Michael Crichton, the best selling author and creator of ER, has died of cancer aged 66. His books have sold more than 150 million copies and he is most famous for novels which have been adapted into major films, including Jurassic Park, Congo and Disclosure. Filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who directed the blockbuster film version of […]
Now this is exciting. Well, it is exciting for me – being a Trekker and all. As you know I am really looking forward to the new Star Trek film and all reports suggest that it will be brilliant. (I will eat a hat if it is not – only a chocolate hat mind.)
Paramount has […]
I was very happy to learn that Ridley Scott is to make his return to science fiction cinema with an adaptation of Joe Haldeman’s novel The Forever War. Scott was supposed to make this film immediately after Alien and then after Blade Runner but rights problems prevented this. Fox 2000 has now acquired the rights […]
I have just invented a new game, yowzers and yee haw.
It is called the Fabulous Five Fingered Family Favourite Film Fantasy Fun.
What you have to do is come up with a description of your favourite film in just five words or less, a bit like a tagline. You need to condense the whole plot into […]
It is well know that Mexican director Guillermo del Toro will make an independent arthouse film, such as The Devil’s Backbone or Chronos, followed by a major Hollywood studio financed picture, Blade II or Mimic. The foreign language independent movies are always the best and reached their zenith in Oscar winning Pan’s Labyrinth.
With the Hellboy […]
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Everything was in place; an eager fan base who have been waiting for six years, returning characters who really wanted to reprise their roles, a director/writer who knew what he was doing because he created the characters and a proper film budget. So why does The […]
I was stopped in my tracks again on my morning walk a few days ago. As I was passing the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel a man pounced from the entrance door steps. He did a crazy star jump and landed directly in front of me, legs akimbo and arms skywards. He had on a […]
I visited my local Genesis Cinema last night to view The Dark Knight. I was asked by Pip to sum the film up in four words without giving any of the plot away – he’s off to see it himself you see. This is what I said: “Very good and yet . . .”
It is […]
Celebrity method actor and Batman star Christian Bale has been bailed by police following his arrest over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister. The Welsh born actor denies the allegations, which supposedly took place in a suite at London’s Dorchester Hotel on Sunday.
Bale was in London to promote the latest instalment of the Batman […]
Last night marked the prestigious occasion that was the Glamour Magazine Awards 2008. Attendees included most of the Spice Girls, Lily Allen (who stole the limelight by virtue of having pink hair – now that’s talent), Kate Beckinsale (mmmm) and Dannii Minogue.
The winners were; Best Presenter for Fearne Cotton, Editor’s Special Award to Lily Allen […]