Tony Scudder Walking and talking movies since the 70's
CABIN IN THE WOODS Most anticipated 2012 movie (RELEASED 13th April)
FUNNY PEOPLE UNIVERSAL RELEASED 28 August 2009 Writer/director Judd Apatow’s third film (after ‘The 40-Year Old Virgin’ and ‘Knocked Up’) is a slightly more sombre, reflective affair. Stand-up comedian and huge film star George Simmons (Adam Sandler) has just discovered he has a rare form of leukemia, and after a maudlin appearance at a stand-up [...]
THE HURT LOCKER OPTIMUM RELEASING RELEASED 28 August 2009 Not only is ‘The Hurt Locker’ the first great movie I’ve seen set in war-torn Iraq, it’s also the most original war movie I can remember. It’s no flight of fancy to say ‘The Hurt Locker’ should go down as the definitive record of the daily [...]
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS UNIVERSAL RELEASED 21 August 2009 Okay, let’s get that misspelled title out of the way first shall we. When asked about it, director Quentin Tarantino gave the following answer: ‘Here’s the thing. I’m never going to explain that. You do an artistic flourish like that, and to explain it would just take the [...]
G.I. JOE: RISE OF COBRA PARAMOUNT RELEASED 7 August 2009 I can’t remember an action movie that has ever been so finely targeted at teenage boys. ‘G.I. Joe’ contains more action, more cleavage, and more merchandising possibilites than any movie this summer. It barely matters that script, story or basic logic exist in the ‘G.I. [...]