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CLASSIC COLUMB: BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES (1970)
“Mr. Taylor, Mr. Brent, we are a peaceful people. We don’t kill our enemies. We get our enemies to kill each other.” Introduction The end of Planet of the Apes [...]
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CLASSIC COLUMB: PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
“Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil’s pawn. Alone among God’s primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed” Introduction Prior to watching the original Planet of [...]
CLASSIC COLUMB: MONSIEUR VERDOUX (1947)
“What follows is History…” Introduction As a Chaplin film, it is interesting to note that within the first minute of Monsieur Verdoux the screen tells you that the film is [...]
CLASSIC COLUMB: THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
“The prettiest sight in this fine pretty world is the privileged class enjoying its privileges.” Introduction Every year the BFI have a ‘Birds Eye View’ season whereby they focus on [...]
CLASSIC COLUMB: ALIEN RESURRECTION (1997)
“My mommy always said there were no monsters. No real ones. But there are.” Introduction In a similar way to Alien 3, Alien: Resurrection aspires to be so much more [...]
CLASSIC COLUMB: ALIEN 3 (1992)
“Why? Why are the innocent punished? Why the sacrifice? Why the pain? There aren’t any promises. Nothing certain. Only that some get called, some get saved.” Introduction I love how [...]
CLASSIC COLUMB: ALIENS (1986)
“These people are here to protect you. They’re soldiers” Introduction I will set out my objective clearly: To strip Aliens of all of its credability. I want to reveal how [...]
CLASSIC COLUMB: ALIEN (1979)
“This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off” Introduction The LAMBcast recently discussed the Alien Franchise and the conversation clung to two ‘views’ on the franchise. The one perspective [...]
CLASSIC COLUMB: THE 400 BLOWS (1959)
“Oh, I lie now and then, I suppose. Sometimes I’d tell them the truth and they still wouldn’t believe me, so I prefer to lie.” Introduction We know about the [...]
CLASSIC COLUMB: KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949)
“It is so difficult to make a neat job of killing people with whom one is not on friendly terms” Introduction Last week I noted how Stanley Kubrick seemed to [...]
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