In the realms of ‘they don’t make them like they used to’, this independent sci-fi film seems to prove that by looking exactly like something out of the 1970s – to me, its production design looks like an updated version of Space: 1999 (although they were channelling more high brow…
I like the films of John Woo; even though his last Hollywood films were woeful (Windtalkers, Paycheck, Mission: Impossible II), there is still the deranged madness of Hard Target, Broken Arrow and the marvellous Face/Off. But it was the Hong Kong ‘heroic bloodshed’ action films that, while dated, I still…
I think that Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a great film (I was pleasantly surprised when it was ending up on so many of those premature Best Of The Decade lists), and Being John Malkovich and Adaptation are two of the most original and smart films I’ve seen.…
From good Punisher to not-so-good Punisher, which is ironic considering how much this film took from the Ennis Punisher run ... I'm amazed that they made a sequel to the underwhelming (and missing the point) Thomas Jane-starring version, especially as they seemed to have ignored it completely, returning to the…
Would Brüno be a funnier film if Borat hadn’t existed? Would Brüno have been made if Borat hadn’t been so successful? I ask because the film can be summed up by the sentence: Brüno is funny but it’s not as funny as Borat. (I thought I'd reviewed Borat on this…
Michael Mann has made some good films: Last of the Mohicans, Heat, The Insider, Collateral (I’m not sure about Ali); hell, I even liked Miami Vice. The prospect of Mann making a film based on the true story of John Dillinger, with Johnny Depp as Dillinger and Christian Bale as…
As mentioned previously, I'll be talking about the films I saw in the cinema while I was not blogging. I saw roughly a film a week, even before I stopped blogging. I used to call these 'reviews' but I think I was flattering myself (although I'll keep the 'film reviews'…
I have lots of current films to talk about (about 20 films, give or take), but I had to get this off my chest first. I'm ashamed for having seen this movie, so I hope this is a lesson for you. I thought this might a sufficiently fluffy film to…
Apart from not having the ability to write about films every week, I don't know if I have enough to say for a post dedicated to the film. So here are a few thoughts on films I've been watching in the cinema lately, with more to come (at some point).…
As I continue to catch up, I turn my attention to some recent DVD viewing. I used to review DVDs more often but have got out of the habit of late, so think of this as a warm up to more (depending on how this turns out). Twilight I am…