Archive for December, 2006

‘Behind the Mask’, mmmm post-modern

I remember seeing the trailer for this movie a while back and generally just being confused by it, a post-modern horror movie, that turns back into a horror movie at certain points? Since then I've seen a new cut of the trailer and heard some of the good things that people have had to say [...]

‘Apocalypto’ Review

The Marketing of films can be a difficult thing, the right placement of movies in peoples minds is a tricky thing to get right, and can make or break how a film does at the box office. I don't know where I got the preconceptions that I went into 'Apocalypto' with, but they were all [...]

First production from ‘Warp Films’ and ‘Warp X’

'Warp X' was a new initiative launched back in March by 'Warp Films' the filmic branch of the music label 'Warp'. 'Warp X' is basically a low-budget studio, they plan to make 7 films over the next year, with budgets between £400,000 and £700,000, shooting digitally and hopefully injecting some much needed energy into the [...]

‘Pirates 3′ Poster

I really have to try and put my personal feelings aside when I post about things like this. I liked the first Pirates of the Caribbean, popcorn fluff but Depp was entertaining playing a rolling stone and I managed to block out Orlando Bloom in my mind enough to enjoy it. Pirates of the Caribbean [...]

‘300′ Spartans, 1 opinion…

I don’t like to be unfairly negative but does anyone else have a bad feeling about the big budget blue screen adaptation of Frank Millers Sparta graphic novel ‘300’? Probably not (culturalelite obviously disagrees with me :)). On paper it sounds great: a big budget film about the Spartans (those dudes were frikkin awesome!) [...]

Raging man-vibes from the new ‘300′ trailer

I don't know what this film is doing to me. My obsession with it is running deep, so much so It's started to affect my everyday life. Yesterday my girlfriend asked me if I wanted a cup of tea, I kicked her in the chest and yelled 'TEA? THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAA!!!!' tore off my shirt, [...]

Joe Carnahan to remake ‘Bunny Lake is Missing’

Joe Carnahan is a guy that really interests me, his breakthrough movie 'Narc' was absolutely stunning, and the first time i'd enjoyed watching Ray Liotta on-screen in about five years. His next film, released in January, is 'Smokin' Aces'. A movie where I really don't know what to expect, outwardly it looks like a Guy [...]