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Alternative perspective: ‘Jennifer’s Body’ – a misunderstood feminist film

Alternative perspective: ‘Jennifer’s Body’ – a misunderstood feminist film

With the recent release of Jennifer’s Body on DVD there have been a second round of reviews that re-affirmed what the original critical reception stated. Jennifer’s Body, it was deemed, is a misogynistic film aimed squarely at the Transformers fans market. I, however, would have to disagree and suggest that, although flawed, there is a [...]

January 8 2010 | Posted in Movie Reviews | Read More »

Journey to the Centre of the Earth director to make 3D Korean war epic

Journey to the Centre of the Earth director to make 3D Korean war epic

One of the anomalies of the South Korean film industry is its sheer eclecticism. Whilst Asian neighbouring territories typically are known for exporting one specific genre, for example Horror from Japan or Action from Hong Kong, Korea refuses to be tied down by any individual type. In recent years Seoul has released a torrent of [...]

December 28 2009 | Posted in Entertainment News | Read More »

Interview with Stingray Sam writer/director/star Cory McAbee

Interview with Stingray Sam writer/director/star Cory McAbee

When Cory McAbee’s American Astronaut debuted at Sundance in 2001 critics where all tripping over themselves to attribute superlatives to the genre-bending film whilst struggling to describe exactly what they had just seen. Having made numerous appearances at Sundance for the better part of two decades, McAbee returned earlier this year with Stingray Sam. The [...]

December 18 2009 | Posted in Entertainment News, Interviews | Read More »

Bruno and Karen O amongst the 63 songs on Oscar “shortlist”

Bruno and Karen O amongst the 63 songs on Oscar “shortlist”

A staggering 63 songs have been submitted to the Academy for consideration in the Best Original Song category with a list of artists that span an incredible spectrum. The convoluted, complicated selection process means this number will ultimately be whittled down, however, to anywhere between zero and five nominees. The full rules on the nomination [...]

December 17 2009 | Posted in Entertainment News | Read More »

Asian film news: Studio Ghibli’s latest project Borrowers’ adaptation, Kim Ha-Neul returns, Dad Likes Women

Asian film news: Studio Ghibli’s latest project Borrowers’ adaptation, Kim Ha-Neul returns, Dad Likes Women

 
Studio Ghibli have made the official announcement that their next project, due summer 2010, will be an adaptation of Mary Norton’s prize winning novel The Borrowers. Entitled Kariqurashi no Arrietty (The Borrower Arrietty), the film relocates the tale of tiny people who “borrow” items from regular sized humans from 1950s England to modern day Tokyo. [...]

December 17 2009 | Posted in Entertainment News | Read More »

Interview with Arthur Cauty – director of wrestling documentary Hard Knocks

Interview with Arthur Cauty – director of wrestling documentary Hard Knocks

There is a famous quote in Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters in which Max Von Sydow’s character Frederick ponders aloud:
“You see the whole culture. Nazis, deodorant salesmen, wrestlers, beauty contests, a talk show. Can you imagine the level of a mind that watches wrestling?”
   To Frederick it is baffling anyone would waste their time [...]

December 15 2009 | Posted in Entertainment News, Interviews | Read More »

Bunny and the Bull review

Bunny and the Bull review

 
The Mighty Boosh is the epitome of a polarising comedy. Those who loves the series are insatiable for the adventures of Howard Moon, Vince Noir and the eccentric supporting cast that includes a tiny shaman and a talking gorilla. The camp who avoid the show are those left cold by the idea of a wild [...]

December 15 2009 | Posted in Entertainment News, Movie Reviews | Read More »

I Heart Huckabees director joins Natalie Portman for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

I Heart Huckabees director joins Natalie Portman for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies at first appeared to be a one note literary effort. The title was kind of amusing, to a degree, but surely there was not much more that could be done with this idea? Well apparently a slew of film companies thought otherwise at Seth Graham-Smith’s book, Jane Austen’s original tome with inserted [...]

December 14 2009 | Posted in Entertainment News | Read More »

Kieron’s Top 13 Films of 2009

Kieron’s Top 13 Films of 2009

Looking back over the past twelve months highlights what a strange year this has been in cinema. Transformers 2 swept up at the box office, Terminator 3 nearly killed the franchise. (500) Days Of Summer’s incredible trailer resulted in an incredibly dissapointing film, Where The Wild Things Are dared to be even better than its Arcade Fire powered trailer [...]

December 14 2009 | Posted in Editorials, Entertainment News | Read More »

The Hurt Locker wins the LA Film Critics best picture award

The Hurt Locker wins the LA Film Critics best picture award

Katheryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker has taken the L.A. Film Critics prizes for both Best Picture and Best Director. The film, a highly tense feature about a U.S. bomb disposal unit in Iraq, pipped Jason Reitman’s Up In The Air to the post with the Clooney-starring picture finishing second. Michael Haneke was runner up in [...]

December 14 2009 | Posted in Entertainment News | Read More »

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