Disney own our childhoods, and they’re cashing in. Cinderella is the latest in a series of adapted for adults, hyper-realistic, live-action remakes of our fondest adolescent memories. The story doesn’t need repeating – Cinderella (Lily […]
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Star Wars: Episode VII Keeps it Reel
The latest Star Wars movie is bucking the digital trend and shooting film the old-fashioned way. Star Wars: Episode VII director J.J. Abrams has shot the highly-anticipated blockbuster on 35mm film, rejecting the now more common […]
Furious 7 – Don’t ask questions, just enjoy
Seven films into the franchise and yet Furious 7 still does not disappoint, writes Glen Falkenstein…as long as you don’t think about it too much. If you’re thinking too much into Furious 7, then you’ve got […]
Game of Thrones Season 5 Premiere
Note: Spoilers ahead for the TV show, not the books The most pirated show of all time is back! Game of Thrones even managed to beat The Sopranos for HBO viewings, and that’s not including the […]
The Rise of The Zom-Com
A horde of zombie romantic comedies are being unleashed… The trailer for Burying the Ex landed this week – the latest film to feature romantic trysts with the undead. In this one, Max (Anton Yelchin […]
Spectre: The new Bond trailer…isn’t so Bond…James Bond
Spectre will make an excellent addition to the Bond canon, but in an effort to help Bond fans avoid being shaken and not stirred, Glen Falkenstein warns you to “step away from the trailer…” Car chases. Explosions. Gadgets. […]
Big Eyes – Art imitating life
Tim Burton’s Big Eyes is understated in terms of the director’s usual standards, but despite some minor flaws Glen Falkenstein still finds it a little bit unreal. “Why are their eyes so big?” The New York Times […]
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Kingsman: The Secret Service, while not as slapstick as Austin Powers, offered Glen Falkenstein some cracking jokes and hammy action accompanied by solid performances, particularly from Colin Firth. “You are about to embark on the most […]
Necks On The Line
While special effects make it considerably easier to fool an audience these days, a number of actors continue to bravely perform their own stunts – including Alan Rickman, who was recently in town. “It was […]
A Little Chaos
A Little Chaos, Alan Rickman’s latest film, may not be historically accurate (a gainfully employed woman in the 17th century??), but Glen Falkenstein still manages to find it a lot of fun. “It is deeply historically inaccurate […]
Spectre: Something Old, Something New
With the latest Bond film currently in production, we speculate on what’s likely to remain the same and what will be shaken up in 007’s 24th outing. The latest Bond film Spectre has completed production […]
Sixty Years Of ‘The Seven Year Itch’
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of 20th Century Fox, we list the 50 Best Films from the Hollywood studio in our latest issue. But we kick off the countdown online with Billy Wilder’s subversive comedy […]
Time To Grow Up
Remakes, reboots, prequels, sequels, re-imaginings – the announcement last week of a new Ghostbusters film is one of many seeking to cash in on our childhoods. With the new take featuring an all-female Ghostbusters cast […]
Taken 3 – The Takening
Remember that dad from ‘Love Actually’ who turned badass and went after the sex-traffickers who kidnapped his daughter? Liam Neeson’s third outing as Bryan Mills takes place 7 years later – his wife’s been killed and he’s […]
The Interview – Someday, This Will Be a Good Movie
Prediction – one day – when Kim Jong-un is busy figuring out what the next state-sanctioned haircut should look like – the events of December 1-25 will making for a really great biopic. It’s the […]
Interstellar – A Space Odyssey for 2014
Nolan. McConaughey. Space. Worm holes. Intense visuals. Emotions. In a starved future, Michael Caine convinces his daughter (Anne Hathaway) and Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) that the only cure for the barren wasteland earth is fast becoming lies […]
GOLD CLASS… and ‘The Judge’…. GOLD CLASS
The Emperor had his box in the Colosseum to watch the gladiators fight; he saw the same spectacle as everyone else, but he wasn’t down there with the plebs. Tickets with the masses weren’t appealing, […]
Madam Secretary beats out The Bachelor
Last night I sat through the finale of ‘The Bachelor,’ a show which neither through casual, serious, nor ironic viewing can surpass the flawed premise that over a dozen attractive, successful women could be so utterly […]
‘Gotham’ – Because we couldn’t wait for Ben Affleck
Ryan from the ‘O.C.’ grew up and moved to Gotham. He’s not popular, he’s different, and he’s having trouble fitting in. James Gordon (Ben McKenzie) investigates the deaths of Bruce Wayne’s parents while navigating the Rogue’s […]
The Giver
In a black and white world where everything is neat and perfect and there are no wars or bickering (it’s on an island in the sky to really drive the point home) Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) lives […]
TMNT – New York Gets Trashed… Again
I have a confession. Don’t judge me. In a childhood preoccupied with Captain Planet and Bananaman, I NEVER watched TMNT. I haven’t seen the show, or the movies, nor read the comics and I never […]
The New Doctor – Raising Eyebrows
Peter Capaldi’s eyebrows have their own stage presence. They are are a distinct and unique entity which operate independently from the rest of his bodily functions. At least so much was made clear by the new […]
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