After revving things up considerably last week, after a few episodes where Falling Skies almost spluttered to a narrative stop, this week’s episode “Road to Xibalba” (a reference to the name of the underworld in K’iche’ Maya mythology which roughly translates as a “place of fear) put the pedal to Continue Reading
Justice is served: Short film “Villainous” reveals the fate of comic book baddies
Oh the sweet power of a tale tautly and imaginatively told. Villainous is a remarkable short film I came across via laughing squid.com, made by talented filmmaker Paul Constantakis, who wrote and directed this visually delightful and powerful story. In three far-too-short minutes – not that the story is Continue Reading
The decay of a colossal wreck: The quietly ominous new trailer for “Breaking Bad”
SNAPSHOT: Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell Continue Reading
Movie review: “Pacific Rim”
While Gulliermo del Toro’s monster masterpiece, Pacific Rim, is hardly a work of Shakespearian splendour, it is also not the braindead blockbuster monstrosity that many purported it to be. Granted it has all the trappings of the latter – cardboard-cutout characters, an overly-earnest seriously-intoned opening narration replete with cliches Continue Reading
A round of “Applause” for Lady Gaga’s new single (+ album)
She has been uncharacteristically quite of late – a combination of lull between albums and time out for major hip surgery – with her only major appearance the singing of the US national anthem at a New York pride rally on 28 June this year, but all that is Continue Reading
Pixar set to turn its animation “Inside Out”
SNAPSHOT “Pixar takes audiences on incredible journeys into extraordinary worlds: from the darkest depths of the ocean to the top of the tepui mountains in South America; from the fictional metropolis of Monstropolis to a futuristic fantasy of outer space. From director Pete Docter (Up, Monsters, Inc.) and producer Continue Reading
It ain’t easy or cheap being Superman [infographic]
It ain’t being green says Kermit and nor is it easy or cheap to be one of the major cultural touchstones of the American landscape. Not only is there angst-ridden emotional toll – though Superman has never seemed as psychologically tormented as Batman or Spiderman (and yes I know I Continue Reading
Now this is music #11: 5 awesome songs – Kill Paris, Cape Lion, Janelle Monáe, Ralph Myerz, Goldroom
I am not a man of half measures. If I decide to take something on, it must be done as fully and completely as possible, or I don’t see the point in bothering at all. While this gung ho, take-no-prisoners does get lots done, it can also mean I Continue Reading
Comic-Con movie trailer-and-poster-palooza: Riddick, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Elysium, X-Men Days of Future Past, Zero Theorem
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
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