Tony Scudder Walking and talking movies since the 70's
CABIN IN THE WOODS Most anticipated 2012 movie (RELEASED 13th April)
★★★★★ THE HUNGER GAMES LIONSGATE RELEASED 23 March 2012 ‘The Hunger Games’ is the most important film of 2012. Not only that, it’s actually the most important film Hollywood has released in over a decade. Why, I hear you ask? Because it’s an action blockbuster that features a female lead (don’t bother mentioning ‘Twilight’ – [...]
A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS WARNER BROS RELEASED 9 December 2011 There seem to be two key reasons for making ‘A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas’, and they’re both in the title. It’s never going to become a Christmas classic, and the 3D is hardly ground-breaking, but both elements of the new [...]
HUGO ENTERTAINMENT RELEASED 2 December 2011 It sounds utterly preposterous for an Oscar-winning director who’s been making decidedly-adult movies at the highest level for forty years to have turned out a kid’s film. It’s a bit like Quentin Tarantino or Ridley Scott getting a job at Pixar. Not only is Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Brian [...]
HAROLD & KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY ICON FILM DISTRIBUTION RELEASED 30 May 2008 Following directly on from ‘Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies’ (or ‘Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle’ if you prefer your US titles, which I do, somebody give me a HELL YEAH!), ‘Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay’ sees [...]
HAROLD & KUMAR GET THE MUNCHIES ICON FILM DISTRIBUTION RELEASED 4 March 2005 With a knowing nod to the ‘Cheech and Chong’ stoner-comedies of the seventies comes ‘Harold and Kumar Get the Munchies’ (or ‘Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle’ as it’s known in the US). Harold (John Cho) is a put-upon office worker [...]
HORRIBLE BOSSES WB RELEASED 22 July 2011 While most Hollywood comedies are based around romantic relationships, ‘Horrible Bosses’ takes the universal theme of work as it’s backbone. It has a simple ‘hook’ – everyone has had a boss they’ve hated at some point in their lives. On occasion, we might even be unfortunate enough to [...]
THE HANGOVER: PART II WARNER BROS. RELEASED 26th May 2011 I wasn’t looking forward to the new ‘Hangover’ movie. As far as I could tell, it looked boringly similar to the original. So wouldn’t you know it, ‘The Hangover: Part II’ turns out to be… boring. The story, for what there is, involves the gang [...]
HANNA UNIVERSAL RELEASED 6 May 2011 I love ‘Leon’. Marking the first screen appearance of Natalie Portman (and still her best?), as well as introducing audiences to Jean Reno as ‘the cleaner’ and Gary Oldman as your go-to man if you need a total psychopath, it’s Luc Besson’s best film, and is ludicrously rewatchable. Seeing [...]
HOWL SODA PICTURES RELEASED 25 February 2011 Poetry is hardly the most exciting subject. Think glum, too-serious types getting all emotional and angry over stuff the rest of us just get on with. So a film about the life of Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) might not be your first choice for a night at the [...]
HEARTLESS LIONSGATE RELEASED 21 May 2010 Jamie Morgan (Jim Sturgess) was born with a large, heart-shaped birthmark on his face. Lacking the confidence to get a girl, he lives with his loving mum. A gang of hoodies, wearing hideous demonic masks, are terrorising the neighbourhood, burning people alive. When Jamie is offered the chance to [...]