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The King is dead. Long live the king. Film for the Soul may be gone but a new venture awaits. I hope to see all of you that made Film for the Soul such a wonderful place to be at my new blog, By Kubrick's Beard , some time soon. Thank you Read Full Story

Let's face it, this happened months ago. I've tried, I've failed. Film for the Soul is no more, I can't bring myself to work on the blog I loved so much. Counting Down the Zeroes , probably, takes most the blame. The project was ambitious, a runaway success and wide-spread throughout the film blog community however, what I didn't relish though was the amount of editing, arranging, designing and managing involved, the time I spent on contributors articles meant I no longer had any input in my... Read Full Story

( Steven Soderbergh , 2008) It seems fitting that my first review, back in the saddle as it were, happens to be the concluding part to my last review on this blog . Che Part 1 - The Argentine , left me alienated and frustrated and in my own words: ‘(whilst) there is so much to admire here; the depth of information about the revolution, the film maker's determination, stunning cinematography and Soderbergh 's absolute, resolute, stubbornness to pander and his anti-audience stance. It takes a... Read Full Story

Full Metal Jacket ( Stanley Kubrick , 1987 ) Fresh from having their heads ceremoniously shaved, another 'conditioning' ritual awaits the fresh 'marine grunts', in the guise of a verbal tirade, at once so vile yet magnificent, lifted out of the highly imaginative book of obscenities and put downs, in the shape of the steely framed, mad eyed drill Sergent, Hartman. As one eye-rolling nasty line follows another, Kubrick neatly shoves the psychological and physical re-shaping of the young men... Read Full Story

As I've been out of the blogsphere for some months I thought I would get back in the saddle by listing this years alternative top 10; to those films that I finally got around to watching in the year 2009, as last years was such a joy to put together. Film for the Soul was borne out of frustration in March 2008, mostly at myself for never taking the time and care to watch the films I had always meant to see but found excuses to avoid them and to learn more about a subject I claimed to love... Read Full Story

Well it's been awhile hasn't it? It's was rather rude of me, to say the least, to up and leave whilst in the middle of the wonderful Counting Down the Zeroes project. I made valiant attempts to keep it afloat but life, you know, sometimes gets in the way. It's been a turbulent but amazing 7 months away from this world; of blogging, of online camaraderie, the exchanging of wonderful ideas, news, reviews and gossip about a subject we all care deeply about, but it was a break I desperately... Read Full Story

It feels good to be back. It's been too long. What have I missed? More later. Explanations. Apologies. But most importantly, film goodness and lots of it. TTFN Read Full Story

Some of you may have seen Sam Juliano's humbling piece at Wonders in the Dark and wondered whether it is indeed true that Counting Down The Zeroes is at an end. Well....it isn't. Thanks to some fine kicking of the butt from Mr Juliano, his finely measured piece has inspired me to think again about my odyssey of a project. The years 2000 to 2004 have been a blast, with over 150 posts to date - with still a few to publish, sorry about the delay guys but I had a sort of mini-confidence crisis... Read Full Story

Some of you may have seen Sam Juliano's humbling piece at Wonders in the Dark and wondered whether it is indeed true that Counting Down The Zeroes is at an end. Well....it isn't. Thanks to some fine kicking of the butt from Mr Juliano, his finely measured piece has inspired me to think again about my odyssey of a project. The years 2000 to 2004 have been a blast, with over 150 posts to date - with still a few to publish, sorry about the delay guys but I had a sort of mini-confidence crisis... Read Full Story

Joseph Belanger of the brilliant Black Sheep Reviews takes on Marc Forster's follow up to the highly successful 'Monster's Ball' with the bio-pic, 'Finding Neverland', about English playwright James Matthew Barrie, otherwise known as the scribe who created Peter Pan with yet another great submission to Counting Down The Zeroes . I’m a sensitive guy but I don’t cry very often. Usually, the only time I find myself crying is at the movies. For me, crying is a beautiful release and when I’m... Read Full Story