Monthly Archives: August 2013
Elysium – Film Thoughts/Review
Back in 2009 Neill Blomkamp made his feature film debut with ‘District 9’, a low budget indie marvel. Four years on the budget has increased and out comes ‘ELYSIUM’ a similarly set up to ‘District 9’ tale but with more … Continue reading
‘Kick-Ass 2’ – Film Thoughts/Review
Three years ago came this incredible edgy celebration of the term known as ‘Superhero’ with Matthew Vaughn’s ‘’Kick-Ass’’. It was one of my favourite films of that year, and was unique with the idea that the film had been wrote … Continue reading
‘Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa’ – Film Thoughts/Review
Over the last year or so there has been (if yet somewhat cult) campaign to make a film of the BBC comedy character Alan Partridge, a former television host turned radio DJ from Norfolk, England. The character very much ‘’set-off’’ … Continue reading
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‘Only God Forgives’ – Film Thoughts/Review
If there has been one marmite film this year which will have a equal amount of lovers and haters, it has to be Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest, ‘ONLY GOD FORGIVES’. A film which at this year’s Cannes Film Festival caused … Continue reading
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‘The Wolverine’ – Film Thoughts/Review
Based on the 1980’s one off Marvel Comic book by Frank Miller, comes the second spin-off, of X-Men’s ‘THE WOLVERINE’. Originally a project which Darren Aronofksy was going to direct, this film adaptation of the comic was meant to be … Continue reading
‘The World’s End’ – Film Thoughts/Review
Following on from the universally liked ‘Shaun of the Dead’ and ‘Hot Fuzz’, comes Edger Wright’s third in what’s been titled (and made cameos in the films) ‘Cornetto trilogy’ with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost of ‘THE WORLD’S END’. One … Continue reading
‘Pacific Rim’ – Film Thoughts/Review
After (to what I believe was a creative) departure from ‘The Hobbit’, Guillermo Del Toro makes his first film since 2008’s ‘Hellboy 2’, with ‘PACIFIC RIM‘. Channelling a mixture of Japanese Kaiju movies (‘Godzilla’ etc*) and other monster features like … Continue reading
‘A Field In England’ – Film Thoughts/Review
‘A FIELD IN ENGLAND‘ continues Ben Wheatley’s ”love of the Great British outdoors”, by making a film showing that indeed rural Britain isn’t what it seems to be (see also ‘Kill-List’ and ‘Sightseers’). Based during the English Civil War, this … Continue reading
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‘The East’ – Film Thoughts/Review
Following on from 2011’s ‘Sound Of My Voice’ (which is currently doing the rounds on Sky Movies). Zal Batmanglij (yes his actual name) teams up with Indie actress (who’s terrific in ‘Another Earth’) Brit Marling, to make his most mainstream … Continue reading
‘This Is The End’ – Film Thoughts/Review
After making a comedy short, Seth Rogen co-directs this Stoner Comedy ‘THIS IS THE END‘, about comedic actors (along with a brief cameo from Rihanna) playing fictionalised versions of themselves, and get stuck at James Franco’s house during the Apocalypse … Continue reading
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