Robert from Sketchy Details back with another edition of Foreign Chops. To kick off the New Year, we took a look at German cinema. There is no overlap again for two months running, meaning a diverse array of films to read about.
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Christian Bale stars in a pair of holiday releases and this week we feature the first of them on the LAMBScores – Out of the Furnace. This moody drama follows his character in the search for his missing brother in Rust Belt Americana. Find out what your fellow lammies thought of this film below and don’t forget to head on over to the forums.
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This week’s LAMBScores features a pair of female-driven films. The first is the Disney musical Frozen, featuring the voice talents of Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel. The other is the drama Philomena, starring Dame Judi Dench. They were both well-received by the major critics, but how well did they fare with the lammies? Find out below and...
Robert from Sketchy Details announcing a new edition of Foreign Chops. This time around, we’re going to look at the films of Germany.
Germany has had a viable film industry almost as long as the United States, only with a more fragmented history. There are very clear period coinciding with history that constantly reinvented what German cinema was. Counting the years where East and West Germany were divided, the country has been...
This week’s LAMBScores brings a trio of films that represent distinct facets of the movie industry. First up we have the prestige drama Dallas Buyers Club, starring Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto. Next we have the mega-blockbuster sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, featuring current “it girl” Jennifer Lawrence. Finally, we also...
Sandwiched between the release of a pair of major franchise sequels (The Hunger Games and Thor) is another sequel of a different sort. This week’s sole new release is the romantic dramedy The Best Man Holiday, directed by Malcolm D. Lee. Scroll down to see what your fellow lammies thought of this film and don’t forget...
Robert from Sketchy Details back with a new edition of Foreign Chops. This time, we took a look at the cinematic output of South Korea. Though we had a small turnout this month, you guys are in for a real treat. This is the first time since I started covering Foreign Chops that there has been no overlap between submissions. What you have are 18 separate films covered in 16 great posts looking at films from South Korea. From comedy to...
Robert from Sketchy Details reminding you that the deadline for Foreign Chops #17: South Korea is tomorrow.
Send your posts, write-ups, reviews, interviews, retrospectives, editorials, etc. on films from South Korea to robertjgannon@gmail. Use the subject heading “Foreign Chops.” You can send up to 5 posts per site, not 5 posts per author per site. The work can be new or old so long as the topic is South Korea.
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This week we have a pair of very different films on the LAMBScores slate. First up, Disney continued there world domination with a latest entry in their Marvel franchise – Thor: The Dark World. Meanwhile, the other new release are the more intimate survival story of All Is Lost. Find out what the LAMB had to say about these films below and...
This week brings a trio of new releases to the LAMBScores. They include the time travel romcom About Time, elderly buddy comedy Last Vegas and yet another apocalyptic sci-fi Ender’s Game. Check out all the reviews below and don’t forget to have your say in the forums.
After last week’s record-breaking scores, there was nowhere to go but down. Indeed, this weeks releases couldn’t match up. The Counselor was widely perceived as a failure, while Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa also didn’t seem to inspire much interest. Click below to find out what the lammies had to say about these films and don’t...
Stop the Presses! We have a new record for the highest LAMBScore ever and that special film is…12 Years A Slave. Steve McQueen’s unflinching film has already thrilled the mainstream critics and now it has made its mark with our online community (almost a perfect score!). If you didn’t think it was an awards contender before, then think again. Films also featured...
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