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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
I think the poster says it all! What is that smell? Something stinks something rotten!One of those cult 80's movies, "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension", stars future Roboco...
Sticking My Nose In
What does John Malkovich wear on the end of his nose in 'The Libertine'? Such prosthetics have not been seen since Captain Hook's hook in 'Peter Pan'. Just a comment. ...
Obssessive about 'Vertigo'
Jimmy Stewart falls for Kim Novak in 'Vertigo'Switched on the telly and saw that 'Vertigo' was just starting. I just had to keep on watching for the millionth time. After all there is a reason why i...
Stardust Memories
Though not nearly as funny as 'Annie Hall', or as coherent as 'Manhattan', Woody Allen's 'Stardust Memories' is very much of a piece with those two movies. The story, such as it is, concerns a filmma...
Gone Baby Gone
Directed by Ben Affleck, 'Gone Baby Gone', is one of the finest thrillers from America this year. Partner detectives Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) and Angie Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan) are hired to ...
300
Before I'd seen it, I had my doubts about '300'. Like all kids, I heard the whole Thermopylae story at school and ooh-ed and ahh-ed like the rest, but I have learnt enough about the 'noble' Spartans ...
The Mist
The MistAfter 'The Shawshank Redemption' and 'The Green Mile', writer/director Frank Darabont returns to Stephen King territory with 'The Mist'. After a mysterious mist descends on small town, Castle...
Triage
They're filming a new Colin Farrell-starrer on my doorstep. As I made my way home, I saw assembled before me gardai, technicians and lots of standing people (only some of them bystanders). Seeing a ...
Hellfire and Violinists
Speaking of things demoniacal, I read a short story, 'The Bishop of Hell', by Majorie Bowen. Poor stuff, no doubt inspired by Byron, though the last image of the eponymous bishop anticipates the Ghos...
The Book of Lists: Abridged
Just watched 'Charlie Wilson's War'. Wellmade (as to be expected from Mike Nichol's with a high-powered cast), but very uncritical and not nearly as intelligent as it thinks.Boss retires next week so...
The Orphanage
The Orphanage - From wikipedia.orgThe mother battling against the supernatural for her child has become something of a staple in modern horror cinema. 'Dark Water', 'Silent Hill', 'The Dark', 'The Ot...
Score!
From www.scifi-universe.comI have to say it again, a great score by a great composer can raise a film to a whole new level. Just watched yet another Twilight Zone episode, "Nightmare as a Child" (the...
Richard Widmark (1914 - 2008)
Richard Widmark - from wikipedia.orgYet another obituary. Hollywood legend (yes, that's how I see him), Richard Widmark, died on the 24th March. It's crazy to think his film debut was 'Kiss of Death...
Nothing Lasts Forever.. Hold On, I've Only Started!
From wikipedia.orgWell, after taking last week off, it's back to work tomorrow, and I ain't looking forward. Also a bit depressed at wasting the week. There was a lot I wanted to do, but I ended up ...
Last Embrace
Just flicked on Jonathan Demme's early Hitchcock homage, 'Last Embrace', halfway through and had to keep watching. Many directors have tried to ape the great director, most notably De Palma who has t...
Anthony Minghella (1954 - 2008)
Image from wikipedia.orgI suppose like anyone interested in film, I was really shocked to hear of the death of Anthony Minghella today. An intelligent director and accomplished writer, he was an inte...
Ghost Rider
I can't believe I'm even writing about this.If Oscar-winner Halle Berry had 'Catwoman', Oscar-winner Nicholas Cage had 'Ghost Rider'. I watched it tonight. Perhaps the worst film I have ever seen, w...