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Freelance writer, have been writing about film for three years. Also an aspiring novelist working on my first novel. Extremely lazy. Older than I look.
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The Mentalist was one of the early results of the huge success of Fox’s House MD. The idea of a lead character with a unique set of skills wasn’t, ahem, unique, but it was the intelligence with which it was executed in the Hugh Laurie series that really set the standard. TV is now awash [...]
In the early nineties Kevin Spacey rose to prominence in Hollywood. He did so by playing some notable villains, and did a nice line in slimy businessmen. Once he became popular, of course, they made him into a good guy, and he was never quite the same again. Now, however, he has returned to his [...]
OK, the headline may seem a little over the top, and yes, we have heard this argument many, many times. Unfortunately, however, the necessary people are not listening. This is not an article merely rehashing the same outrage at the number of sequels on cinema screens this year, it is an exploration of why this [...]
Who’s fastest? That’s the question explored in the latest MotoGP documentary from filmmaker Mark Neale, his follow-up to Faster and The Doctor, The Tornado and the Kentucky Kid. Motorsports have been featured in a few docs recently, with TT3D: Closer to the Edge and Senna having been released in the last year or so. Great [...]
Romance is one of the oldest cinematic genres, and nowadays, there seems to be two main approaches. The first is the very obvious, schmaltzy ‘boy meets girl, both seemingly unaware of their true feelings, but they overcome numerous obstacles, hilarity ensues, and everyone lives happily ever after’. Then, there are the more complicated films that [...]
ID:A starts off with what feels like a very familiar cinematic predicament. A woman awakes with amnesia, to find herself laying in a river, wounded, with nothing but the clothes on her back, and a duffel bag. She makes her way to the nearest town, and finds a hotel room to hole up in whilst [...]
So. A young babysitter takes their three young charges on an ill-advised trip into the big city. What should be a simple errand turns into chaos, as the four find themselves on the run from dangerous men, bouncing from one outrageous situation to the next, desperately trying to resolve their issues and beat the parents [...]
Considering his spotty cinematic CV over the past 15 years or so, it’s easy to see why no-one really talks about Harvey Keitel anymore. A once truly great actor has faded almost into obscurity, which is a great shame. A timely reminder of his acting ability comes this week in the form of a remastered [...]
The Academy Award winning Life is Beautiful has been re-released on Blu-ray, with this special edition. As well known for Roberto Benigni’s Oscar acceptance as the movie itself at the time, this is a great chance for the film itself to once again take centre stage. Co-writer/Director Benigni plays Guido Orefice, a simple, cheeky waiter [...]
Yet another professional wrestler tries to make the leap into acting. This time around, it is former WWE champion Dave Batista, credited under his real name of Dave Bautista. Having won every major title available in that federation, breaking records in the process, it is easy to see why he would want a career change. [...]
Professional wrestling is as much a performance art as it is a sport, with combatants required to inhabit a persona as well as master a series of intricate wrestling moves. As a result, there have been a series of wrestlers over the past few decades that have tried to make the leap into acting. For [...]
In 1971, Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs was released. Though brilliantly made, and arguably the talented filmmaker’s best work, its violent content and complicated rape scene caused a storm of controversy. It has since been largely forgotten. Forgotten, that is, until now. When Rod Lurie’s remake was first announced, the news was met with predictable outrage. [...]
So yeah, George Lucas’ original Star Wars trilogy was one of the biggest pop cultural icons of all time. It was well-known early on that A New Hope, Empire and Jedi were part of a much longer story, so there were constant rumours that more movies would make their way to the big screen. Eventually came the [...]
It has felt like a pretty slow year at the box office, but that has changed over the last several weeks. Fast Five and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides have both made huge amounts of money, but this weekend a box office record was broken. To be fair, we are not talking about [...]
The Dark Knight Rises, one of the most highly anticipated movies (at this point) of all time is released next year. Director Christopher Nolan is, by his very nature, a very secretive filmmaker. He likes to reveal as little as possible about his projects, which leaves his fans desperate for the barest snippets of information. [...]
The weekend box office estimates are in, and against all odds Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides has achieved the highest opening weekend total so far this year. It just managed to squeak past previous highest Fast Five’s total, with an estimated $90m according to Inside Movies at EW.com, and sets a big target [...]
By now, you’ll have heard about the successful Toy Story 3 Oscar nomination campaign, and seen some of the fantastic posters. If not, you can read about it here. It is certainly hard to argue with the strength of the campaign. If any film can claim to be 2010′s big success story, it is easily [...]
One of this past year’s hidden gems was Gareth Edward’s Monsters. Despite the overt nature of the title, the ‘Monsters’ in question only made the briefest of appearances, with the main crux of the story concentrating on the developing relationship between the two protagonists.The sci-fi element of the plot was really more of a backdrop [...]
As has been widely reported, Harry Potter made a massive impact at the box office in the last few weeks, and continues to do so. Success was inevitable, and the level of success predictable. Harry Potter is one of the most popular book series of all time, appealing to fans both young and old. All [...]
Last weekend saw the latest installment of the Harry Potter franchise surpass all the previous movies’ performances at the box office to lead the weekend with a US opening of around $125 million. This was a massive success for Warner Bros, making them the leading box office performing studio so far this year. With only Tangled offering [...]