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Posted by Jason Stringer on Jul 5th, 2010 | View Comments

10 sports movies I am watching instead of the FIFA World Cup

So, the FIFA World Cup 2010 is on, and while Australia’s Socceroos crumbled to yet another dismal early-exit from the tournament, I’ve decided to re-watch some of my favourite sporting movies instead of enduring what remains of the event. After all, the running time for a lot of films is pretty close to a single game of soccer. I might just tune in to the final. Note: I’m not saying these...
Posted by Jason Stringer on Jul 4th, 2010 | View Comments

Reel Short: SON OF A DON

Student films are often drab, dramatic affairs with plenty of cinematic value but not much bang for their buck. Herbert James Winterstern’s project as part of his studies at SCU (School of Cinema University of Southern California) turns that trend on its head. Son Of A Don, a funny, stylistic and enjoyable short film shot entirely on the robust RED camera. Clearly inspired by Scorsese’s...
Posted by Robin Hare on May 13th, 2010 | View Comments

ROBIN HOOD review: welcome back, Mr Scott

Where should I begin? I walked into Robin Hood with low expecations. I haven’t enjoyed a single Ridley Scott film made in the last decade: Gladiator was empty and hollow if you removed the action scenes, Kingdom Of Heaven was a confused cop-out of a war flick, and … okay, so I didn’t see A Good Year or American Gangster, but can you blame me? On top of that, I was starting to worry about...
Posted by Robin Hare on Apr 26th, 2010 | View Comments

Ridley Scott planning ALIEN prequels … in 3D

This news has been kicking around for a while, so it’s about time we weighed in on it with our take. It seems almost too good to be true, doesn’t it? That Ridley Scott would return to the Alien universe three decades later and shoot a prequel — or two — himself? After 25 years of crappy sequels and woeful crossovers, the guy who kicked the whole franchise off is coming back to reinvent...
Posted by Robin Hare on Apr 14th, 2010 | View Comments

Scorsese to shoot kids’ film in 3D; elsewhere, pigs fly

I knew there wasn’t something quite right about the universe this morning. Maybe it was the pitch of the cat’s meow as it woke me up before my alarm,  maybe it’s because there’s been precisely zero interesting news all day, maybe it’s because it’s the cat’s birthday today, but ever since waking to the plaintive howling of said pet I’ve felt a little out of...
Posted by Robin Hare on Mar 17th, 2010 | View Comments

Alfonso Cuaron making 3D space thriller with Robert Downey Jr: yes please

Mexican movie virtuoso Alfonso Cuaron has lined up his next project: Gravity, a thriller set on a remote space station. Originally Angelina Jolie was in talks to play the lead role (as well that character’s daughter, or something), which would have guaranteed Cuaron the moolah he’d need to pull off what sounds like an effects-heavy studio job; when Jolie pulled out, the financial future of the...
Posted by Robin Hare on Mar 1st, 2010 | View Comments

Summer review round-up: the good, the bad and the ugly

Way back in the beginning of December, in our first week of existence, I posted a list of the five most anticipated films of the summer. Now that it is officially autumn (even if the weather obstinately refuses to accept this incontravertible truth), it’s the perfect time to look back over the past three months and put the summer releases in perspective. There were a few surprises, some hits and some...
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 Robin Hare on Feb 19th, 2010 | View Comments

SHUTTER ISLAND review: let me off the island

Shutter Island is a strange movie, but not in the way it intends to be: it’s strange because it’s bad. Martin Scorsese isn’t the critical and commercial king he is today because he makes movies that suck. But he’s managed the impossible here — he’s made a bad film. ”But the trailer is awesome,” you say, tears running down your trembling face in denial....
Posted by Jason Stringer on Feb 10th, 2010 | View Comments

The Super Bowl movie TV spots of 2010

For an American-only event, the worldwide reception of the NFL Super Bowl, now in its 44th year, is remarkably impressive. This is thanks to the attention it receives reaching far beyond the game itself and into the spectacle that surrounds it, particularly the half-time entertainment and the lucrative advertising opportunities. If you have a few million sitting around and you have a product you want to push,...
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