I’ve been watching films long enough now not to be too disappointed when sequels don’t match the brilliance of original films. I don’t mind that and have an inbuilt expectation of diminishing returns when film series go into multiple instalments. So I wasn’t expecting Avengers: Age of Ultron to be as good…
Top Ten: 2013 Movies (so far…)
21 June 2013 by 2 Comments
We’re almost half-way through the year so it’s time to have a look back at how 2013 has been so far. Next week I’ll be doing a Top Ten books that I’ve read this year (although not all have been published in 2013) but I’m starting with the Top Ten 2013 Films…
Man of Steel
14 June 2013 by 4 Comments
Two months ago I wrote a list of ten 2013 trailers that had caught my eye. So far I’ve made it to the top four on the list. I’m not holding out much hope that I’ll see Much Ado About Nothing in the cinema, don’t see either of the local multiplexes getting a print…
Star Trek Into Darkness
9 May 2013 by 4 Comments
I’m not a Star Trek fan – the TV series did nothing for me and I’m fairly neutral on the films. I quite liked The Next Generation but I’ve never gone nuts over it. I did, however, thoroughly enjoy the J.J. Abrams reboot in 2009 which imagined a world where the young Kirk and Spock couldn’t abide each other…
Iron Man 3
25 April 2013 by Leave a Comment
The sun is out, the lawn is ready to be mowed and after a couple of films as a warm-up I think it’s safe to say that summer blockbuster season is open for business. Oblivion and Olympus Has Fallen both served as decent appetisers but it’s now time to get serious. We’re now in Avengers Phase Two and it’s kicked off in some style with the return of Tony Stark in Iron Man 3…
Top Ten: Tantalising 2013 Trailers
19 April 2013 by 4 Comments
2013 is looking like a decent year for cinema. The beginning of the year saw some great films released – Les Miserables, Zero Dark Thirty and Lincoln are among my favourites and the summer blockbuster season has already had a decent start…
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
1 March 2013 by 2 Comments
It’s the week after the Oscars, the point in the year when the next awards season is as far away from everyone’s minds as it is possible to be. Therefore it is the perfect time for the studios to dump the films they want people to forget about as soon as they can. Given that Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters was filmed in early 2011…
Puncture
1 January 2013 by Leave a Comment
There’s something about Hollywood stars who have made their names in blockbuster popcorn films. Despite the adoration, money and massive success that has come their way they appear to be ashamed of the films they have appeared in, they want to turn their backs on the budgets and show that they are serious “actors”…
The Avengers 2 Gets A Release Date
16 August 2012 by Leave a Comment
After the news last week that Joss Whedon would be returning to write and direct The Avengers 2, Walt Disney Studios and Marvel have gone one step further and announced that the sequel to this year’s superhero behemoth would be released…
The Amazing Spiderman
11 July 2012 by 4 Comments
2012 is undoubtedly the summer of the superhero blockbuster. Avengers Assemble set the bar very, very high and set the box office alight. The Dark Knight Rises is building anticipation with trailers and featurettes released on a regular basis and it looks like it could be one of the best films in the genre. And in the middle of these two is the reboot of the Spiderman franchise…