance." Film editor Jamie Dunn gives us an insight into his adoration of Brian de Palma Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Opinion
Starter for eleven: Craig Roberts
Submarine star Craig Roberts, the streetest gangsta from Maesycwmmer, south Wales, tests his knowledge of his hero, Eminem. But will he know enough to win that coveted haggis supper? Read more »| 12 Jul 2011 -
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Reel Talk: Film distributors love the smell of easy money in the morning
Everyone loves 70s American cinema, right? The scattershot chaos of Altman, the swaggering rock and roll of Scorsese, those DePalma fever dreams; a golden ag... Read more »| 02 May 2011 -
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Starter for eleven: Aidan Gillen
Aidan Gillen was attending the Glasgow Film Festival to introduce Treacle Jr., a new independent film that reunites him with The Low Down director Jamie Thraves. We caught up with the former star of The Wire to quiz him on that great show, giving him a shot at winning that elusive haggis supper Read more »| 04 Mar 2011 -
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Time For Anti-heroes: Top Ten Films of 2010
The Skinny film writers sort through their ripped up ticket stubs for Sex and the City 2 and those Girl Who Got Raped And Beat Up films to bring you the cream of 2010's cinematic crop Read more »| 01 Dec 2010 -
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Reel Talk: Paul or Pauline
Our new Film Editor introduces himself Read more »| 01 Nov 2010