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GET THE REAL CARTER

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April 2, 2012

GET CARTER directed by Mike Hodges (UK, 1971)
GET CARTER directed by Stephen Kay (USA, 2000)

“What did you say your name was again?”

In the bona fide classic original 1971 version of Get Carter, the nearest Jack Carter (Michael Caine) got to America was to stay in a seedy back street guest house called the Las Vegas.

He has returned to Newcastle to uncover the truth behind what happened to his brother who, according to implausible police reports, got drunk and drove his car into the river.

Carter has no fake nostalgia for his home town, What he calls a “craphole” is full of squalid back to back housing, sleazy pub entertainment and brash bingo halls. A day at the horse races is about as exotic as things get. Continue reading →

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NOT THE BEES

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May 17, 2008

wicker man burns

For my money, Nicolas Cage’s perfect role was as the intellectually challenged repeat offender in The Coen Brothers’ anarchic comedy ‘Raising Arizona’. He’s one of those male leads who never convinces me as a tough guy – the more macho he tries to be, the more ridiculous he looks.

A case in point is ‘The Wicker Man’ , a misguided remake of the 1973 cult classic Continue reading →

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