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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
