Commenting on the commentators with Simon Columb… Mike Gubbins writes for Moviescope about the Digital revolution [read the full article here]: “The ‘digital dividend’ was the great promise of the post-celluloid era. Lower costs in production, distribution and marketing would go with greater quality and choice of content; less spending, more income. The independent industry […]
Movie Review – Jack and Jill (2011)
Jack and Jill, 2011. Directed Dennis Dugan. Starring Adam Sandler, Al Pacino, Katie Holmes, Elodie Tougne, Rohan Chand, Eugenio Derbez, David Spade and Nick Swardson. SYNOPSIS: Advertising executive and family man Jack (Sandler) has to contend with the one event of the year he fears most… the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister Jill […]
Gremlins – Harmless creature feature or warning about Red China?
Anghus Houvouras presents an outlandish new theory on Gremlins… Gremlins has been on cable a lot lately, and I started noticing something the more I watched. Was this silly, enjoyable little monster movie a thinly veiled attempt at warning us about the “Red Menace” of Communist China? At first, it sounds crazy. Actually, it still […]
Movie Review – Pinching Penny (2011)
Pinching Penny, 2011. Written and Directed by Dan Glaser. Starring Steven Moloney, Timothy J. Meyer, Ginny Glaser and Lauren J. Wertz. SYNOPSIS: A British hypochondriac becomes addicted to consumerism and turns to crime to fund his habit, eventually hatching a plot to kidnap a girl and hold her for ransom. The most challenging aspect about […]
The Week in Spandex – The Dark Knight Rises prologue, first look at the Lizard, Marvel Studios udpates, The Wolverine, Justice League and more
Presenting our weekly round-up of all the biggest news stories from the world of movie superheroes… We’ve known about it for what seems like an eternity now, but Warner Bros. have finally confirmed that the six-minute prologue from The Dark Knight Rises will be attached to certain IMAX screenings of the upcoming Tom Cruise action […]
Movie Review – Hugo (2011)
Hugo, 2011. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Ben Kingsley, Asa Butterfield, Sacha Baron Cohen and Chloe Grace Moretz. SYNOPSIS: An orphaned young boy becomes wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. Hugo is one of those strange movies. One of those movies that you know probably deserves a couple of […]
Starship Troopers remake announced
A remake of the cult sci-fi film Starship Troopers, released in 1997, is in the works according to Vulture. Directed by Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct) and based on a short story by Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers featured a war between mankind and giant alien bugs, following a military unit as they progressed from recruits […]
Short Film Review – Toy Story: Small Fry (2011)
Small Fry, 2011. Written and Directed by Angus MacLane. Featuring the voice talents of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Estelle Harris, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Angus MacLane, Teddy Newton, Jane Lynch and Timothy Dalton. If you weren’t already looking forward to The Muppets, I’m going to give you yet another incentive to get along […]
Films To Watch Before You Die #15 – Next Friday (2000)
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… Almost Famous, 2000. Directed by Steve Carr. Starring Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Justin Pierce, John Witherspoon, Don ‘D.C.’ Curry and Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister. If you watched Friday on last week’s recommendation then you are in for a treat this […]
Thoughts on… The Beaver (2011)
The Beaver, 2011. Directed by Jodie Foster. Starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin and Jennifer Lawrence. SYNOPSIS: After losing his job and his family a man develops an alternate personality, which takes the form of a beaver hand puppet. Mel Gibson talking to a beaver puppet? Surely this had to be a bizarre documentary […]
