Spotlight on: Kathryn Bigelow
With the Oscar nominations fast approaching, this marks the time of year where we are in the throes of the awards season. There are several films and directors that seem to be a shoe in for a nomination. One of those directors is Kathryn Bigelow along with her film The Hurt Locker.
A lot of people [...]
47 Ronin get a director
Variety is reporting today that Universal Pictures are close to naming Carl Erik Rinsch as director for the forthcoming 47 Ronin movie. It will be Rinsch’s first feature, he is best known for being a director of commercials. The movie is set to be a big budget action movie along the lines of 300, so [...]
Guilty Pleasures – What’s Yours??
After reading through the comments lefts on the Must See post, I got to thinking about all those movies that I consider “guilty pleasures”. These are the movies that if I’m caught watching I explain it away by saying “oh there was nothing on” or “I just turned on the TV and this was the [...]
Video Vault: A most excellent look back at Bill & Ted
Twenty years ago today a film was released that would change my life, proving certain truths the 12 year old me knew to be self-evident. Firstly, that the world would be saved by people being excellent to each other, secondly, that George Carlin was some sort of prophet, and lastly, that Napoleon was a dick.
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