When you think of Michael Douglas, what character is the first to spring to mind? Is it the ruthless uncaring Wall Street trader Gordon Gekko or maybe Romancing the Stone’s version of Indiana Jones, Jack T. Colton or the unfaithful husband courting the biggest psycho-bitch you ever saw in Fatal Attraction? When I think of Michael Douglas, the first image I get in my brain is the iconic one you… Read More »
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Retro Review: The Chronicles of Riddick
Ahhh, Vin Diesel. Action hero of many schlocky films where he performs the impossible in yawn inducing Hollywoodized sequences. I’m personally not a huge fan of his style of film apart from just one. The character, story and general all round feel this film and its prequel, Pitch Black, delivers is an excellent franchise that deserves much more credit than given. Considering Diesel has another instalment on the way, I… Read More »
2000AD: A Film Goldmine
There’s a film coming soon. One that I have anticipated since I was 15. Such anticipation that was utterly crushed by Sylvester Stallone in 1995 and revitalized to full strength in the middle of last year because of an announcement. An announcement stating that they would have another crack at doing it right. A film that could finally do justice to the character that is Joe Dredd. A character known… Read More »
Jobs for Kutcher?
It’s the April fools joke that no one seems to believe, or want to believe. In what appears to be one of the most bizarre announcements of recent date, especially considering the day it was announced, what does everyone think of Ashton Kutcher being cast as the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs in the coming biopic? Yes, you read that correctly and I’m still apprehensive about the whole thing because… Read More »
Retro Review: Creepshow 2
It seems the good old Horror Anthology is on the endangered species list. Too much a product of its time perhaps, and in my opinion that time was at its best in the mid to late eighties…..possibly because I am a product of my time. I have a great reverence for Horror Anthology’s but feel that they’re pretty much dead in the water these days, and that’s a damn shame…. Read More »
Expanding a Universe
With the film world going bonkers for sequelizing, prequelizing or rebooting every damn film that makes a bit of money, do you grow tired of this trend or do you enjoy being given the ability to wallow in the universe they created for another hour and a half? I love many sequels, in fact my favourite film of all time is a sequel but I do have an aversion to… Read More »
The Oscars are Broken
I used to watch the Oscars. I actually looked forward to it every year and each year I get progressively more annoyed, especially once the winners are announced because its the usual suspects of films that take it out. Arty, ponderous, period pieces of pap. Now I’m not saying that these films don’t deserve a pat on the back but every year it’s the same and just once I’d like… Read More »
2012: An Incredible Year for Film
James McDonald is uncharacteristically positive about 2012′s lineup of films. Find out why……
