Terry Gilliam is a talented director, and I’m really looking forward to seeing The Brothers Grimm. I also generally think that a director should have 100% authority over a picture that he (or she) is directing. After all… one ship… one captain. Too many people pulling the strings of a … [Read More]
Someone has way too much time on their hands. Smoking is becoming a bigger and bigger issue in North America. Me personally… I don’t smoke. I think smoking is as dumb as shoving a fork up your ass for jollies (only the fork up your ass is less bad for … [Read More]
Without a doubt Maradona is a footballing legend, and he’s still regarded as a hero in Argentina, and in England he’s still regarded with much disdain! Having had his name across the world newspapers throughout his life for good and bad reasons, he’s moved onto the world of film with … [Read More]
I was looking forward to catching Keane, a stort of … at the Edinburgh Film Festival this year, however it looks not to be as the film has been pulled from the festival at the last minute: Due to conflicting commitments, Lodge Kerrigan’s Keane is no longer screening at this … [Read More]
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IMDB are carrying a rather insightful article on the problems of Hollywood and current cinema, leading off on the problems of Cinderella Man, Nikki Rocco, Universal Pictures distribution chief, says: …the studio is going “back to the drawing board” following the box-office failure [of Cinderella Man]…”Good movies are supposed to … [Read More]
How would you like to be the stars or producers of “The Honeymooners“, or the Martin Lawrence film “Rebound” or the Hillary Duff film “The Perfect Man” or maybe even big name movies like “Stealth” and “Dark Water“. All these people have to wake up every morning and realize that … [Read More]
I’ve only seen 2 of Tony Leung’s films… and in both of them he completely blew me away. Infernal Affairs is simply put one of the very best cop dramas ever made. Don’t cheat yourself by only seeing Martin Scorsese’s version “The Departed” currently being filmed. You must find a … [Read More]
Ok, we all know that rumours about films (especially that have hardly begun production) are iffy at best. And there have been no shortage of Spider-Man 3 rumours already floating around for us all to gorge ourselves on. Well folks… here comes another one… and it’s doozy. Now, I know … [Read More]
The Everything Is Illuminated trailer has hit the web, and I’ve gotta say I’m really looking forward to it now. Elijah Wood seems to be doing just about every right to make sure he doesn’t get locked into a “Frodo” stereotype after the success of The Lord of the Rings … [Read More]
The first in the His Dark Materials trilogy of books by Philip Pullman is has finally pulled a Director on board. You’ll maybe remember I wrote about how the story was being radically altered from the original and all the religious references have been removed from the script in order … [Read More]
A while ago I reviewed a short film called Broken, well I’ve just had word that the DVD is available. What’s so great about that some of you might ask, especially considering it really is a short movie? Well, the DVD has over three hours of extras! Just check out … [Read More]