Tony Scudder Walking and talking movies since the 70's
CABIN IN THE WOODS Most anticipated 2012 movie (RELEASED 13th April)
AN EDUCATION E1 ENTERTAINMENT RELEASED 30 October 2009 Nick Hornby, author of ‘High Fidelity’ and ‘About a Boy’ (both of which were adapted into hugely successful movie) has taken a portion of journalist Lyn Barber’s memoirs and created ‘An Education’, the tale of a young schoolgirl in 1961 who is top of her class and [...]
UP DISNEY•PIXAR RELEASED 16 October 2009 Within the first ten minutes of the new Pixar movie, one of the major characters has died. I don’t think any film studio in the world other than Pixar would have the balls to do this. As if that wasn’t enough for the accounts department to worry about, Pixar [...]
THE INVENTION OF LYING UNIVERSAL RELEASED 2 October 2009 ‘Ghost Town’ was a successful first bigscreen starring role for Ricky Gervais. It’s what’s termed a ‘high concept’ movie, where the whole movie is based around an unusual theme. In the case of ‘Ghost Town’, Gervais’ character had a near-death experience which resulted in him seeing [...]
PANDORUM ICON RELEASED 2 October 2009 Corporal Bower (Ben Foster) awakens from hypersleep onboard the seemingly abandoned spacecraft Elysium. He has tubes all over his body and a tight protective membrane which he rips off. He’s wearing disturbingly small pants too! He’s cold, confused, and alone. As his memory gradually returns (a side-effect of hypersleep), [...]
TOY STORY 3D DISNEY•PIXAR RELEASED 2 October 2009 ‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me’, sang lyricist Randy Newman during one of the few musical numbers in 1996’s ‘Toy Story’, and with the 3D release of Pixar’s first movie, I felt like singing along to the same refrain. ‘Toy Story’ feels like an old friend who [...]
Secret Cinema 09 – Alien, Shoreditch warehouse, October 2009 Tweet This Post