If you’re an admirer of Blake Lively (Savages, The Age of Adaline), see The Shallows, for it’s a fair bet that no movie ever again will devote to her so much adoring screen time. Essentially (though not literally) a one-man show á la Castaway, this surf-and-shark tale, a cunning little B-movie from Spanish genre whiz Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax, Orphan,…
DetailsWell, this one certainly seemed right up my street: a model-animated adventure clearly inspired by Japanese mythology, as well as Japanese samurai and horror cinema. Created by Laika Entertainment (Coraline, The Boxtrolls) — owned by Nike chairman Phil Knight — and directed by the company CEO (and Phil’s son) Travis Knight, it tells of a ……
DetailsWhat a week! It’s been crazy! So now let’s see how crazy the world of film news has been! Onward! In this week’s “Vin Diesel’s big mouth” story, Vin Diesel let some interesting Marvel news slip in a Facebook video interview. He was only doing the because he has 100 million fans on his page…
DetailsLove animation: always have, always will. Probably my first hero was Bugs Bunny, and his most famous quotes still form the boundaries of my life. “What’s up, doc?” “Of course you know this means war.” “This calls for a little stragedy (sic).” And the single finest expression of “well, duh” logic: “Don’t go up dere…
DetailsOk folks, I am back from the delights of Sin City’s hosting of the Creation Entertainment Star Trek Con! I will surely regale you with the fun, but first, on to another week of information of the celluloid kind! In this week’s “Bad Boys, Bad Boys!” news, Sony’s next installment of the Bad Boys franchise,…
DetailsGuns guns guns, blah blah blah… Mel Gibson may have been a little hungry for roles of late, and his character in Jean-Farançois Richet’s Blood Father may fit him like a glove, but the glove is ugly and old-fashioned, unsuited for these times. It is a movie no-one needs, a redundant, obsolete thing. Mel plays an ex-con…
DetailsI haven’t seen Marguerite, Xavier Giannoli’s film, still in cinemas, which tells a more fictionalised version of the same story, so I’m not sure how it plays, but screenwriter Nicholas Martin and veteran director Stephen Frears have pulled off a neat trick with the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins: they’ve made it the story of her husband. Hugh…
DetailsIn the spirit of full disclosure, let me admit, at the very top, that I’m not a fan of villains. Having experienced some villainy in my up-bringing, I don’t relish wallowing in it at the cinema. While I’ll fantasize about villainy, I never side with it. I’m much more hero-oriented (always the Doctor over Daleks,…
DetailsSalutations, my little droogies! Let’s get ready for another edition of “What the Hell are you talking about?!” Film News this week! Might be some extra stuff this week because next week, yours truly is off the Las Vegas for the 5th Anniversary Star Trek Convention! I’ll be pretty bust doing Trek-type stuff that involves…
DetailsThis time around Jason Bourne finds himself pitted against… the Director of the CIA. I seem to remember this was the basis of the first Bourne movie, but it’s been an awfully long time. I didn’t see the last one, with Jeremy Renner instead of Matt Damon, but Damon is back in this one, and he’s become very beefy.…
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