Confession: I haven't read any of the Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Fantastic Four comics. Sorry. They were made before I was born and the only way to see them is expensively in colour or cheaply in black & white, and I don't 'get' Kirby's art. This is probably heresy…
I love seeing films for free. I'm a cheap bastard like that. Even if it means getting up on a Sunday morning. I always worry that this might colour my review; not paying money and early mornings can influence things, no matter how one might try to maintain critical distance.…
Being a Brit of Celtic origin and a fan of mythology (of which comics are but a modern iteration), the Arthur story is something I was drawn to at an early age. The first 'proper' books (i.e. no pictures) I remember actively purchasing as a young teenager were the Susan…
Seeing people getting hit by things is funny. It probably shouldn't be, but watching the pain of others is the basis of comedy, so we have no choice. Which is why Dodgeball is funny. Seeing balls, wrenches, cars and fists hit other people in perfectly timed physical comedy will make…
I've got yet another free trial for an online DVD rental company—this is my fourth in about six months now—where you get a month to try them out without actually paying. It's gotten so bad, I feel odd when I go an rent a film from a rental shop (especially…
I got to see this last week due to The Times preview screenings. This is the only reason for buying The Times. This is a delightful film. This description sounds a bit soft, but that's the most appropriate word. It is a film about two middle-aged men who realise that…
Before you say anything, it was free, okay? I wouldn't normally see something like this in the cinema but it's nice to see a film for free, and my girlfriend wanted to see it because she likes Nic Cage. (See what I did there? Casually dropped into the conversation that…
I have a lot of affection for the original Super-Marionation Thunderbirds, even if it probably doesn't hold up well today. Yes, they were puppets, and you could see the strings, and they walked funny, and their mouths moved up and down badly, but it was cool and fun and futuristic…
The Aviator is a very good film. Not a great one, not one that I think deserves the accolade of 'Best of the Year', but this doesn't stop good-but-not-great films being given that title (can anyone say, hand on heart, that Chicago, A Beautiful Mind or Gladiator, to name three…