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Batmad

By Tom Lennon ⋅ October 2, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

Christopher Nolan is currently shooting his third and final Batman movie. I imagine you’ve heard about this, seeing as though you’ve got access to the internet and everything. It’s called The Dark Knight Rises, a title which – to me at least – sounds a bit like one of those vintage soft porn parodies [...]

This is Captain Midlands

By Tom Lennon ⋅ July 17, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

In a couple of weeks time a big budget movie based on Marvel Comics’ star-spangled superhero Captain America will be slinging his mighty shield around a multiplex near you. It’ll look something like this: httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBCozy67VIQ I think it looks ace, but then I would. I’ve always had a weakness for comic-book superheroes and WWII films, [...]

Wrath of Khan in 60 Seconds

By Tom Lennon ⋅ February 11, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Clare showed me this earlier, so I’m sharing it with you. It’s an entry to this year’s Empire magazine-run Done in 60 Seconds competition by Mawgan. It made us smile: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is6_Wos09Gw On a related note, our beautiful daughter Edie is now 21 months old. One of her first words was “KHAAAAAAAN!” I blame her sister, [...]

The Video Shop of Horrors

By Tom Lennon ⋅ January 22, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

It’s been a long time since I first watched David Lynch’s woefully underrated film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, but the psychological traumas still linger to this day. It was either 1992 or 1993, although from where I’m standing now it’s getting hard to tell the difference. I think ’92 was taller. Back then [...]

Alejandro Jodorowsky: Interview with a Metabaron

By Tom Lennon ⋅ July 14, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

I’ve been digging through the archives again. After a seven year wait, the final volume of cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s graphic novel series The Metabarons is getting a long-overdue English language release this week. What follows is an interview I did with Jodorowsky back in 2002 for the much-loved, but sadly no-longer-with-us, comics magazine Borderline. [...]

The Metabaron Returns

By Tom Lennon ⋅ June 13, 2010 ⋅ 6 comments

Some seven years after it was first published in France, the concluding volume of The Metabarons – cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s brilliantly insane graphic novel series – is finally getting an English language release next week. This is something of a big deal for Jodorowsky fans like me who have a poor grasp of French [...]

Movie Haiku: My Top 100 Films of the Decade (Part 4 of 4)

By Tom Lennon ⋅ March 16, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

For 100-76 go here For 75-51 go here For 50-26 go here And for the Top 25, read on… ____________________________________________________ 25. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (dir. Andrew Dominik, 2007) Oft-told tale retold Won’t spoil the ending for you But clue’s in title 24. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy [...]

Movie Haiku: My Top 100 Films of the Decade (Part 3 of 4)

By Tom Lennon ⋅ March 11, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Here’s my next batch of 25 favourite films of the last decade, taking us from number 50 to number 26. Each one has a lovingly hand-crafted piece of haiku. Any resemblance to any haiku appearing in any of my previous end of year lists is purely coincidental. For 100 to 76 go here For 75 [...]

Movie Haiku: My Top 100 Films of the Decade (Part 2 of 4)

By Tom Lennon ⋅ March 6, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

Here’s my second batch of favourite films of the last decade in haiku-form, which covers number 75 through to 51. For 100 through to 76 scroll up or go here. More to come… _____________________________________________________ 75. Drag Me To Hell (dir. Sam Raimi, 2009) Raimi’s zeitgeist surf As bank clerk is damned Due to Evil Debt [...]

Movie Haiku: My Top 100 Films of the Decade (Part 1 of 4)

By Tom Lennon ⋅ March 4, 2010 ⋅ 9 comments

What follows is the first part of the hideously overdue rundown of my Top 100 favourite films of the last decade. Not a Top 20, not a Top 50 but a Top 100. You can see why I’m doing this in installments. Most lists like this are published in late-December or early-January, but most lists [...]

What if Wes Anderson directed the new Spider-Man film?

By Tom Lennon ⋅ February 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Or, The Life Arachnid with Peter Parker. A slyly clever parody by Jeff Loveness which – like Anderson’s actual films – you’ll either get or you won’t. (Thanks to zenbullets for the heads-up.)

Snatch Wars

By Tom Lennon ⋅ February 3, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m probably the last person in the world to see this, but here’s a tremendously funny movie mash-up that features Darth Vader reimagined by Guy Ritchie: