A CLOSER LOOK AT THE NEW PROMETHEUS AND DARK KNIGHT RISES TRAILERS Two of this decade’s most hotly anticipated films released new trailers this week. 2-3 minute long trailers, with plenty of spoilers it would seem. There has been increasing media attention on spoilers in trailers in recent months, with some critics believing they are [...]
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Fads have come and gone but something his remained pretty constant for a few decades now – zombies. Not quite as historic as vampires or werewolves, but like the former two have origins in superstition and religious belief, and complete something of an unholy trinity in the fantasy world. A much delayed blog on the [...]
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One of my favourite movies of all time is Ghostbusters, and I am one of the few fans who actually prefer the sequel (along with my mate Chris). I remember being a kid and being jealous of my friends who had Ghostbusters merchandise. My dad went through a weird religious phase for a while and [...]
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Many years ago I was at Center Parcs with a friend, and for whatever reason we stayed in one day, all day, watching a Planet of the Apes marathon. By the end of the day I think we’d watched the 5 Apes films and seen more of Roddy McDowall then his own family probably did [...]
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An article I wrote for Empire film magazine last month during my work experience, which has not been published to date (and is unlikely to be). I did email the editor who okayed the article asking for feedback on it, and got no reply, so figured I might as well publish it on here.. Two [...]
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To some people it’s sinister, to some it’s just a bit of fun, to some it’s a genuine holiday with a history. Much like Valentine’s Day or even Christmas people either love it, or hate it for various reasons, usually commercialism. Personally, I love it, and actually wish it would become bigger. While I don’t [...]
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The Three Musketeers (PG13) Out October 12. Paul W.S. Anderson briefly left Resident Evil territory to film his take on Alexandre Dumas’s classic tale, making it mostly action (for a 3D audience) and adding a little steampunk fantasy. The adaptation stays fairly true to the book, but like most other films the story is changed [...]
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Source Code (12A) This intriguing sci-fi thriller stars Jake Gyllenhall (Donnie Darko, Brokeback Mountain) as Captain Colter Stevens, a soldier who wakes up in the body of another man on a train that is about to blow up. Joined by the man’s unsuspecting work colleague Christina (Michelle Monaghan), he learns that he has 8 minutes [...]
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Film Review: Unknown (12A) Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List, Batman Begins) heads back into recently successful action drama territory as Dr. Martin Harris, a man whose identity appears to have been taken over by another man. Dr. Harris is involved in a car crash heading back to an airport to pick up a forgotten suitcase. [...]
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Limitless (15) Bradley Cooper (The Hangover, The A Team) stars as Eddie Morra, a scruffy writer whose life is instantly changed by a strange drug in this sci-fi thriller loosely based on the book ‘The Dark Fields’. Morra’s life is going nowhere as he struggles to meet deadlines for a book and is dumped by [...]
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