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  • THE 7TH ANNUAL LION AWARDS: Best Foreign Film

    by Shane Slater · Feb 22, 2014 at 14:31 CET · Featured, LIONs for LAMB · 6 Comments
    THE 7TH ANNUAL LION AWARDS: Best Foreign Film

    The second Lion Award goes to Best Foreign Language Film. Here are your Top 5…

    5. Yi dai zong shi (The Grandmaster, Hong Kong) – 27 points

     

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  • LAMBScores: That Awkward Labor Day

    by Shane Slater · Feb 22, 2014 at 2:02 CET · Featured, LAMBscores · No Comments
    LAMBScores: That Awkward Labor Day

    A pair of modest romantic films kicked off February this year. Specifically, Kate Winslet marked her return to the big screen (we’ll just ignore Movie 43) with Labor Day and a trio of rising stars headlined the romcom That Awkward Moment. Find out what the lammies had to say about these two films below and...

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  • THE 7TH ANNUAL LION AWARDS: Best Documentary Film

    by Shane Slater · Feb 21, 2014 at 13:31 CET · Featured, LIONs for LAMB · 2 Comments
    THE 7TH ANNUAL LION AWARDS: Best Documentary Film

    Welcome to this year’s Lion Awards. Over the next 10 days we’ll be celebrating the best of cinema for 2013, as voted on by the members of the LAMB. Here’s the lineup of awards, by order of announcement:

    Best Documentary

    Best Foreign Film (non-English)

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  • LAMBCAST #206 ROBOCOP

    by Jay Cluitt · Feb 19, 2014 at 22:33 CET · Featured, LAMBcast, Podcasts · 1 Comment
    LAMBCAST #206 ROBOCOP

    For the 206th episode of the Lambcast we took a look at the latest remake to come out of Hollywood, Jose Padilha’s reboot of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 sci-fi cult classic Robocop. Does it hold up to the original? Is Joel Kinnaman a decent Alex Murphy? Are Michael Keaton and Kevin Costner the same person? And, most importantly, will you buy it for a dollar? You’ll just have to listen to find out.

    Host Jay Cluitt...

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  • FINAL REMINDER – Vote in the LIONs for LAMBs Poll

    by Shane Slater · Feb 15, 2014 at 14:51 CET · Featured, LIONs for LAMB · No Comments
    FINAL REMINDER – Vote in the LIONs for LAMBs Poll

    This is the last call for votes in the 2013 Lion Awards. You have until to the end of today (Saturday, February 15th). Hurry on over to make sure the results reflect your tastes! Please remember to specify the film when listing your picks in the acting categories.

    Happy Voting!

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qnBK2f68OvBNY57gWtbUcSBeYBKFWb6WITxgF86JMU0/viewform…

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  • LAMBScores: Nebraskan Frankenstein

    by Shane Slater · Feb 15, 2014 at 3:18 CET · Featured, LAMBscores · No Comments
    LAMBScores: Nebraskan Frankenstein


    This week’s eclectic pair of new releases features an Oscar nominee (Nebraska) and a potential future Razzie contender (I, Frankenstein). Find out what the LAMB had to say about both of these films below. As always, don’t forget to send in your reviews in the forums.

     

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  • LAMBCAST #205 THE WILD BUNCH MOTM

    by Jay Cluitt · Feb 14, 2014 at 11:12 CET · Featured, LAMBcast, MOTM, Podcasts · 2 Comments
    LAMBCAST #205 THE WILD BUNCH MOTM

    It’s been a while since we’ve had the chance to talk about a critically acclaimed film as the movie of the month, what with recent months delivering the likes of Timecop, Cocktail and Demolition Man, so it was something of a relief that, thanks to Will from Exploding Helicopter, we got to discuss Sam Peckinpah’s 1969 classic western The Wild Bunch.

    It was only fitting that the most American of movie genres had...

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  • REMINDER: Vote for the Lion Awards!

    by Shane Slater · Feb 13, 2014 at 13:27 CET · Featured, LIONs for LAMB · No Comments
    REMINDER: Vote for the Lion Awards!

    The deadline (February 15th) to vote for the LIONs for LAMBs is fast approaching! Don’t miss the chance to have your say on the Best of 2013 cinema. Head on over to the poll now: 

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qnBK2f68OvBNY57gWtbUcSBeYBKFWb6WITxgF86JMU0/viewform…

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  • Announcing Foreign Chops #20: France

    by Robert Gannon · Feb 13, 2014 at 0:08 CET · Chops and Scores, Featured, Foreign Chops · 1 Comment
    Announcing Foreign Chops #20: France

    Robert back again to announce a new edition of Foreign Chops. This month, we’re asking for your writing on French films. Reviews, interviews, retrospectives, articles–so long as the subject is films from France, we want to see it.

    The history of French cinema is largely the history of film itself. From the invention of the commercial film projector to the crossover success of modern French films like The Artist,...

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  • LAMBScores: Ride Along with Jack Ryan

    by Shane Slater · Feb 8, 2014 at 3:44 CET · Featured, LAMBscores · No Comments
    LAMBScores: Ride Along with Jack Ryan


    This week brings two new releases to the LAMBScores. First we have the latest Tom Clancy adaptation Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. In addition, we also have some reviews for the comedy Ride Along. Check ’em out below and don’t forget to contribute your own scores in the forums.

     

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  • Foreign Chops #19: Best of the 2000s

    by Robert Gannon · Feb 7, 2014 at 3:48 CET · Chops and Scores, Featured, Foreign Chops · 2 Comments
    Foreign Chops #19: Best of the 2000s

    Robert back again with the results of Foreign Chops #19. I asked for your picks for the best non-English films released since 2000 and you delivered. There’s an incredible variety of films from all around the world to check out. Only three films were selected by more than one participant: Amour, Let the Right One In, and The Raid: Redemption.

    I have to give a special shout out to YAM Magazine. They put...

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  • LAMBCAST #204 WHATCHA BEEN WATCHING LATELY

    by Jay Cluitt · Feb 6, 2014 at 23:55 CET · Featured, LAMBcast, Podcasts · 1 Comment
    LAMBCAST #204 WHATCHA BEEN WATCHING LATELY

    A lot of movie podcasts have a regular feature in which they discuss the latest films they’ve seen. We don’t normally do that here; instead we just wait and dedicate an entire episode to it!

    Technical and scheduling issues resulted in a three-man show, with host Jay Cluitt joined by Jason Soto and Todd Liebenow, but this resulted in a meandering discussion that took in everything from the early career of Hayden...

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