Comic-con, which has just wrapped in San Diego (18 – 21 July), is greatly loved by Hollywood. Amid some soul-searching that the annual pop culture extravaganza has sold its soul to commercial interests, lots of Hollywood studios were on hand to show their upcoming movie fares including of course Continue Reading
Movies
Speed-ing towards the movies Gravity and 47 Ronin
Let me say upfront that I make no apologies whatsoever for the Speed reference in the headline. It is after all, the movie that first drew Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves together – the less said about Speed 2 the better thank you – and one of my favourite Continue Reading
Movie review: “The Heat”
Paul Feig, director of The Heat, 2011’s Bridesmaids, and cult TV show Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000) is a man propelled by a laudable mission – to increase the representation of strong, funny women in Hollywood films. But it’s not just some warm and fuzzy notion of joining the pop Continue Reading
Comic-Con TV trailer-palooza: Arrow, Doctor Who, True Blood, Family Guy, Husbands + more
As always, Comic-con, which has just wrapped in San Diego (18 – 21 July), provided an embarrassment of pop culture riches for everyone who was there, and thanks to almost instant transmission via social media, even to those of us who couldn’t make it. There were panels galore, the usual Continue Reading
A pleasing plethora of movie and TV posters: Almost Human, Banshee, Godzilla, Thor: Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Yes we have posters! So many posters and it’s time to share them with you. Yes you – watch and be visually tantalised … First up is the latest poster for one of J. J. Abram’s new TV season offerings, Almost Human, which is set 35 years into the Continue Reading
The fiery revolution of “Snowpiercer” cuts through an icy dystopian future (movie poster + trailer)
SNAPSHOT After a failed experiment to stop global warming, an Ice Age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snow Piercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. A class system evolves on the train but Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: “Francis Ha”
SNAPSHOT Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York, but she doesn’t really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but shes not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren’t really speaking anymore. Frances throws herself headlong into her dreams, Continue Reading
Movie review: “Only God Forgives”
As a piece of unforgettable modern art, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives is without peer. Visually striking, it is a starkly lit, arresting mix of midnight blacks, overcast grays and lurid neon-hued red, oranges, yellows and purples, communicating with one glance themes of murder, violence and betrayal. The only Continue Reading
CHOMP! Silliest movie of the year award goes to “Sharknado”
SNAPSHOT When a freak hurricane swamps Los Angeles, thousands of sharks terrorize the waterlogged populace. And when the high-speed winds form tornadoes in the desert, nature’s deadliest killer rules water, land, and air. Right, so you’re probably thinking it’s waaaay too early to be awarding the title of Continue Reading
“Boxtrolls” new teaser trailer: families come in all shapes and sizes … even rectangles
The Boxtrolls, based on the fantasy novel by Alan Snow, is due onto cinema screens till sometime late next year but it’s already generating lots of buzz for the amazingly creative people behind it – Portland-based Laika Studios, headed by respected stop-motion animation wunderkind Travis Knight. Travis and his talented team Continue Reading