Tony Scudder Walking and talking movies since the 70's
CABIN IN THE WOODS Most anticipated 2012 movie (RELEASED 13th April)
OCTOPUSSY MGM RELEASED 6 June 1983 PLEASE NOTE: THE FOLLOWING REVIEW IS A COMPLETE, SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW OF THE FILM (hey, it came out in the 80’s, whaddaya mean you were watching ‘Wargames’?) Bond shows a fine line in tailoring. From English gent… …nice stick-on mustachio… …to Cuban Colonel Luis Toro, via reversibles. I had a [...]
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY MGM RELEASED 24 June 1981 PLEASE NOTE: THE FOLLOWING REVIEW IS A COMPLETE, SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW OF THE FILM (hey, it came out in the 80’s, whaddaya mean you were watching ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark!) Teresa Bond (1943 – 1969). Beloved wife of James Bond. We have all the time in [...]
★★★★★ THE DESCENDANTS FOX RELEASED 27 January 2012 Alexander Payne’s last two movies (‘About Schmidt’, ‘Sideways’) have been about men on a journey, so for ‘The Descendants’, he’s decided to take a whole family on a journey. Matt King (George Clooney) is told that his comatose wife has no chance of recovery, and to let [...]
George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, producer Jim Burke and director Alexander Payne sat down to talk about ‘The Descendants’. Here’s the full audio, with selected highlights (apologies for the quiet question bits, beyond our control). ‘The Descendants’ is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two [...]
Dracula’s may come and go, but for the last fifty years one actor has immortalised the role better than anyone else. Now Christopher Lee is being brought to life in HD, with a brand new release of ‘Dracula Prince of Darkness’ lovingly restored in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1 and scanned at 2K resolution [...]
The 2012 Oscars Nominations Best Picture The Artist The Descendants The Help Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse Actor In a Leading Role Demián Bichir A Better Life George Clooney The Descendants Jean Dujardin The Artist Gary Oldman Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Brad Pitt Moneyball [...]
★★★★★ THE GREY ENTERTAINMENT RELEASED 27 January 2012 Liam Neeson versus wolves – how’s that for a hook? Irish knuckles versus big teeth! ‘The Grey’ sees John Ottway (Liam Neeson) survive a plane crash along with six other men. A lucky seven. They’ve been stranded in the remote Alaskan wilderness, which is very cold and [...]
★★★★★ MARGIN CALL STEALTH MEDIA RELEASED 13 January 2012 The general gist of how big investment banks got themselves into such bad way in 2008 has been documented thousands of times in the press. We all know they gambled big, and lost. For a great factual documentary, check out the Matt Damon-narrated movie ‘Inside Job’. [...]
We’ll be reviewing ‘Margin Call’ tomorrow (heads up: it’s great), but here’s an interesting piece from The Hollywood Reporter in the US. Debuting at the Sundance Film Festival in early 2011, ‘Margin Call’ got a US theatrical release in October. Taking $5.3 million domestically on a budget of slightly less than $3.4 million, it made [...]
Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is the reason. If the US-bill gets passed, it means websites being potentially blocked for all kinds of stupid reasons. Big websites like Wikipedia don’t seem to like it. CBS News has a big, detailed explanation of it all. Personally, it just means I’ve posted the easiest post I’ll ever [...]