Simultaneous Worldwide Release Is Long Overdue
Shutter Island is released in the UK this weekend. I’m looking forward to seeing it but, unfortunately, i know what happens at the end. It’s my own fault, i accept that. I ignored a spoiler warning, and paid the price. But if all movies had simultaneous worldwide release, it wouldn’t have been an issue.
It’s not even [...]
Preview: Repo Men!
Philip K Dick is just one of many successful science fiction novel writers from history. He is possibly the one who has had the most work adapted for the big screen however. The reason? His stories were exciting, compelling, and conveyed timeless messages that are still relevant today. Because of this, there are many who [...]
We Don’t Want A Dimestore Captain America!
These last few days have seen the internet do a madness over the casting process for Joe Johnston’s Captain America. A list of potential candidates was doing the rounds, that list was apparently cut down, and then John Krasinski was supposedly on the verge of being announced for the part.
The situation has been revealed to be [...]
The Key To Alice’s Big Box Office… Timing…
I predicted in my preview ten days ago that Alice in Wonderland would draw big box office. No, it wasn’t exactly a bold prediction, and it was clear to everyone that a lot of money was going to be spent on Alice. I don’t think, however, that anyone could have predicted just how much money [...]
HeyUGuys IMDb250 Project Wk 7 – New Hollywood
In the 1950’s and early 1960’s, the Hollwood blockbuster had been born to combat the advent of television. Attendances had begun to dwindle, so the studios created big, epic movies, technicolour, and elaborate musicals, in an attempt to draw the crowds back in. This was initially successful, but as the sixties came in the demographic [...]
Preview: Green Zone
13 years ago, Matt Damon managed to shoot himself into the A-list thanks to writing partner Ben Affleck, and collaboration Good Will Hunting. Or so he thought. Despite critical acclaim, and an Academy Award for the screenplay, Damon’s door wasn’t exactly being beaten down. He picked up some big parts here or there, but was [...]
2010 Things I’m Looking Forward To
As i write this, it’s the 1st March, the sun is shining, and it feels like the movie year is starting to begin, after a slow first two months. It feels like a good time, then, to have a look at what the next ten months have in store, and the ten things i’m most [...]
Stop Hating On Remakes!
There was much consternation over the weekend over the gall of someone daring to develop a remake of, shock horror, an Alfred Hitchcock movie. I appreciate that yes, Hitchcock is one of the greats, but to suggest that to remake his work would be a travesty is, to be frank, a little strong. It’s nothing [...]
Preview: Alice In Wonderland
Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. They go together like Soderbergh and Damon, Scorsese and Di Caprio, Eastwood and Eastwood… Burton and Depp have worked together on six different feature films, and Burton’s latest, an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland will be the seventh.
Why do Burton and Depp work together so frequently? Tim Burton is well [...]
Kevin Smith, Condensed
This weekend saw the release of Kevin Smith’s Copout. Copout was originally called A Couple of Dicks, but after the marketing disaster surrounding Zack and Miri Make a Porno, the studio felt a title change might be prudent on this occasion. Copout is particularly significant in Smith’s directorial career, as it is the first feature [...]
