General movie news
Feb 01
For the last few years Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has been languishing in family film hell. The former wrestler was once the great hope for action fans and had starred in “The Rundown” (2003) (AKA “Welcome to the Jungle” in Australia), “The Scorpion King” (2002) and “Doom” (2005). In 2005 he proved he had great …
Jan 31
The story on this film is that while Joel and Ethan Coen were writing “Miller’s Crossing” (1990) they hit a massive case of writer’s block. To help them get past this they wrote this little film about a writer with writer’s block. It must have worked, because they resumed work on “Miller’s Crossing” and it …
Jan 29
If you haven’t read Dave’s article on Kevin Smith’s Red State (link here) then stop now and watch the attached video. It covers a lot of what this piece is about. The world of cinema has changed a great deal in the last 50 years. Writers and directors once thought to be the dregs of …
Jan 28
If you know me at all, you may have noticed that I am an unabashed fan of the Coen brothers. So I was pretty excited to see their latest film, “True Grit” which is based on the Charles Portis novel of the same name. I just got back from the theatre and had to share …
Jan 27
Re-watching Martin Brest’s “Midnight Run” is a reminder of how talented the director was. Today his reputation is marred by the film “Gigli” (2003) starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, now considered one of the worst films ever made (and definitely worth a re-watch sometime this year). It seems hard for people to remember that …
Jan 26
Yesterday we posted the nominees for the Razzies and now we have the complete list of nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards. This year, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will hand out the Oscars on Sunday the 27th of February. This list comes directly from Oscar’s own site and it is pretty …
