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Five weeks ago (crikey, time flies) I began my series of reviews of the Alien, Predator and Alien vs Predator franchises with my thoughts on Alien: The Director's Cut and the original Predator, both of which I'd seen before. Over the past few days I've moved on to the remaining Alien films, all of which I viewed in their original theatrical cuts an...
100 Films in a Year 29-06-2009 21:00
Director: Wilson Yip Main cast: Donnie Yen; Nicholas Tse; Shawn Yu Territory: Hong Kong
Childhood friends Dragon (Donnie Yen) and Tiger (Nicholas Tse) reunite as adults on different sides of the Dragon Tiger Gate, a place where youngsters are taught to become heroes. While Tiger has become an upstanding citizen, Dragon has become the top mus...
Heroes of the East 29-06-2009 16:34
There is a subject which just will not go away in Blu-ray world, threatening to become the anamorphic/black bars debate that would often dominate conversations on the then new movie format, DVD.
I'm talking: Grain
The recent release of Ghostbusters on Blu-ray has divided fans and film restorers alike. Robert Harris, perhaps the most promine...
The Dark of The Matinee 29-06-2009 15:36
Just a couple of movies in three weeks. I've been reading books instead, specifically the works of David Peace, one after another, one after another, relentlessly, specifically, one after another. Blu-ray movie is marked with a †.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) †
People say to me, they say, what do you mean, you haven't seen Little Miss Suns...
Nobody Knows Anything 28-06-2009 19:45
Perpara disa muajsh, pata shkruar per nje film shume te mire algjerian ("INLAND").
Tani : nga filmi i i algjerianit, do te hidhem shkurtazi tek ata te Jean-Marie Straub & Danielle Huillet, apo te Pedro Costes : edhe filmat e ketyre regjizoreve, shikohen nga nje numer shume shume i kufizuar spektatoresh, ne rastet me te mira zor se kalohet n...
AUTORI 28-06-2009 07:34
I feel shock and disbelief. It's hard to believe someone bigger than life is gone.
For me he was and always will be a big slice of 80's culture. Growing up in the 80s when Michael was a solo artist and releasing hits was truly an Honor. I feel so fortunate that I grew up during that time where I could hear his music so often and where his fame w...
All of this has happened before 26-06-2009 20:35
Like most people my first experience of animé was Akira. At the time, the film was simply astonishing. Animated features were in decline in the West, the glory days of Disney decades gone. Akira was vibrant and lush; visually it was as arresting as Star Wars had been back in 1977. It was also dark, violent and somewhat ambiguous, a far cry from ...
Musings of the Ghost Of 82 26-06-2009 18:17
Much as I enjoy all the gadgetry and technology that seems to have become part and parcel of the espionage film over the years it's refreshing nevertheless to watch something where the spy uses nothing more advanced than a pocket camera to accomplish his goal. 5 Fingers (1952) is just such a film, a slow burning suspense yarn that concentrate...
Riding the High Country 25-06-2009 22:02
After the relative high of Star Trek, I have found some of this season's new movies to be rather flat and disappointing. Perhaps it's the curse of the sequel, beginning with the leaden Night at the Museum 2, which retreads virtually the entire material of its prequel (including many of its gags!) presumably in an effort to squeeze more money out of...
The Big Whatsit 22-06-2009 17:44