Films
My Top 10 Films of 2008
Here’s my somewhat ridiculously overdue Top Ten Films of 2008, the disappointing sequel to Top Ten Films of 2007. To make up for my tardiness, each one comes with a lovingly hand-crafted haiku summary. I thought the haiku was an original touch, until I realised that sites like this have been doing this sort of [...]
Ricardo Montalbán, 1920-2009
Oh God, not again. Only a day after I wrote a post about the late Patrick McGoohan, I now find myself writing about another cherished actor who has sadly passed away. Like most unrepentant fanboys, I’ll always remember Ricardo Montalbán for his portrayal of my favourite screen villain, Khan Noonien Singh. However disillusioned I might [...]
Patrick McGoohan, 1928-2009
It saddens me that we’re only a couple of weeks into 2009 and already I find myself writing about the death of one of my cinematic heroes. Patrick McGoohan passed away after a short illness in his Los Angeles home yesterday. McGoohan, of course, will chiefly be remembered as the writer, co-creator, producer and star [...]
The Dark Knight (Slight Return)
Thanks to my partner Clare for alerting me to the following twisted gem:
Jodorowsky’s Nuts
It seems as though the legendary – and, yes, I do mean legendary – Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky has a new film in the pipeline. It’s a “metaphysical spaghetti western of gangsters”, it’s called King Shot, it’s produced by David Lynch and, true to form, it already sounds buggier-than-batshit. Jodo says: “I think that gangsters [...]
Nick Horner’s article in last week’s Great Barr Observer about the virtual reconstruction of Kingstanding’s former Odeon cinema will be of interest to those odd critters like me who have a weakness for magnificent old cinema buildings. I don’t know what the technical term for this is, but I suppose you could call us necrocinephiles. [...]
Batman vs Batman
From Variety: Batman has a new adversary: Batman. The mayor of an oil-producing city in southeastern Turkey, which has the same name as the Caped Crusader, is suing helmer Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. for royalties from mega-grosser The Dark Knight. Huseyin Kalkan, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party mayor of Batman, has accused The Dark [...]
JJ Abrams’ Star Trek trailer
Yummy.
New Watchmen trailer
Alright, I’ve been a bit sniffy about Zack Snyder’s movie adaptation of my favourite goddamn superhero comic ever in at least one previous post, but – I must admit – the new trailer does look rather tasty:
JJ Abrams’ Starship Enterprise
A quick break from this bus route blather: I’m a bit of a purist when it comes to tampering with this particular fictional design classic, but at least it looks a damn sight better – and remains truer to the original concept – than some of the franchise’s other misguided efforts…
FFS
From Variety: Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are in early discussions to collaborate on a remake of Chan Wook-Park’s Oldboy. DreamWorks is in the process of securing the remake rights, and the new pic will be distributed by Universal.
Southland Tales
The other day I watched Richard (Donnie Darko) Kelly’s sci-fi slapstick satire Southland Tales. The reason why I watched it was because I’d recently bought it on DVD, and the reason why I’d recently bought it on DVD was because the Asda in Perry Barr were selling it for £3. In the days, weeks and [...]
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