Tony Scudder Walking and talking movies since the 70's
CABIN IN THE WOODS Most anticipated 2012 movie (RELEASED 13th April)
NICK AND NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST SONY RELEASED 30 January 2009 The latest American teen comedy (how come Britain doesn’t seem able to ‘do’ this genre properly?) features ‘Juno’/‘Superbad’ star Michael Cera and Kat Dennings as the eponymous Nick and Norah. Nick makes home compilation CDs for his ex Tris (Alexis Dziena) to try and win [...]
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD PARAMOUNT RELEASED 30 January 2009 What would have happened if Jack hadn’t sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean in ‘Titanic’ and he’d gotten married to Rose and they’d bought into the American dream? ‘Revolutionary Road’ could almost be the sequel that never was. Re-uniting the ‘king of the world’ Leonardo DiCaprio [...]
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE PATHE RELEASED 23 January 2009 Bollywood has been talked of as ‘the next big thing’ for years now, but the magical breakthrough film still hasn’t arrived. Indian movies regularly pop up in the UK top ten, but usually just for a week or two, and there seems to be zero public awareness about [...]
FROST/NIXON UNIVERSAL RELEASED 23 January 2009 Our very own David Frost is the star of a new movie that has been almost universally praised by critics. In 1977, Frost acquired an exclusive interview with the disgraced President Nixon. Nixon had ambitions to re-enter the political landscape in some form, and regarded Frost as an easy [...]
VALKYRIE FOX RELEASED 23 January 2009 For a film delayed twice (‘Valkyrie’ had an original release date of Summer ‘08), rumours abounded that this movie was in trouble, which is often the case when release dates slip. With the maligned Tom Cruise starring and producing, much of ‘medialand’ would like nothing better than to see [...]
THE WRESTLER OPTIMUM RELEASING RELEASED 16 January 2009 Mickey Rourke was a shining star in the 80’s (Angel Heart, Nine and a Half Weeks) but his rebellious attitude and carefree manner were never going to endear him to the strict and clean Hollywood studio bosses, and he spent most of the resulting years in obscure [...]
SEX DRIVE E1 FILMS RELEASED 9 January 2009 Eighteen-year-old Ian Lafferty (Josh Zuckerman) can’t get a girl. Forever taunted over his sexuality by his whooping and hollering older brother Rex (James Marsden – his car is called ‘the Judge’, and his licence plate reads NOFATCHX), Ian is even embarrassed by his 14-year-old younger brother’s success [...]
DEFIANCE MOMENTUM PICTURES RELEASED 9 January 2009 As the film’s opening prologue states: “1941. Germany occupies Belorussia now called Belarus. SS death squads and local police round up Jews. Within weeks 50,000 are murdered. 1,000,000 more await deportation and death.” With war spreading throughout Europe, three Jewish brothers (played by Daniel Craig, Liev Shreiber, and [...]
THE READER ENTERTAINMENT RELEASED 2 January 2009 It’s 1958, and scarlet fever-stricken German teenager Michael Berg (Michael Gross) is sick on the way home from school and a kind-hearted older lady called Hanna (Kate Winslet) helps him get home safely. Months later, Michael returns to Hannah’s home to thank her, and despite a big age [...]