Friday, 3 August 2012

BATMAN: YEAR ONE Review

Frank Miller's 
BATMAN: YEAR ONE review





In the summer of 2005 Batman Begins was released worldwide in theatres, receiving widespread critical acclaim, establishing Christopher Nolan as a director to be reckoned with, as well as breathing life into the widely thought dead/murdered Batman franchise that the "studios" had themselves caused with the 1998 Bat-nippled travesty of "Batman and Robin", a film that George Clooney to this day apologises for, as well as everyone else who worked on it (a rant for another day I fear). 

Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Anna Karenina: Trailer


This is hardly news, as the trailer has been out for quite some time. Even so, it is still important that we discuss it.

Hayate the Combat Butler (Hayate no Gotoku)


I'm an Otaku. People tell me this all the time. I love anime, I live it, breathe it, draw it and dream about it. The only problem with the world is that there isn't enough of it. The more I watch it, the more particular my taste becomes. It's comparable to the average man's taste for wine.

Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Nora Ephron passes away



The Multi-talented writer and director Nora Ephron, who bought romantic comedy hits such as 'When Harry Met Sally' and 'Sleepless in Seattle' has sadly passed away aged 71.

Saturday, 23 June 2012

First trailer for Dredd is Released.



When I was younger I had the forgettable experience of watching Sylvester Stallones' Judge Dredd, I do however have fun memories of my friend struggling to beat the game on SNES.  In this reboot the Judge has to climb a tower filled with badies in order to take out the drug kingpin on the top floor. Its been a while since we saw the first pictures of Karl Urban as the Judge in 2010 and during that time a great movie with a similar premise, The Raid was released. Will this result in a mistrial for the Judge? Check out the trailer after the break.

New trailer for Black Dynamite Animated Series


In 2010 I got a round house kick to the face in the outrageously fun Blaxploitation Parody Afro Dynamite starring Michael Jai White, the black Chuck Norris and Gamble from TDK. Now after releasing an 11 minute Pilot last year Cartoon Networks' Adult Swim has released a Trailer for the series pack with a load of Sticking it to the man, Trailer after the Break.

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Monster's University Teaser


Disney/Pixar has released a teaser for their Monster's Inc prequel Monster's University and it looks great! Trailer after the Jump.

Thursday, 14 June 2012

Woody Allen: A documentary Review



Woody Allen is a treasure of the cinema, after being around for over 40 years he’s managed to churn out a film almost every year, bringing us greats like Annie Hall, Manhattan, Match Point and Midnight in Paris.

Sunday, 10 June 2012

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier


Tom Clancy's
GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER
(xbox360, ps3, pc)



In a world thats saturated by run and gun first person shooters, where you are pitted against faceless, infinite and sometimes even idiotic enemies, its nice to see a company carve its own bullet riddled path into the world of "simulated shooters". 

Guillermo del toro's Pinocchio



Guillermo Del Toro is a man I highly admire, his films have shown us tales of such vivid beauty.
Acclaimed for his his dark fairy tales and vicious characters Guillermo del toro has grown into that category of top directors who bring us works of art that breed endless imagination and creativity.
In these concept art of his upcoming film Pinocchio that EW recently published we see a darker pinocchio or atleast I hope for one, than that of disney's 1940 film which every child has (or should) watch. Del Toro's adaptation will be in 3D stop-motion. This feature starts Filming in 2013.

Pics after the jump



Friday, 8 June 2012

Zemeckis is back..



Its been a while since Robert Zemeckis has been in the directors chair. I for one am glad to see him back. He returns with Denzel washington at the helm as a pilot who has some complications with landing his aircraft that crash lands after a mid air catastrophe, at first washingstons character his hailed as a hero, but heads are raised as people trouble to find out what really happened.

The film also stars Don Cheadle and John Goodman.

Trailer after the jump...

Thursday, 7 June 2012

Django Unchained Trailer



The new Django Unchained trailer has finally hit online. The trailer itself looks amazing however I would have liked to see more of Di Caprios character Calvin Candie, no fuss though im sure in the next couple of trailers and TV spots well get more of a glimpse of him.

Starring Jamie Foxx the story follows the lead character Django (with a silent D) as he is captured by bounty Hunter Dr. King Schultz to hunt down a bunch of low life criminals eventually bringing them to rescue Django's wife from a plantation owner known as Calvin Candie (Leonardo Di Caprio).

Trailer after the jump...

Wednesday, 6 June 2012

Ray Bradbury R.I.P



One of the most celebrated authors of his time, the author of science fiction novels such as ‘The martian chronicles’, ‘The illustrated man’ and Fahrenheit 451 has died. He was 91. Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois to Swedish immigrant parents.

Tuesday, 5 June 2012

Snow White and The Huntsmen Review




Snow white and huntsman has a revisionist take on the original tale. It reinvents imagination and tale to an extreme effect. With stunning visuals that keep it afloat for most of the film, the story lacks heavily in the script department with director Rupert Sanders failing to keep us interested in a story that really should have been better.

Monday, 4 June 2012

Prometheus Review

Photo from Imdb.com
Another summer and yet another blockbuster. But this is what summer are for right? Prometheus has landed and with all the hype thats surrounded it but, I’m afraid it just doesn't live up to it. Generating much excitement since its release since it was announced that it will have the some DNA from Scotts magnificent Alien

Sunday, 3 June 2012

Prometheus:First Thoughts


Photo from Imdb

Over 30 years ago Ridley Scott redefined the science fiction/horror genre with the suspenseful and terrifying Alien (1979). While not a direct prequel Prometheus definitely contains strands of Alien DNA and aims to answer some of the questions from its predecessor, but unfortunately it suffers by raising more questions than it answers.

Thursday, 31 May 2012

Behind the scenes look at Only God Forgives

New stills have appeared of Nicholas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives. After rating Drive as the number one film for 2011 im eagerly awaiting this follow-up from Winding Refn. The story centers around a former boxer who kills a cop 10 years previous from when the film is set and went on the run to Thailand. He now manages a thai-boxing club. After his brother is killed, he goes to avenge his death, and presumably raise hell. There is no release date as of yet, however some have hinted at a possible late 2012 release (hopefully well see it at a festival some time this year, im thinking toronto?)

Anyway Here are some behind the scenes photos:

Amour has UK release date

The film that everyone has been raving about at cannes and won Michael Haneke his second Palm d'OR has finally received a UK release date. Amour the story of an elderly couple who have to battle with a stroke in the family thus resulting in their love being seriously tested.

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

New Dark Knight Rises TV spot

Photo from Imdb.com

A new Dark Knight Rises TV spot has arrived and im wondering how many of these were going to see, they're have already been three trailers and now 4 TV spots. But why should i complain it only adds to the excitement of it all.

Monday, 28 May 2012

Midnight Lights



What does M83+Dubstep+Baseball+A Light show equals? Pure Awesomeness!!






A beautiful 60 second commercial by Tribord showcases some impressive visuals and sound design.