Archive for December, 2006

New ‘Hot Fuzz’ stills crop-up

There's really not a lot more to be said about 'Hot Fuzz' that I haven't already said. There's now 2 teasers out, a really great trailer, 16 video blogs (including the new one I hadn't spotted) a bunch of posters and now a couple of new photos have appeared online. 
There's some sweet pictures of Nick [...]

Sweet ‘Good Shepherd’ poster

The UK quad for the new political thriller 'The Good Shepherd' has appeared over at impawards. It looks like they're trying to pay homage to the spy/paranoia movies of the 60's and 70's, movies like 'The Conversation' and 'The Manchurian Candidate'. The film stars Matt Damon, Robert De Niro and a raft of other great [...]

Brad Anderson goes Trans-Siberian

Not the newest piece of news if you're a regular reader of the movie-web, but something I've been meaning to mention for a while. Brad Anderson is a director that i'm still waiting for something great from. That's not to say the films he's made to date have been bad because they haven't, they've been [...]

‘Hot Fuzz’ references pt.2

After we picked up the first poster referencing 'Bad Boys', it seems natural that the other posters would follow suit. First Bad Boys now 'Magnum Force'… sweet.
I'm not certain  if the other two are nods to something, and I just don't see it. If anyone out there thinks they know drop us a line in [...]

New ‘Hot Fuzz’ Posters Hit

Three new ones in total, click the images to see bigger versions, and all three posters in a gallery.
via impawards 

The ‘Z-Boy’ Legacy carves on

The latest film to come from the ex-'Z-Boy' and skate team leader Stacy Peralta is now out on DVD (skipping a theatrical release this time round). On the back of 'Riding Giants' (a great surf documentary following the history of big wave riding) comes 'Pipeline Masters'. The Banzai Pipeline is one of the [...]

Mel Gibson, Apocalypto, and the Oscars?

Yesterday I was reading a really interesting article over at the New York Times discussing Mel Gibson and the likelihood of his new Mayan epic 'Apocalypto' winning an Oscar. The article calls into question the fact that even disregarding Gibsons anti-semite ramblings, would the film be oscar-worthy? and if it is will the Academy be [...]