Outspoken, opinionated and never lost for words, Mark is the UK's leading film critic. This twice-weekly video blog is the place where he airs his personal views on the things that most fire him up about cinema - and invites you to give your own opinions. 2016-05-03T10:49:35+00:00 Zend_Feed_Writer https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode

2016-05-03T10:49:35+00:00 2016-05-03T10:49:35+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/bb455f4e-43f0-4e78-9280-db347bb4de2b Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>The French Connection is 45 years old this year - it’s just one of a whole raft of films that I think of as ‘recent’ but which are actually now pretty old. Am I the only one who feels this way?</p> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-0" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div>

2016-02-02T12:06:42+00:00 2016-02-02T12:06:42+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/656b1ed0-5291-4ecb-954c-f2ffee7798e1 Mark Kermode <div class="component"> <div id="smp-1" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div><div class="component prose"> <p>I’ve been posting recently about the many strange anomalies in the awards categories. Here are some of your suggestions about how the whole system could be improved.</p> </div>

2015-11-06T15:04:01+00:00 2015-11-06T15:04:01+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/d98ae92f-3e54-41c1-bdf2-be59fbb7c7da Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>I posted recently saying how much I loved Crimson Peak and asking why some others felt so differently - here is some of your feedback.</p> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-2" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div>

2015-10-27T09:30:24+00:00 2015-10-27T09:30:24+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/dfc5e4cd-36bf-4f1f-83d6-56748208c8f8 Mark Kermode <div class="component prose"> <p>I love Crimson Peak: the new film by Guillermo Del Toro. So why are so many people against it?</p> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-3" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div></div>