Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the most annoying movie characters ever… Cinema at its best delights and enthrals. For that to work, we need engaging characters we can get behind. There’s a problem though. Sometimes for an array of reasons, some characters just end up being incredibly annoying. It can be the cherry on […]
Home Alone at 30: Dark and Disturbing?
Tom Jolliffe revisits a holiday staple, and looks into the dark underbelly of Home Alone… Home Alone is 30. Macaulay Culkin turned 40 this year. If that makes you feel old, I apologise. The film turned the former child actor into a mega star, and in a short run of largely repetitive films, Culkin suffered […]
Blu-ray Review – Uncle Buck (1989)
Uncle Buck, 1989. Directed by John Hughes. Starring John Candy, Macaulay Culkin, Jean Louisa Kelly, Amy Madigan, Laurie Metcalf, and Gaby Hoffman. SYNOPSIS: John Candy goes round to Macaulay Culkin’s house and mayhem ensues. There’s something to be said for John Hughes movies from the 1980s, especially if you were of an age to see […]
Macaulay Culkin to star in Seth Green’s Changeland
Macaulay Culkin is set for a return to the big screen, with Entertainment Weekly reporting that the Home Alone star has joined the cast of Changeland, the director debut of Seth Green. Changeland sees Green playing “a hesitant character undergoing a personal crisis as he meets up in Thailand with his self-assured best friend, portrayed […]
Seth Green to make directorial debut with Changeland
Seth Green is set to make his debut as a director with the film Changeland, which will also mark his first time writing a feature film. Green will star in the lead role alongside Breckin Meyer with Brenda Song, Clare Grant, Macaulay Culkin, Rose Williams, Kedar Williams-Stirling and WWE wrestler Randy Orton co-starring in the film. Changeland sees Green’s […]