Film
Bond Gets Credit Crunched.
Is the Bond franchise finished? It’s an unthinkable thought, but news has emerged today that the latest installment is on hold indefinitely. The reason it appears seems to be uncertainty over the future of MGM. A statement from producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said that continuing uncertainty over the sale of the studio... »
Spiderman versus Spiderman
Now that 3D has crow barred itself into our lives movie goers will surely be thinking one thing. Surely what we want to see more than anything else is a fourth all singing, all dancing Spiderman movie. »
The Hurt Locker’s Oscar Win Echoes Sentiments For Iraq
Kathryn Bigelow’s excellent depiction of the US military bomb squad’s tense and sometimes fatal efforts in Iraq will go down in history as the film that finally honoured a female with the Best Director Oscar. But it also symbolises the way in which the Iraq war has remained at the forefront of public interest for... »
Get Set For Hillywood
Here’s an event for your diaries, but one you might not have thought about. The sixth Rwandan film festival, nicknamed Hillywood, is set to celebrate all things African this July. »
What Happened To Men With Exhibition Stands?
We’re rapidly approaching 20 years since the Cold War ended, but it could be argued that the world’s even closer to annihilation today than it was back then; the economy’s down, the environment’s getting damaged daily, there are wars all over the world and there’s reality TV on every channel, so why aren’t we... »
District 9 Shows Transformers How
Anyone who has spent any time on the internet over the last couple of weeks will have found it hard to avoid hearing about District 9, the new quasi-documentary sci-fi film from Neill Blomkamp with production duties handled by everyone’s favourite Hobbit, Peter Jackson. As a fan of the original short piece, I’d been trying... »
Is The Fix In For Batman Reviews?
The talk of the video games world at the moment is the imminent release of Batman: Arkham Asylum for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC platforms. Based on Grant Morrison and Dave McKean’s 1997 comic series, it’s been looking like Batman might finally get a decent video game to go with his solid film adaptations.... »
Blockbusters Dominate Comic Con
Since its inception in 1970, San Diego’s annual Comic Con has been the launch pad for hype and every year it seems to get bigger. Where in the 1970’s and 80’s, the talk was purely of comics, it now seems to be the domain of the summer blockbuster. With superhero movies dominating the summer release schedules... »