Contributions from Adam Woodward | Little White Lies

Contributor Adam Woodward

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Interviews

Philip Seymour Hoffman: ‘I’m a curious guy, but I also want to shut down sometimes’

by Adam Woodward

The star of Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Mas­ter dis­cuss­es his spe­cial rela­tion­ship with his long-time friend and collaborator.
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Review

Frankenweenie

by Adam Woodward

Tim Bur­ton goes old-school with a mono­chro­mat­ic ani­mat­ed gem that’s sad­ly not of its time.

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In Retrospect
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Interviews

Tom Hardy: No More Drama

by Adam Woodward

LWLies goes nose-to-nose with the UK’s most fear­some act­ing tal­ent and lives to tell the tale.
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Review

Ted

by Adam Woodward

The direc­to­r­i­al debut from Fam­i­ly Guy cre­ator Seth Mac­Far­lane is as deli­cious­ly salty as it is unex­pect­ed­ly sweet.

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In Retrospect
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Review

The Dark Knight Rises

by Adam Woodward

Christo­pher Nolan’s baroque opus is a wor­thy tril­o­gy clos­er, both seri­ous­ly epic and epi­cal­ly serious.

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4
In Retrospect
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Review

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

by Adam Woodward

Takashi Miike fol­lows up his blood-pump­ing samu­rai blitzkrieg 13 Assas­sins with this talky and tire­some peri­od drama.

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2
In Retrospect
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Sean Bean: My top five death scenes

by Adam Woodward

From tak­ing a bul­let at point-blank range to being pulled apart by hors­es, the British star relives his most mem­o­rable on-screen departures.
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Review

Project X

by Adam Woodward

Nima Nourizadeh’s insane par­ty movie is like a John Hugh­es film spi­ralling down the K‑hole.

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In Retrospect
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Review

Chronicle

by Adam Woodward

Not only does Chron­i­cle her­ald the com­ing of age of Gen­er­a­tion I, it also won’t give you a headache.

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In Retrospect
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Review

The Descendants

by Adam Woodward

A con­fi­dent return to the fea­ture film­mak­ing fold from Alexan­der Payne fea­tur­ing a cham­pagne turn from George Clooney.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect