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"Film '72" (1972)
38 out of 57 people found the following comment useful :-
Great film review show, 7 November 2003
Author: Jay Micallef from London, England
This is a great film review show that offers very trust-worthy reviews. It also offers great interviews, on set previews, polls, competitions, exclusive clips, trailers and gossip from the world of film as well as everything else you would expect to find.
It reports on all aspects of film making from production to Hollywood trends and everything in between.
It is superbly presented by Jonathan Ross who took over from the equally great Barry Norman. Ross is particular in his more than adequate film knowledge and speaks passionately and honestly about a films pros and cons.
This show is British (I don't know if it airs in America) and is a must see for any movie fans.
10 out of 16 people found the following comment useful :-
10/10 with Barry Norman. 6/10 with Johnathon Ross (Current Host), 31 May 2006
Author: Steven Addicott from Preston, United Kingdom
This is a Great series for information on up an coming Films(shown late night U.K). Although it's rating does dip quite a way with Johnathan Ross as host.
Johnathan Ross doesn't have the same relaxing attitude and knowledge about films that the great Barry Norman seemed to have.
Just like his chat show Johnathan Ross's interviewing seems to rely on his guest laughing with or at him. The laughing is not usually about films either, its about Slippers(ask Tom Cruise). If the guest doesn't laugh he seems to just keep on trying. Like the interview in which Harrison Ford was shown a photograph without his hair. This was really embarrassing.
To be fair to him he does have charisma and his not a bad host. He is no Barry Norman though.
I just hope the BBC realise this and try the programme with someone different. In the great words attributed to Barry Norman "And why not?" (Sorry no spell checker).
0 out of 2 people found the following comment useful :-
Film ????, 18 January 2008
Author: Jackson Booth-Millard from United Kingdom
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I had always seen tiny bits of this programme when a break of another was on, and Leigh Francis did his impression on Bo' Selecta!, and when I got to watching the whole thing, I was most interested. Jonathan Ross since 1999 has presented this programme where he gives his professional, critical and sometimes humorous (both in the good and bad way) review of the latest films at the cinemas, released and due for. Of course he also gets the chance to go behind the scenes on some of them, and talk to many numerous and much loved stars, young and old. The programme also features a few little extras such as DVD reviews, and short information about latest film subjects, e.g. sequels, torture porn, etc. A most interesting show for me, particularly as I want to be like Ross, a film critic (possibly with my own show). It has been nominated the BAFTA for Best Graphic Design. Very good!
26 out of 54 people found the following comment useful :-
Need Barry Norman Back NOW!!!, 24 June 2006
Author: ml012a4860 from Birmingham
Film used to be the best program on TV if you wanted to find out about what movies were at the pictures, It didn't even matter if you didn't want to go to seem them because it was presented in such a nice relaxed way with host Barry Norman sitting in his chair, realizing that the show was going to be on about 11:30, Monday night, he made sure the pace of the show resembled this. Since he left/got fired in 1999 and Jonathan Ross took over, the show has sadly gone downhill and has become more like a chat show rather than a movie review program. It seems that each week he has someone on there trying to plug their God awful film and it works, if you do give an interview to Mr. Ross he will then, with out fail give the film that his interviewee was in a glowing review and recommend it to the viewers.
Because of this he has often flogged a few turkeys, like when he said 50 cents movie 'Get Rich or Die Trying' was a good movie and should be seen, while only 2 minutes earlier he was criticizing the other well-worth seeing movies. This was no coincidence that he had 50 Cent on his chat show that week, anyone who has seen Friday Night With knows that he will never EVER say a bad thing about an actor or their movie, even if the actor/actress admits that they was in a box office bomb. He will often boost their ego with the phrase "Ok, the movie wasn't that good but I thought that you was great in it." I don't have any problem with his sucking up as I don't watch his dreadful chat show anyway, but I do watch Film because of how much of a good job Barry Norman did with the show, like visiting a grave yard so to speak just to show my respects.
Another thing that I liked about Barry Norman was how he wasn't afraid to review the lesser known film of that week, even if you didn't agree with what he said he did at least show you something different, and then let you make the choice not to watch it. Ross only seems to go with films that have won awards, been nominated or got good/bad reviews from other critics. I remember seeing him review an African made film (The Title Slips My Mind Sorry) about a boy who steals a woman's car and then finds that her baby is in the back, leaving him to look after it. The movie has subtitles and didn't really fit in with the films that he reviewed normally, i.e. The Romantic Comedy or The Action Blockbusters. That is probably why it still sticks in my mind that he reviewed it, until about three days later, when I found out that it have won or been nominated for countless awards, including a BAFTA.
The last point I want to make was how much in this show Jonathan Ross complains about the state of British movies and their lack of funding, which is kind of a slap in the face when it was leaked to the press about how much his three year contract with the BBC (One of Britons film makers) is costing the licence payer. I can't remember how much it was but it was so high that they didn't want anyone to find out as they were worried that they (The BBC) would be accused of wasting money on one person who does about 5 jobs, when it would be cheaper to hire 5 individual people and have more that enough to make a good British movie. Since this information came public he has stopped moaning about the state of the British film industries funding and started about the amateur way they are made.
The strangest thing about Ross is that it was found out that he doesn't see all the films that he reviews??? Why do they have someone who hasn't got the passion about films to go and see them?
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