When coming to a film that is an established classic, it is often with a sense of trepidation. Will time have been kind, will the colossal weight of expectation, familiarity with the oft-quoted dialogue and having inadvertantly seen scenes and camera-moves in modern movies that either ape or are almost frame-by-frame rip-offs (something that took […]
This is one of the lesser regarded 007 adventures, and I’m slightly at a loss to know why. There’s an effective, if convoluted, plot involving a renegade Soviet Union General, treasure smuggling, a circus and an atomic bomb! Louis Jourdan makes a good, if effette, baddie and Steven Berkoff overacts to marvellous effect as a […]
I missed this at the cinema, probably because it got a limited release but picked it up on DVD as it sounded intriguing.
Intriguing is probably a good word to describe it. Noir-ish in feel and texture, it features Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Third Rock From The Sun) as a loner who investigates the circumstances surrounding his ex-girlfriend’s […]
At a time when many are debating whether HD-DVD / Bluray will achieve mass-market penetration or whether physical formats’ days are numbered, especially in an age where people routinely choose to download mp3s over their physical, better quality cd equivalent, the studios have invested heavily in this new premium packaging - perhaps in an […]
Noticed the Teaser Poster for the next Bond (no 22) - Quantum of Solace is out. I like it - it’s nice and stark.
To celebrate this small step towards the release of Quantum of Solace in November, I’ve made a wallpaper from the teaser poster, links below should you want it.
The first National Treasure movie came out of nowhere and rather stole the Da Vinci Code’s thunder by weaving a tale of masonic conspiracies into a fun treasure hunt.
This sequel - Book of Secrets, follows a similar template - this time crafting a conspiracy around an American Civil War confederate plot to discover the City […]
Guess I should say hello. Hello!
I’ve made a few film reviews on my fledgling blog but this seems a friendlier place for someone with a love of celluloid. I like a wide variety of films so I don’t suppose this will be the most cohesive blog, but what the hey!