Tony Scudder Walking and talking movies since the 70's
CABIN IN THE WOODS Most anticipated 2012 movie (RELEASED 13th April)
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER UNITED ARTISTS CORPORATION RELEASED 30th December 1971 PLEASE NOTE: THE FOLLOWING REVIEW IS A COMPLETE, SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW OF THE FILM (hey, it’s been out for forty years, whaddaya mean you haven’t seen it!) ‘Diamonds are Forever’ dispenses with the pleasantries. A partially-hidden protagonist (who sounds like the James Bond we all know [...]
We haven’t mentioned Jon Favreau’s ‘Cowboys and Aliens’ once on the site yet as far as I can remember. The trailers I’ve seen so far haven’t excited me in the slightest, not even the power-combo of James Bond and Indiana Jones appearing onscreen together. That’s not to say I expect the film to disappoint me. [...]
WIN Unknown on DVD and Double-play Dr. Martin Harris (LIAM NEESON) awakens after a car accident in Berlin to discover that his wife (JANUARY JONES) suddenly doesn’t recognize him and another man (AIDAN QUINN) has assumed his identity. Ignored by disbelieving authorities and hunted by mysterious assassins, he finds himself alone, tired, and on the [...]
WIN Animal Kingdom on DVD ANIMAL KINGDOM tells the gripping tale of seventeen year-old J (James Frecheville), as he fights for survival in a vicious criminal family and the detective (Guy Pearce) who tries to save him. Pope Cody (Ben Mendelsohn), an armed robber on the run from a gang of renegade detectives, is in [...]
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON PARAMOUNT RELEASED 29 June 2011 After the car crash that called itself ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’, director Michael Bay and star Shia LaBeouf have been keen to stress that they will not let fans of the franchise down again (both have publicly admitted the 2009 movie was flawed). So [...]
TRANSFORMERS:?REVENGE OF THE FALLEN PARAMOUNT RELEASED 19 June 2009 When the first Transformers movie came out just two years ago, I wrote about the thrill of seeing giant fighting robots laying waste to entire cities, and the funny one-liners that littered the movie. The last half hour of that movie is a mini action-masterpiece in [...]
TRANSFORMERS PARAMOUNT RELEASED 27 July 2007 ‘Transformers’ resembles a ‘theme park ride movie’ that we last saw back in 1993 – ‘Jurassic Park’. Back then, CGI was in it’s infancy, and the sheer thrill of seeing dinosaurs recreated so realistically on screen made it a true ‘event movie’ that people of all ages wanted to [...]
Tom Hanks confirmed Pixar are at work on Toy Story 4 this morning on UK Breakfast TV. I was working out on a treadmill at the time, but while doing an interview promoting ‘Larry Crowne’, I think he said this about Toy Story 4, ‘Yeah, yeah, it’s happening. They’re working on it now.’ Obviously Pixar [...]
Virgin Media Shorts, the UK’s biggest short film competition, is back with a bang for its 4th year. Whether you’re a Shane Meadows in the making or a Ridley Scott on the rise, we think every raw talent needs a break. Virgin Media Shorts gives 12 up and coming film makers the chance to [...]
The War Game is an Academy Award-winning documentary on nuclear warfare that was made by Peter Watkins in 1965 and was subsequently suppressed by the BBC until 1985. It remains largely unknown despite its historical importance, its high quality, and the looming gravity of its subject. Tweet This Post