Saturday, 22 September 2007

Doctor Mark Kermode

This guy is a very interesting film reviewer on radio over here, he has a Phd in horror fiction and is infamous for his rants when he has to review a film that he does not like. As you will soon discover, his favourite film of all time is The Exorcist and he holds a very high regard for it’s director William Friedkin.

It is always enjoyable to listen to their tangential asides which crop up for reasons that are often not immediately apparent - this week’s podcast contains some classic examples such as the aside on Unforgiven leading on to a general exchange of information with listeners on the subject of what films are titled in different countries.

You can check him out for yourself over here - there is a fantastic review, rant, demolition of the latest Tarantino contained in it and an amazingly positive review for the latest Angelina Jolie - not one of his favourite performers.

Enjoy

2 comments:

phlegmfatale said...

Wow - that was fantastic. Love those guys - quite clever. That review actually made me want to see the Jolie film, for the first time.

DBA Dude said...

Phlegmmy, Glad that you enjoyed it, they are frequently accused of being like an old married couple sniping at one another.

Agree with you on seeing the Jolie film.

The BBC streams a vieeo from the studio when the show goes out live and that is a real hoot!