Tony Scudder Walking and talking movies since the 70's
CABIN IN THE WOODS Most anticipated 2012 movie (RELEASED 13th April)
GRAN TORINO WARNER BROS. RELEASED 20 February 2009 When intially announced, it was rumoured that this was in fact a new secret Dirty Harry movie. It’s not, but Clint Eastwood’s grizzled Korean War vet called Walt Kowalski bears strong similarities. Walt believes in old-fashioned values, and has more than one gun handy should he need [...]
ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL THE WORKS RELEASED 20 February 2009 I’ve seen two great rockumentaries. One is ‘Spinal Tap’, which is a comedy featuring actors (of course), but it encapsulates the excesses of the rock world just as well as any real documentary ever could. The other great rockumentary is the real-life story of [...]
FRANKLYN E1 FILMS RELEASED 20 February 2009 Telling a story set equally between London and the steampunk fantasy parallel world of Meanwhile City, ‘Franklyn’ sees three London-set characters converge in bizarre circumstances. Emilia (Eva Green) is a depressed art student intent on shock tactics, Milo (Sam Riley) is a jilted groom who decides to look [...]
FRIDAY THE 13TH (2009) PARAMOUNT RELEASED 13 February 2009 One of the big 80’s horror icons is back in this ‘re-imagining’. We begin with a fast-cut chase on June 13th 1980 as a young girl is chased around Camp Crystal Lake at night by Jason Voorhee’s murderous mother. One swift axe swing later and mother’s [...]
DOUBT WALT DISNEY RELEASED 6 February 2009 Winter in the Bronx and it’s 1964, with America still in mourning for JFK. Kindly, progressive priest Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is trying to modernise St. Nicholas school by introducing non-religious songs into the Christmas carol concert and bringing a more caring, understanding approach to the kids. [...]
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON WARNER BROS. RELEASED 6 February 2009 Based on a 1921 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby), this screenplay has been floating around Hollywood for over a decade and finally settled in the hands of the very capable director David Fincher (Zodiac, Fight Club). The whole movie [...]
Secret Cinema 06 – Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, February 2009 Tweet This Post