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Posted by Jason Stringer on Jul 28th, 2010 | View Comments

SAW 3D images, trailer and teaser poster fail to revive faith in the franchise

It’s safe to assume Saw 3D (the 7th Saw film) is going to be mediocre, right? This franchise has a history of sometimes producing noteworthy trailers and other promotional material, getting fans (??) excited about possibly seeing a worthwhile addition to the saga and then letting them down. Hard. Seems there’s a trickle of excitement following the new Saw 3D trailer and, yes, while it might seem...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jul 26th, 2010 | View Comments

New COWBOYS AND ALIENS image features hats and gadgets

So apparently there’s some kind of convention going on over in America where a whole bunch of people get together and discuss slim shiny books that are packed with pictures but feature relatively few words. Descending from this mysterious medium like a semi-intelligent ape from muck is a movie whose title conveniently sums up its plot: Cowboys And Aliens. Those clamoring for a look at Daniel Craig...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jul 24th, 2010 | View Comments

How to sell a 3D space thriller called GRAVITY better: put Scarlett Johansson in it

One of the few names that will get me into a cinema no matter what is Alfonso Cuarón’s. The fact that his next picture is going to be set in one of my absolute favourite genre milieus — space — is even better. Gravity sounds like a potential classic of the genre, rivalling the likes of the recent Sunshine or Moon, and even the fact that it’s going to be in 3D can’t dampen my...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jul 23rd, 2010 | View Comments

SUCKER PUNCH character banners have fascinating backgrounds

Men love watching women dress up and prance around for their titillation. Americans love weapons and violence. Combining both of these together, Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch is almost guaranteed to be a huge financial hit. Despite recklessly harming the cause of feminism, what is Sucker Punch really about? Slashfilm (in addition to providing these images) has helpfully summarised the plot thus: The film...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jul 23rd, 2010 | View Comments

First image from JACKASS 3D hopes to sell you that extra D

I’m not going to lie to you: Jackass 3D is alarmingly high on my 2010 ‘to-see’ list. It’s always a treat to see Johnny Knoxville and the gang hurt themselves in increasingly complicated and imaginative ways. I’m not even annoyed that it’s in 3D. If anything, I think it’ll help the experience. This photo floated out of Comic-Con, via Yahoo, and features Knoxville...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jul 15th, 2010 | View Comments

THOR and CAPTAIN AMERICA will be post-converted into 3D: set phasers to “rage”

This comes straight from the bad news department: Marvel Studios is planning on converting two of its biggest 2011 films into 3D in post-production, Thor and Captain America (annoyingly subtitled The First Avenger). This bodes ill for people who don’t like 3D, people who specifically didn’t like the 3D in Alice In Wonderland or Clash Of The Titans, and people who are obsessed with continuity, who...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jul 13th, 2010 | View Comments

Top 10 reasons why I didn’t like AVATAR

I reviewed Avatar on opening day. Fresh from watching the film, my mind had a tendency to focus on the trees rather than the woods, and, while the review still holds up, it could use some clarification. Eight months have passed since then, the dust has settled, everyone’s absorbed Avatar into their consciousness, and the film’s due for re-release in six weeks’ time. What better time to reflect on the...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jul 10th, 2010 | View Comments

Top 5 movies you didn’t know were science fiction

Following on from my list last week about movies that people innocently mistake for science fiction, here’s a list of the opposite: five popular movies that people don’t usually think of as science fiction. Science fiction hasn’t really been popular since the Golden Age ended forty years ago, but, following in the wake of Avatar, it’s likely that we’ll see a resurgence in the...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jul 10th, 2010 | View Comments

Hey Jim, buy me a house: James Cameron set to earn $350m from AVATAR

In an ironic twist on the Hollywood accounting nonsense I recently wrote some words about, James Cameron is set to rake in $350 million from the success of Avatar. That’s a lot of dollars. How come he gets so much? Because he wrote, directed and produced the film; each one of those jobs probably came with a cent-per-dollar contract, and, being in control of the project in every meaningful way, he must...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jul 9th, 2010 | View Comments

TRON: LEGACY continues to look awesome: 5 new images hit the web

I’ve been looking forward to Tron: Legacy ever since I saw the first trailer in March. It’s not the story or the characters that grab me, but rather the pretty visuals and synthetic soundtrack. Something tells me, though, especially looking at the bike-race-crash stuff, that the movie will be more than a little bit silly when it comes out in December. Nevertheless, it continues to look gorgeous in...
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