Archive for the ‘Features’ Category

  • LAMB Trailer Club: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

    by Robert Zerbe · Jun 22, 2016 at 17:53 CEST · Periodic Features, Trailer Club · No Comments
    LAMB Trailer Club: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

    Welcome to the LAMB feature where we breakdown big, new trailers…in the comments section! Today we’ve got our first look at Jack Reacher: Never Go Back! Post your thoughts below and beware potential spoilery theories and opinions! You can also discuss this trailer and more on social media using #LAMBTrailerClub.…

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  • New Queer Cinema / LGBT Cinema – An Introduction

    by Elwood Jones · Jun 18, 2016 at 19:15 CEST · Chops and Scores · No Comments
    New Queer Cinema / LGBT Cinema – An Introduction

    Part of our ongoing “Cult Chops” feature here on the LAMB were the whole of June is dedicated to New Queer Cinema / LGBT Cinema. If you have any articles, reviews, podcast or other fun LGBT Cinema related bits e-mail them to [email protected]

    So what is New Queer Cinema? Essentially a genre coined by academic B. Ruby Rich who in an issue of “Sight & Sound Magazine...

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  • LAMBScores: Alice Through the Apocalypse of Love & Friendship

    by Jay Cluitt · Jun 17, 2016 at 18:04 CEST · Featured, LAMBscores · No Comments
    LAMBScores: Alice Through the Apocalypse of Love & Friendship

    I forgot to mention last week that the very well received Sing Street sent ripples through the LAMBScores table by becoming our highest rated film so far this year! Alas no such luck this week, with some lacklustre sequels and a little-seen period piece not making too much of an impact. Maybe we’ll have better luck next week with Out of the Shadows. Up for review this week: Alice Through The Looking Glass,...

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  • Lambcast #326 Purple Rain MOTM

    by Jay Cluitt · Jun 17, 2016 at 0:02 CEST · Featured, LAMBcast, MOTM · 1 Comment
    Lambcast #326 Purple Rain MOTM

    Women being thrown into dumpsters. Purification via Lake Minnetonka. A puppet in a cup. Yep, this month we’re talking about Purple Rain.

    Movie champion Nicole Ayers celebrated her first Movie of the Month win by discussing this concert movie/biography/who the heck knows alongside Jay Cluitt, Mario Brown, Jeanette Ward and Nolahn. Between them they cover all aspects of the film from the soundtrack, the costumes and...

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  • Vote for July 2016’s Movie of the Month!

    by Jay Cluitt · Jun 15, 2016 at 13:38 CEST · MOTM · No Comments
    Vote for July 2016’s Movie of the Month!

    It’s time to vote for the next Movie of the Month! You can vote at the bottom of the page. but first here are the candidates and their champions:

    The Towering Inferno (1974) (Jay Cluitt, Life Vs Film)

    Local Hero (1983) (Anna, Defiant Success)

    Independence Day (1996) (Jeanette Ward, The Mundane Adventures of a Fangirl)

    A.I.:...

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  • Lambcast #325 The Godfather Trilogy MOTM

    by Jay Cluitt · Jun 14, 2016 at 13:58 CEST · Featured, LAMBcast, MOTM, Podcasts · No Comments
    Lambcast #325 The Godfather Trilogy MOTM

    It’s finally here! Just when you thought we were never going to record our Godfather Trilogy show we pull you back in with a special bonus show dedicated to it!

    Jay Cluitt was joined by Godfather super-fans Nick Rehak and Will Slater to go discuss all three Godfather films. This was supposed to be a mini show with just the three of us talking briefly about the films, but you can tell by the infamous Airport franchise show...

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  • Director’s Chair Reminder: Satoshi Kon

    by Tony Cogan · Jun 13, 2016 at 20:47 CEST · Director's Chair · No Comments
    Director’s Chair Reminder: Satoshi Kon

     Deadline: 25th June 2016

    Send emails to: [email protected]

    Hello everyone, just a quick reminder that I’m looking for posts on the films of Satoshi Kon for this month’s run of Director’s Chair. For a quick reminder on the rules and the films of Satoshi Kon that I’m looking for, along with a brief introduction of Kon, go back to my original post here. And one...

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  • LAMB Trailer Club: Moana

    by Robert Zerbe · Jun 13, 2016 at 13:53 CEST · Periodic Features, Trailer Club · 8 Comments
    LAMB Trailer Club: Moana

    Welcome to the LAMB feature where we breakdown big, new trailers…in the comments section! Today we’ve got our first look at Moana! Post your thoughts below and beware potential spoilery theories and opinions! You can also discuss this trailer and more on social media using #LAMBTrailerClub.…

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  • LAMBScores: The Angry Singing Guys Next Door

    by Jay Cluitt · Jun 10, 2016 at 22:28 CEST · Featured, LAMBscores · No Comments
    LAMBScores: The Angry Singing Guys Next Door

    Up for review this week: Sing Street, The Nice Guys, Neighbors 2 and The Angry Birds Movie:


    Sing Street
    LAMB Average: 4.30 (10 sites)
    The Critical Movie Critics (5)
    Fade to Zach (5)
    Gorgon Reviews (5)
    Guy’s Film Quest (4.5)
    Keith Loves Movies (4.5)
    Rantings and Ravings (4.5)
    Dan the Man’s Movie...

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  • LAMBScores: Monsters, Lobsters and Skyscrapers!

    by Jay Cluitt · Jun 3, 2016 at 19:58 CEST · Featured, LAMBscores · No Comments
    LAMBScores: Monsters, Lobsters and Skyscrapers!

    We’ve got three smaller releases for you this week, as always an eclectic mix. Here’s what the LAMB community had so say about High-Rise, The Lobster and Money Monster:


    The Lobster
    LAMB Average: 4.08 (13 sites)
    CinemaNerdz (5)
    The Critical Movie Critics (5)
    Rantings and Ravings (5)
    Dan the Man’s Movie Reviews (4.5)

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  • Cult Chops (June) – LGBT Cinema / New Queer Cinema

    by Elwood Jones · Jun 1, 2016 at 22:07 CEST · Chops and Scores · No Comments
    Cult Chops (June) – LGBT Cinema / New Queer Cinema

    “Cult Chops” a monthly feature where each month we will be looking at a different genre of cult cinema as well as key actors and directors who established their legacies directing films from these genres.

    So after kicking things off with “Biker movies” last month and with June being “LGBT Pride Month” what better time to celebrate the wealth of great LGBT movies out there. More so when...

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  • Cult Chops (May) – Round up

    by Elwood Jones · May 31, 2016 at 22:27 CEST · Chops and Scores · No Comments
    Cult Chops (May) – Round up

    “Cult Chops” a monthly feature where each month we will be looking at a different genre of cult cinema as well as key actors and directors who established their legacies directing films from these genres.

    May was all about “Biker Movies” and here’s what the LAMB members had to say about these movies which celebrated rebellion and generally sticking it to the...

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