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        <title><![CDATA[Why do people insist on remaking classic films?]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/473-andrew-collins-film-remakes-the-omen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:02:45 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				Here's
			
				what
			
				director
			
				John
			
				Moore
			
				and
			
				I
			
				have
			
				in
			
				common:
			
				we
			
				both
			
				love
			
				1970s
			
				horror
			
				classic
			
				<a
			
				href="http://www.radiotimes.com/servlet_film/com.icl.beeb.rtfilms.client.simpleSearchServlet?frn=12273&searchTypeSelect=5">The
			
				Omen</a>.
			
				And
			
				here's
			
				how
			
				we
			
				differ:
			
				only
			
				one
			
				of
			
				us
			
				loves
			
				it
			
				so
			
				much
			
				he
			
				felt
			
				the
			
				need
			
				to
			
				make
			
				it
			
				again.
			...		
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        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/473-andrew-collins-film-remakes-the-omen/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ken Loach: friend or foe?]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/465-andrew-collins-wind-that-shakes-the-barley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:17:12 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				Hollywood's
			
				response
			
				to
			
				the
			
				Vietnam
			
				War
			
				didn't
			
				really
			
				come
			
				until
			
				after
			
				the
			
				evacuation
			
				of
			
				American
			
				troops
			
				in
			
				1975.
			...		
			]]>
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        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/465-andrew-collins-wind-that-shakes-the-barley/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Megastars together on screen]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/455-andrew-collins-megastars-together-on-screen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:02:45 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				For
			
				me,
			
				the
			
				heat
			
				of
			
				Robert
			
				De
			
				Niro
			
				and
			
				Al
			
				Pacino
			
				joining
			
				forces
			
				in
			
				cop
			
				thriller
			
				<a
			
				href="http://www.radiotimes.com/servlet_film/com.icl.beeb.rtfilms.client.simpleSearchServlet?frn=47780&searchTypeSelect=5">Righteous
			
				Kill</a>
			
				was
			
				dampened
			
				when
			
				the
			
				film
			
				company
			
				sent
			
				out
			
				a
			
				flimsy
			
				plastic
			
				wallet
			
				with
			
				their
			
				image
			
				on
			
				it.
			
				This
			
				should
			
				be
			
				a
			...		
			]]>
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        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/455-andrew-collins-megastars-together-on-screen/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Has the Saw franchise gone too far? ]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/446-andrew-collins-on-the-saw-franchise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:30:45 BST</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				Have
			
				you
			
				seen
			
				<a
			
				href="http://www.radiotimes.com/servlet_film/com.icl.beeb.rtfilms.client.simpleSearchServlet?frn=43275&searchTypeSelect=5">Saw</a>
			
				(Saturday
			
				25
			
				October,
			
				Channel
			
				4)?
			...		
			]]>
		</description>
        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/446-andrew-collins-on-the-saw-franchise/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Film festivals: I'm not a fan]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/440-andrew-collins-film-festivals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:02:45 BST</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				I
			
				can't
			
				be
			
				doing
			
				with
			
				film
			
				festivals.
			
				I
			
				admire
			
				those
			
				intrepid
			
				critics
			
				who
			
				spend
			
				their
			
				entire
			
				year
			
				with
			
				a
			
				complimentary
			
				bag
			
				slung
			
				over
			
				their
			
				shoulder,
			
				traipsing
			
				from
			
				screening
			
				to
			
				screening
			
				in
			
				the
			
				far-flung
			
				likes
			
				of
			
				Telluride,
			
				Haugesund
			
				or
			
				Karlovy
			
				Vary
			...		
			]]>
		</description>
        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/440-andrew-collins-film-festivals/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Is Adam Sandler funny?]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/435-andrew-collins-on-adam-sandler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:00:45 BST</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				I
			
				don't
			
				hate
			
				Adam
			
				Sandler.
			
				That's
			
				too
			
				strong
			
				a
			
				word.
			...		
			]]>
		</description>
        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/435-andrew-collins-on-adam-sandler/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Is Daniel Radcliffe too old to play Harry Potter?]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/426-andrew-collins-on-daniel-radcliffe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:05:45 BST</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				Now
			
				pay
			
				attention!
			...		
			]]>
		</description>
        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/426-andrew-collins-on-daniel-radcliffe/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[The new lords of fantasy]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/420-andrew-collins-on-fantasy-directors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:10:00 BST</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				In
			
				Hollywood,
			
				sci-fi
			
				and
			
				fantasy
			
				are
			
				king.
			
				<a
			
				href="http://www.radiotimes.com/servlet_film/com.icl.beeb.rtfilms.client.simpleSearchServlet?searchTypeSelect=4&searchText=titanic&x=0&y=0">Titanic</a>
			
				may
			
				still
			
				head
			
				the
			
				top
			
				20
			
				all-time
			
				worldwide
			
				box-office
			
				list,
			
				but
			
				it's
			
				the
			
				only
			
				film
			
				there
			
				that's
			
				based
			
				in
			
				fact.
			...		
			]]>
		</description>
        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/420-andrew-collins-on-fantasy-directors/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[Directors who take their time]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/413-andrew-collins-slow-directors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:02:45 BST</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				When
			
				did
			
				you
			
				last
			
				throw
			
				a
			
				sickie
			
				and
			
				take
			
				the
			
				day
			
				off?
			...		
			]]>
		</description>
        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/413-andrew-collins-slow-directors/</link>
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        <title><![CDATA[US presidents on screen]]></title>
		<comments>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/406-andrew-collins-us-presidents-on-screen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:02:45 BST</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[
			
				As
			
				the
			
				56th
			
				US
			
				Presidential
			
				election
			
				looms,
			
				with
			
				its
			
				torrent
			
				of
			
				ticker
			
				tape,
			
				flags
			
				and
			
				hype,
			
				it
			
				seems
			
				a
			
				shame
			
				that
			
				for
			
				those
			
				of
			
				us
			
				without
			
				a
			
				US
			
				passport,
			
				the
			
				whole
			
				thing
			
				will
			
				be
			
				a
			
				mere
			
				spectator
			
				sport.
			
				We
			
				may
			...		
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		</description>
        <link>http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/406-andrew-collins-us-presidents-on-screen/</link>
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