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Film & TV on DVD - John Doe Film News & Reviews

Greetings Film Fiends and welcome to John Doe's Film Blog. 30 years of dedicated celluloid obsession has meant that I have seen a few films. Drawing attention to some of the lesser discussed gems that I love. Cult classics, obscure curios and quality genre pictures. This blogs purpose is to translate some of my passion for these films and with luck, inspire you the reader to go check em out.

Watch a Chat with some of 2011's Most Interesting Directors. Disclaimer John Doe has limited time but has received an email about extensive inactivity on his blog. To ensure this site stays in his possession this post will serve as a place holder. Thank You for your patience and continuing loyal...

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WriterDirector Joe Cornish Starring John Boyega , Nick Frost, Jodie Whittaker , Luke Treadway, Leeon Jones, Alex Esmail This is too much madness to fit into one text! Jerome In recent years the alien invasion film has been pushing at the studios imposed limitations on the genre. ...

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Going "In Bruges" to "Seven Psychopaths" John Doe is about as excited as when Ray spotted a midget on set In Bruges. According to deadline.com WriterDirector Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) and Colin Farrell are reteaming for Seven Psychopaths. In case you have a Farrell prejudice or that news i...

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Director Rupert Wyatt Starring James Franco, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Andy Serkis, Frieda Pinto, Tom Felton, James Harris "Stupid monkey! He'll learn who's boss soon enough." Dodge Landon Friends, Romans, Country Men Chimps, Gorillas, Orangutans, lend me your ears. I come to praise ...

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A Director's Journey from Drug Dealing, Prison Riots and Viking Pillages to Criminal Transportation. Slamming the clutch down to the floor for another shift of genre gears into the world of getaway driver noir, that Director with the head butt style Nicolas Refn Winding (Pusher, Bronson, Valh...

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The Macabre Psychology of Lust Is there anyone better to bring the complex genesis of psychoanalysis to the screen than David Cronenberg (Videodrome, Eastern Promises, A History of Violence) Let the catharsis begin, it has been nearly a year since John Doe first reported on the flesh for...

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What Have You Been Up To Returning from the other side of the lens (not really) John Doe will soon be sharing his own voyeuristic interpretations, obsessions. repulsions of all things cinematic. Until that cinema darkens, the curtains pull back, a hush falls over the crowd and the projectioni...

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Director Darren Aronofsky Starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder Compelling Director Darren Aronofsky leaps onto the stage of obsessive horror once more for Black Swan. Never lacking in power or imagery that resonates, this metamorphic wal...

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After another extended absence from JDM it seems apt to return with a slightly belated but hopefully still relevant list of John Does favourite films of the past year. 2010 was a shaky 12 months for the Doe and JDMfilmreviews suffered for it. Continued struggles with assimilating to a new cultu...

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Director Phillip Noyce Starring Angelina Jolie, Liev Schrieber, Chiwetel Ejiofor Salt is an average espionage thriller paced to try an avoid analysis but sadly doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past. Its a super girl action film, the kind where bullets only hurt bad guys. Where contrad...

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WriterDirector Jake Kasdan Starring Bill Pullman, Ryan ONeal, Ben Stiller, Kim Dickens (Deadwood, Lost, Thank You For Smoking), Angela Featherstone, Matt OToole I always say that the essence of my work relies fundamentally on two basic principles objectivity and observation, or "the...

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WriterDirector Vincenzo Natali StarringAdrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanac WriterDirector Vincenzo Natalis new film tries to be many things and as a result muddles its impact. Telling the story of a pair of genetic engineers who create a hybrid species by combining the DNA stra...

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WriterDirector Duncan Bowie Jones immediately proved that it was talent, not nepotism that got his feature film debut Moon into production. Moon was a low budget, psychological, fishbowl science fiction thriller that thrived on intellectual identity confusion and caused a major stir amongst cin...

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WriterDirector Frank Darabont Starring Andrew Lincoln, Emma Bell, Michael Rooker, Norman Reedus, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callis, Steven Yuen, Iron E Singelton It absolutely blows my mind that zombies, which, for decades, was this subgenre of horror that appealed to a core group of geeks...

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Shall We Play a Game The user asks, Are you interested in being the star of the trailer for Tron Legacy Do you want to see yourself hurtling through virtual space on a light cycle IF XYES THEN GOTO the official Tron Legacy Facebook page. Insert an image of your face, my face, Han Solos...

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The Hollywood Reporter's Director Interviews 2011 - John Doe's Video of the Moments	Attack The Block (2011) – Trailer Included	Seven Psychopaths: John Doe Coming Soon
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - Trailer Included	Drive: John Doe's Trailer of the Moment	Trailer of the Moment: David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method
Coming Soon: John Doe will Return.	Black Swan (2010) - Trailer Included	John Doe’s favourite 10 Films of 2010
Salt (2010) - Trailer Included	Zero Effect (1998) - Trailer Included	Splice (2009) - Trailer Included
Source Code - John Doe's Trailer of the Moment	The Walking Dead (2010) - Trailer Included	John Doe stars in the Tron: Legacy Trailer!

The Hollywood Reporter's Director Interviews 2011 - John Doe's Video of the Moments

Watch a Chat with some of 2011's Most Interesting Directors.

Disclaimer: John Doe has limited time but has received an email about extensive inactivity on his blog. To ensure this site stays in his possession this post will serve as a place holder. Thank You for your patience and continuing loyalty. John Doe hopes to return to regular transmissions shortly...More to come.

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Alexander Payne - JDM Favourite: Election

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Jason Reitman ain't afraid of his dad's ghost.

As awards season closes in on us once more it's time for the list makers to list. The nominees to be nominated and for the contenders to make their presence known.

The Hollywood Reporter got 5 of this years most visible Directors and sat them in a room with a lens on them. The conversation is loose, the banter entertaining and the philosophy of the craft worth pondering. Be warned though, it runs for an entire hour.

Watch the interview with Alexander Payne (The Descendents), Jason Reitman (Young Adults), Steve McQueen (Shame), Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) and Mike Mills (Beginners)

A bonus, here is The Hollywood Reporter's Actor Roundtable where George Clooney, Gary Oldman, Albert Brookes and Christopher Plummer, provide a reality check on superstar actordom.

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December 4th 2011 @ 23:49

Posted By: JohnDoe - Category: In Cinemas, Film News and Views, Trailer of the Moment

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Attack The Block (2011) – Trailer Included

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Attack the Block banner.

Writer/Director: Joe Cornish
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October 4th 2011 @ 22:29

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Seven Psychopaths: John Doe Coming Soon

Going "In Bruges" to "Seven Psychopaths"

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Director Martin McDonagh, Colin Farrell and Brendon Gleeson filming In Bruges

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October 2nd 2011 @ 20:10

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - Trailer Included

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes Poster

Director: Rupert Wyatt
Starring: James Franco, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Andy Serkis, Frieda Pinto, Tom Felton, James Harris
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August 21st 2011 @ 22:01

Posted By: JohnDoe - Category: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

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Drive: John Doe's Trailer of the Moment

A Director's Journey from Drug Dealing, Prison Riots and Viking Pillages to Criminal Transportation.

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Retroactive Drive poster

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August 7th 2011 @ 22:00

Posted By: JohnDoe - Category: Action, Crime, Trailer of the Moment

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Trailer of the Moment: David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method

The Macabre Psychology of Lust?

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Michael Fassbender as Carl Jung

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July 9th 2011 @ 21:42

Posted By: JohnDoe - Category: Coming Soon, Film News and Views, Trailer of the Moment

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Coming Soon: John Doe will Return.

What Have You Been Up To?

Returning from the other side of the lens (not really) John Doe will soon be sharing his own voyeuristic interpretations, obsessions. repulsions of all things cinematic.
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June 2nd 2011 @ 02:20

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Black Swan (2010) - Trailer Included

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Feathers are ruffled and fly in Black Swan

Director: Darren Aronofsky
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March 16th 2011 @ 22:57

Posted By: JohnDoe - Category: Drama, Thriller, Horror

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John Doe’s favourite 10 Films of 2010

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Defeating the foreign gauntlet with a transporting journey into the dark ages.

After another extended absence from JDM it seems apt to return with a slightly belated but hopefully still relevant list of John Doe’s favourite films of the past year. 2010 was a shaky 12 months for the Doe and JDMfilmreviews suffered for it. Continued struggles with assimilating to a new culture and the constant quest for employment saw some major personal sacrifices…tragically most of them cinematic. Aside from being unable to maintain the writing habit many releases were sadly missed. (See the footer of this post for a few examples.) JD hopes to catch up on those soon.
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February 1st 2011 @ 19:42

Posted By: JohnDoe - Category: In Cinemas, Film News and Views

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