Movies

  I get it. It’s James Bond’s 50th anniversary and so all the stops have been pulled out to craft a worthy movie to mark this historic occasion. And as far as it goes, the Sam Mendes-directed Skyfall does that admirably. It has the daring over-the-top, larger-than-life opening action sequence with Continue Reading

  I have a great relationship with my mum. We talk regularly, talk deeply about all sort of issues and laugh at silly jokes late at night when everyone else is sound asleep. She’s a great lady and when I see her, we get on brilliantly well. But even I Continue Reading

  I love movie posters. In the hands of truly inspired designers, they are a thing of beauty, capable of firing the imagination and heightening the anticipation for the story to come. Over the last week, movie posters were released for the new iteration of Superman, and for the new Continue Reading

  So how about this for a dream combination? According to the always well-informed folks at Variety, there’s an unnamed crime drama in the works at Sony starring George Clooney (who will also produce it with his business partner Grant Heslov) and written by Chris Terrio, the writer of one of Continue Reading

  One of the hits of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Celeste and Jesse Forever is a romantic comedy in reverse. The script by Parks and Recreation Star, Rashida Jones (who also plays Celeste) and Will McCormack, which has earned the pair a 2013 Spirit Awards nomination, plays merrily, and Continue Reading

  I am a huge fan of Sandra Bullock. From the moment I saw her in Speed in 1994, I was totally in love (in a sweet non-stalker-ish way that doesn’t bring on Do Not Approach Orders and doesn’t involve hundreds of photos plastered across a blood-splattered wall in a Continue Reading

  Every actor worth his or her salt – are they even paid in salt anymore? Maybe Armani suits? Spa vouchers? Chickens? – craves credibility as a thespian. They may have matinee idol good looks or enough charisma to start a cult (a very pretty cult at that) but while Continue Reading

  “Welcome to the island of misfit toys.” With these words, the protagonist of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, written and directed by the same man who penned the critically-acclaimed novel of the same name, Steven Chbosky, Charlie (Logan Lerman) is inducted by Sam (Emma Watson), with the full Continue Reading

  Movie trailers can be tricky things to get right. Include too much and audiences will likely conclude, rightly or wrongly, that they have already effectively seen the movie and that there’s no need to mortgage their home and grab a tub of pop corn large enough to level a Continue Reading