Movies Movie misdirection… This post contains spoilers for Bridge to Terabithia. And the “totally misleading trailer of the week” award goes to Bridge to Terabithia. Given the current cinematic drought, I was happy
Movies Warm and fuzzy… So, I went to see Hot Fuzz today, another excellent piece of it’s-not-quite-a-spoof-it’s-just-really-funny cinema from the team behind Shaun of the Dead and the ultimate fanboy sitcom, Spaced.
Movies No, Mister Bond, I expect you to die! This evening I donned my dinner jacket (de rigueur for Bond premières in Oxford) and headed out to Casino Royale. James Bond is back – and how. It is a reboot
Movies In which Zorac lambasts a Miyazaki film This post contains spoilers for Howl's Moving Castle. So, I saw Howl’s Moving Castle yesterday. Speaking as someone who first read the book many, many years ago and has
Movies Revenge of the Sith This post contains spoilers for Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith Well, it was better than the last two, but still suffered from many of the same
Movies Movie Revue A quick review post for some movies I saw over the weekend: Love Actually: This a first class romantic comedy – the intertwining of the multiple love stories is a really
Movies Everything that has a beginning has an end… …except that in parts of The Matrix Revolutions, that end just couldn’t come soon enough. This post contains spoilers for The Matrix Trilogy. I absolutely loved the original Matrix,
Movies Up With Chocolate! I saw the trailer for Down With Love last weekend, and with that and the promotional stuff around the foyer, it certainly looked like it could be fun – and I
Movies The Italian Jobs On Saturday’s foray into town, I went to see The Italian Job – which is not a bad movie in and of itself, albeit not a great one either. The
Movies Shawshank Redeemed Watched The Shawshank Redemption this evening. It remains in my estimation one of the greatest movies ever made – if for no other reason then because it’s a film that
Movies X2 OK, so here's a quick, first-impressions, no-spoilers review of X2: It rocks! X2 is very much a worthy sequel to the first film, and has the advantage of many of
Movies Play it again, Sam… Last night, I rewatched Casablanca for the I-don’t-konw-how-manyeth time. Despite all the competition, it manages to remain my all-time favourite movie (not an original choice, I know, but maybe