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Posted by Robin Hare on Jun 15th, 2010 | View Comments

CENTURION trailer: fire, foreigners, and face-paint

Ah, yes — the Roman occupation of Britain. Those were dark days, as I recall. There we were, with barely a tuber to feed a country, and in marches a hundred thousand Roman soldiers, babbling about this Christ fellow and falling into the testudo formation at the drop of a hat. Don’t they know that rolling giant balls of fire into their marching column is just our way of saying “Hello?”...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jun 9th, 2010 | View Comments

Michael Fassbender must choose between SPIDER-MAN 3D and X-MEN: FIRST CLASS

I guess Michael Fassbender made a splash in last year’s Inglourious Basterds, because his name keeps popping up everywhere I look. He’s appearing in the upcoming Jonah Hex, which looks awful, and now he’s been forced to choose between appearing in the horrible-sounding 3D Spider-Man reboot and the promising-sounding X-Men: First Class prequel. Where Spidey is being helmed by (500) Days Of...
Posted by Jason Stringer on May 4th, 2010 | View Comments

Master craftsman George Clooney in THE AMERICAN trailer

The trailer for George Clooney’s upcoming suspense thriller The American might have you comparing it to James Bond. It’s okay, it’s only natural– after all, it’s about a suave ‘master craftsman’ (instead of a spy) who appears to get the ladies and sip latte (instead of martinis) while on the job in foreign territory. Yet, having read a little deeper and given the...
Posted by Jason Stringer on Mar 8th, 2010 | View Comments

Thoughts on a ground-breaking Oscars ceremony (82nd Academy Awards)

It used to be that I’d have to endure a media blockout through an entire Monday so I could enjoy the Oscars telecast. As it happens live on a Sunday night in the States, it’s actually around 10AM Monday morning in Australia, and in the past the TV network screening the event wouldn’t do so until the prime time slot later that evening, usually 8 or 9 pm. This meant having to avoid all...
Posted by Robin Hare on Feb 23rd, 2010 | View Comments

BAFTA awards snub AVATAR, earn my respect

Ah, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts: Britain’s answer to the Academy Awards. I don’t think I know any people who speak of the BAFTAs (or the Golden Globes, for that matter) when comparing the calibre and critical worth of films; it’s always the Oscars that everyone talks about ten years after the fact. But the Oscars are weird and unpredictable, especially when it comes to...
Posted by Jason Stringer on Jan 18th, 2010 | View Comments

Keeping the 2010 Golden Globes in perspective

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that James Cameron and his 3D epic fantasy adventure film Avatar (or, as Arnold Schwarzenegger pronounced it, ‘Avada’) won some big ones at the Golden Globes this year. Given the worldwide box office and general-audience reaction to Avatar being so jaw-droppingly mammoth, it was to be expected. But I still had a glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe it could...
Posted by Jason Stringer on Jan 2nd, 2010 | View Comments

Captain Howdy’s Top5 of 2009

Nothing beats the cinema. The often-uncomfortable seats, the smell of popcorn, the jumbo drinks, the excessive prices. The film they screen sometimes makes it all worthwhile. The whole experience is unmatched and keeps me coming back for more, more, more! 2009 wasn’t a stellar year compared to most, but it sure had its moments and even produced some classics that I think we’ll be referring to...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jan 1st, 2010 | View Comments

Froley’s Top 5 of 2009

Just kidding, New Moon is not only not in my top 5, it is one of the worst movies of all time. But now that I’ve got your attention, let’s look at 5 movies that were actually worthwhile in the otherwise weak cinematical year that was 2009. Bear in mind that up until December I wasn’t reviewing everything I saw, and I generally didn’t go out of my way to catch smaller or more obscure...
Posted by Jason Stringer on Dec 4th, 2009 | View Comments

UP IN THE AIR & INVICTUS get awards season head-start from NBR

The National Board of Review has given Up In The Air a good head-start to the upcoming awards season, honouring it as Best Picture of 2009 and awarding its star George Clooney Best Actor (sharing with Morgan Freeman in Clint Eastwood’s Invictus… even despite his questionable accent). Up In The Air is director Jason Reitman’s third film (following Thank You For Smoking and Juno), and has been...
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