filmbore wants you! April 2013
And so, we continue with the longest drawn out voting campaign of all time...filmbore wants you! where your selections from the site's first 52 reviews from June 2012 to May 2013 are in for a chance of the the top spot of a special Top 20,
listing the best films of
the bunch..
We're getting close to the finishing post now, so I'll try and do us all a favour and get it sorted at last!
Without further ado, let's get to appreciating April 2013...
More activity swarmed the site of the Easter period. Four reviews, one an Oscar winner, the rest commencing the first film season on filmbore. We also said farewell to one of the movie industry's greats. Plus, we had yet another Top Ten of a, of course, hybrid and wonky nature.
Horror. A popular genre to many, especially in recent years. Unfortunately, a lot of this is down to a considerable amount of remakes clogging up the movie machine. So, in true filmbore style, April saw the commencement of a horror review season, taking in indie and foreign scarefests! This also fed into a very special list, bringing in the spirit of Easter, looking at the Top 10 Scariest Rabbits on film. Don't cross these bunnies...they'll do you!
Sadly, however, one of the most renowned film critics of all time, and inspiration to me as a film reviewer, Roger Ebert finally passed away aged 70. He has polarised many with his honest and comical aspects on some of cinema's biggest milestones, and in this tribute I hope to spark some response, may it be critical or in laughter, to a man who also like to get the fires burning. He was also an avid blogger, showing the world how to truly use the Internet to amplify opinions. R.I.P. Roger...
Getting back to the films themselves, there was a real mix in April, even though three were settled within the horror genre. I hope you were all as moved as I was at the beautiful performances in Michael Haneke's Amour. Or perhaps you prefer a more art house, Lynchian approach, with the surprising genius foray into Foley with Berberian Sound Studio, kicking off the horror season. There are some, however, that like their scares paired with laughs, and Irish indie Grabbers does this with charm and gusto. Or if tensions and twists are more your scene, maybe you were awed by the frequently misunderstood hidden gem, Switchblade Romance.
You'll be scratching your head over these I'm sure, but if you don't speak up you'll never be heard. Should
one, some or all of these films be considered in my ultimate Top 20 of
the first year of filmbore? You must choose...so comment below
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