Some subjects, although seemingly interesting documentary fodder are always going to be difficult to watch when they’re committed to celluloid. Certain things are just genuinely difficult to digest, other things are ultimately not as interesting as the filmmakers thought they would be and some things… well…they’re difficult to take seriously, no matter how balanced and [...]
As a film fan I think i’m pretty easy to please. If you throw a couple of key ingredients into the mix you’re almost certain to please me. One thing you can guarantee is if you turn on the Terrence Malick visuals (roaming landscapes.. filmed mostly at ‘the magic hour’ with people starring into the [...]
I read a lot of other movie blogs, a…lot. Most of the time you’ll see the same pieces of news dotted around, new trailers.. ‘exclusives’ all that stuff, but occasionally you get a story that you can tell has got people excited because EVERYONE is talking about it.
So the Hot Topic this morning is [...]
So i’ll pick some names out of my ass at the end of the day (that’s about 6pm UK time)…. so get your entry in while you still have a shot. The full details are here if you missed it the first time around…
drop me an email to competition@solaceincinema.com with the word ‘Daywatch’ in the [...]
I don’t know who or what it is that made me suddenly quite pessimistic towards modern sci-fi films…. at I guess i’m going to say directors like Paul W.S. Anderson, to a lesser extent Tony Scott and pro-douchebag Nic Cage with his stupid hair have ruined the genre for me. Ok that’s perhaps a bit [...]
‘The Island of Lost Souls’ is one of those “why the fuck haven’t I heard about this?” type films. The only thing i’d seen or heard about it before I checked it out at an LFF press screening was the small blurb and the single image in the festival guide book. After checking it, myself [...]
It’s no secret that I’m ridiculously excited about the big screen adaptation of ‘30 days of Night’, and other than the weak link of Josh ‘Pretty boy’ Hartnet, I can’t see where it can fail. The comic books are great, containing some of my favorite artwork of any book I’ve read in the last [...]
I’ll start by saying the marketing in general, but especially the trailer for new film ‘The Kingdom’ is fucking terrible. I don’t know exactly which demographic it’s trying to hit, or goals it’s attempting to fill… but it misses them all. The fact is if I wasn’t aware of director Peter Berg’s previous work then [...]
My personal list of ‘films to see’ is ridiculously long, and grows longer practically everyday. Shark documentary ‘Blue Water, White Death’ has been on that list for a long time, and while you can grab the dvd off ebay i’ve never got round to actually buying it. So Jay C over at Film Junk did [...]
The only ‘Be Kind, Rewind’ trailer i’d seen up until now was the terrible pirate copy from Comicon, and although i’m a big advocate of cruddy pirated trailers (no, really) it’s nice to see everything clearly.. even the stuff that’s made to look like cruddy vhs recordings….
I honestly think this is going to be amazing, [...]
Will Ferrell is not for everyone I can admit that, and his films have been diminishing returns since ‘Anchor Man’ and the glory of lines like “I’m going to punch you right in the ovaries!” which is a shame, and i’m hoping that ‘Semi-pro’ might take him back to that. The thing is with Ferrell [...]
Man what the fuck would we do without wikipedia? I’ve been keeping an eye on the new Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer, Kung-fu Hustle) film for a while, and in that time it seems to have changed titles several times. At first I thought Chow was working on more than one production at the same time, [...]
Javier Bardem is the reason i’m not sleeping very well at night. The guy gives me the fucking creeps, and the bit when he falls onto his back and pulls that crazy straining face as he’s strangling the life out of that guy…. **shudder**.. I don’t like it. Shark eyes acting
I had to stop reading [...]
I really liked Night Watch when we eventually got it over this side of the pond (2 years after it was out in Russia I think?) and Day Watch is just as good but if anything just ramps it all up a gear. Some of the action sequences are truly epic and need to be [...]
So they’ve started to test screen nail Marshall’s new film ‘Doomsday’.. in the states apparently (What the fuck Marshall??) and the first couple of reviews are starting to show up on US sites…. some positive… some not..
The First review I read was over at at Aintitcool, who’s reviews I tend to not trust… at all…
I [...]
I it and it’s tagline “you must admit, you brought this on yourself”. but other than this poster so far nothing has really peaked my interest. The remake is shot-for-shot and I don’t really understand why… the original is barely 10 years old. **deep exhalation of breath** Well I won’t go on about it again. [...]
Wow.. this a little to much for my weak heart first thing in the morning. The full ‘Hotel Chevalier’ short is online, it’s a prelude to Wes Anderson’s ‘The Darjeeling Limited’ incase you didn’t know. Sweet Natalie Portman flesh… I like to imagine she tastes like fruit polos.. or perhaps Tizer. You’ll need a stinking [...]
Some sweet posters for ‘No Country for Old Men’ the new Coen Brothers film have dropped onto the interpipes. Great combination of type and photography. i’m loving it.
I’m actually pretty gutted it’s not playing at the London Film Festival (might be the surprise film, fingers crossed) especially becuase the States get it early November…. and [...]
Zodiac was a fucking fantastic film, I’d go as far to say it’s Fincher’s best film. Unlike a lot of his previous work it was visually quite subtle but ‘the look’ really added a lot to the story overall.
Until now I hadn’t realised how much of the film was enhanced by CGI, in fact [...]
Sure ‘The fountain’ wasn’t for everyone, it was confusing, slightly pretentious in places but well I don’t give a fuck… I liked it. More than anything I admired how brave it was as a film, It took years to make but Aronofsky stuck with it. The film is visually stunning and weaves plots through time [...]