Archive for the 'Films' Category

The X-Files Reviews Are In…

July 25th, 2008

‘X-Files’ won’t make you believe
LA Times
‘X-Files: I Want to Believe’ is spooky good
NY Daily News
Well, which one is it? This is like The East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry except, you know, for nerds.
Update: Okay. So it’s nothing like the The East Coast-West Coast rivalry.
Previously: I Want to Believe the X-Files Sequel is Going [...]

Dr. Uwe Boll Speaks

July 8th, 2008

I’ve championed Dr. Uwe Boll’s right to keep making bad movies before so, in that sense, I’m firmly in his corner. But whatever your feelings about Uwe Boll are I suggest you give a listen to this Q & A session with him arranged by the Creative Screenwriting Magazine. In it, among other things, Boll [...]

Things You Can Do with Muppets

May 26th, 2008

This blog can’t be about music alone. So, here’s something for ya.
I loved The Muppet Show as a kid. Thankfully, Youtube is full of all kinds of Muppet videos. I’ve picked out some of my favourite Muppet parodies / tributes. Some of these are disturbing, some are funny and some are just so cute.

One + One or Sympathy for the Devil (A Review)

May 23rd, 2008

Over the last weekend I sat down to watch Jean-Luc Godard’s 1968 film Sympathy for the Devil or One + One. It was filmed almost exactly 40 years ago and, in honour of its anniversary, I though it was about time I saw it.
I didn’t expect a masterpiece. The film has been denigrated ever since [...]

Anywhere I Lay My Head Vs. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

May 13th, 2008

Two things.
One, Scarlett Johansson’s upcoming Anywhere I Lay My Head album is available for streaming on Imeem (though, apparently, you have to be a member and live in the US). Two, the trailer for Woody Allen’s new movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona with Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson has been posted on the Internet.
So, [...]