Simon Columb on press junket interviews… I listen to many film podcasts. When I get behind, I’ll try and desperately catch up and inevitably listen to interviews with the same guest on different shows. This means that if Tom Cruise is speaking on various podcasts, then I’ll hear Cruise speak time and again about his new […]
What’s with all the hate for Ghostbusters II?
Simon Columb on the hate for Ghostbusters II… Off the bat, I’ll admit it’s inferior to Ghostbusters. The combination of Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis and Bill Murray, in a family-friendly blockbuster, with a fiendishly spooky-but-fun script is a perfect cocktail of expertise. With these elements in mind, Ghostbusters II ultimately doesn’t have the innovation calling […]
Movie Review – Project Almanac (2015)
Project Almanac, 2015. Directed by Dean Israelite. Starring Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista, Virginia Gardner and Amy Landecker. SYNOPSIS A found-footage teen-flick, whereby our college-applying scientists find a clock-rewinding contraption in the basement… The word ‘almanac’ isn’t in the vocabulary I use. Perhaps ‘annual’, but I’d assume a collection of lists isn’t what the director is […]
Movie Review – Amy (2015)
Amy, 2015. Directed by Asif Kapadia. SYNOPSIS: Documentary charting Amy Winehouse’s music and battle with drug and alcohol addiction. What takes your breath away watching Asif Kapadia’s outstanding documentary on Amy Winehouse, Amy, is how much she was hounded. Reminding us of those final moments in Princess Diana’s life, Winehouse courted paparazzi even in death, snapping and […]
5 reasons why The Lost World: Jurassic Park isn’t as bad as you remember
Simon Columb with 5 reasons why The Lost World: Jurassic Park isn’t as bad as you remember… You did it. You planned to watch all three Jurassic Park films prior to watching Jurassic World and stalled after the first one. There are problems with The Lost World: Jurassic Park, sure, but it is crucially a Spielberg film. Not executively-produced, but directed by […]
Movie Review – The Long Goodbye (1973)
The Long Goodbye, 1973. Directed by Robert Altman. Starring Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt and Sterling Hayden. SYNOPSIS: Private investigator Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould) is asked by his old pal Terry Lennox (Jim Bouton) for a ride to Mexico. He obliges, and when he returns to Los Angeles is questioned by police about the death of Terry’s wife… The cat. […]
Toretto, Dom Toretto: How Fast & Furious owes James Bond
Simon Columb on Fast & Furious and its debt to James Bond… With the release of Fast and Furious 7 last week, it’s worth noting the key influences so far. Almost every escapade has actively appreciated the globe-trotting, explosive-heavy, expertly-produced James Bond series – and the seventh instalment is no different… This is “007-style shit”, […]
Movie Review – Blade Runner: The Final Cut
Blade Runner: The Final Cut. Directed By Ridley Scott. Starring Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer and M. Emmet Walsh. SYNOPSIS: Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is the titular Blade Runner, tasked to track down human-looking, A.I. “Replicants” Blade Runner bombed in 1982. It has since become a cult, and now firmly established, classic of science-fiction film-making. […]
Movie Review – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, 1967. Directed by Stanley Kramer. Starring Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katherine Houghton, Roy Glenn and Beah Richards. SYNOPSIS: Mr and Mrs Drayton are in for a shock when their daughter brings home her new fiance – Dr. John Prentice Jr, an African-American… At one point in Guess Who’s Coming […]
Movie Review – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Little Shop of Horrors, 1986. Directed by Frank Oz. Starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia and Steve Martin. SYNOPSIS: A little shop becomes exceptionally successful after flower shop assistant Seymour finds an alien plant. But the cost of fame, fortune and love may be a little too high… In an era whereby Avenue Q and Book […]
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