Last night I gave one of my most disappointing movies a second chance. The League of Gentlemen was one of my favourite TV series, and its dark humour still makes me laugh. The problem with the TV series was the risk that it would become a parody of itself, with catchphrases and recurring characters who [...]
Yet another film franchise is being unneccissarily resurrected. Die Hard 4 will follow in the footsteps of Terminator 3, Rocky 6 (Rocky Balboa), Rambo 4 and the rumoured Mad Max 4 in providing one last Hurrah for the washed-up stars. In fairness, Willis’ more recent work has been pretty good: Sin City, The Sixth Sense, [...]
I saw the new Pixar film ‘Cars’ last night, and despite the general panning it has received from the critics, I thought it was superb. With Pixar you really do set your sights high. The original Toy Story broke new ground in animation and set the bar for others to jump. The second Toy Story [...]
Dear Mr. Stallone, It was with great dismay that I read in this article that you are indeed planning to make a sixth installment in the Rocky saga. As a lifelong fan of the series, I implore you to reconsider. From a story arc point of view, a sixth installment makes no sense. Rocky rose [...]
I’ve never rated Russel Crowe. I thought Gladiator was over the top, and that put me off him. However, when visiting an art exhibition of a friend’s work inspired by terrorism, I was struck by a quotation that was on one of the pieces of work: “Man is capable of as much atrocity as he [...]