Spectre movie review: Bond goes backward
After a truly spectacular and fresh opening sequence, everyone might as well be enacting a Bond puppet show, which is sometimes unpleasantly retro-icky.
Quantum of Solace
people who complain about fast edits in modern films need to know this
Ugh. I mean, Hollywood, amirite? Ruining our attention spans and won’t someone think of the children. Except…
Empires of the Deep (the accidentally funniest trailer you’ll see this year)
China is attempting to out-Hollywood Hollywood… and the results (so far) are hilariously awful…
Skyfall movie review
What we witness here is the destruction of the old Bond mystique, and the creation of a new one. This is the sneaky cleverness of the film: it is, at last, going to tell us why Bond still matters.
question of the day: What would be a great title for a James Bond movie?
Supply the plot, too, if you like. Or just tease us with a title that makes us salivate just imagining what it could be about…
U.K. box office: ‘This Is It’ not so huge
Up is down after Michael Jackson’s arrival at multiplexes: 1. Michael Jackson’s This Is It: £4.9 million (NEW) 2. Up: £3.4 million (4th week; drops 10%) 3. Fantastic Mr. Fox: £1.5 million (2nd week; up 2%) 4. Saw VI: £.94 million (2nd week; drops 46%) 5. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant: £.54 million (2nd … more…
new DVD releases in Region 1 and Region 2, week of March 23, 2009
Still trying to find the best way to highlight new releases, still trying out this new pared-down format… Out March 23 in Region 2: green light (definitely check it out): • Zack and Miri Make a Porno: read my review/buy at Amazon U.K./already available in Region 1 at Amazon U.S. • Choke: read my review/buy … more…
watch it: “Mamma Mia – Behind the Scenes – Red Nose Day 2009”
It’s Red Nose Day today! And I’ve got lots of videos today in support of Comic Relief. So it seems that two of the funniest of Britain’s funny ladies — Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders — will be performing their last sketch ever on the Comic Relief show on the BBC tonight (which is now … more…
U.K. box office: top 10 moneymakers of 2008
The final figures for 2008 are finally available, so here’s a quick look of the top movies of 2008, from a box-office perspective, in the U.K.: 1. Mamma Mia!: £69.17 million 2. Quantum of Solace: £51.02 million 3. The Dark Knight: £48.69 million 4. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: £40.27 million … more…
North American box office: top 10 moneymakers of 2008
Just for fun, here’s a quick look of the top movies of 2008, from a box-office perspective: 1. The Dark Knight: $531,001,578 2. Iron Man: $318,313,199 3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: $317,023,851 4. Hancock: $227,946,274 5. Wall-E: $223,806,889 6. Kung Fu Panda: $215,434,591 7. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: $177,016,810 8. … more…
