Posted in News on Feb 19th, 2008 1 Comment »
There are two types of people in the world, those who love Hitchcock and those who don’t.
If I had my way, the latter would have their strangled bodies stuffed into potato sacks, and if you didn’t realise that was a reference to Frenzy, I am probably talking about you.
Well, Frenzy (quite understandably) didn’t get featured […]
Posted in News on Jan 31st, 2008 No Comments »
The morning after the Oscar nominations were announced, I caught a glimpse of the first edition of one of the papers on the train into work. “A bad night for Keira Knightley” ran the headline.
Well, it turns out that Heath Ledger’s night was much, much worse.
Of all the young actors in the world, Ledger had […]
Posted in Documentary, News on Jun 27th, 2007 3 Comments »
Conspiracy theories make for great movies, but lousy documentaries.
I realised this while I was watching a short video produced by Purdue university which simulates the physical impact of the flight that hit the North Tower of the World Trade Centre on 9/11.
You can see the video itself on YouTube here and you can read more […]
Posted in Horror, News, Sequels on Jun 13th, 2007 No Comments »
It had no humor, virtually no sex, and the music was all towards orchestral music, and no songs, no local stuff at all.
So spake Robin Hardy about the 2006 Nicolas Cage remake of his 1973 directoral debut, The Wicker Man.
Well, now that Robin Hardy has sat through last year’s biggest flop (unless you count Golden […]
Posted in News, Superheroes on Apr 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Despite my (super)heroic best efforts, I failed to land an invite to the Spider-Man 3 premiere on Monday night. Anyone passing by MovieMail towers would have heard the sound of chairs breaking and teeth gnashing. Still, there’s no need to rent a dinner jacket, which is a saving of sorts.
Being denied the chance to see […]