A man stranded in the Arctic after a plane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown. We don’t even see Overgård’s small plane crash into the icy arctic wilderness. If anyone was with him they’re dead now (I’m… Arctic Read More
John Wick 3: Parabellum 4.5 stars
Si vis pacem, para bellum – if you want peace, prepare for war – is the Latin maxim from which this film’s title comes, quoted by Continental Hotel manager Winston (Ian McShane). This is indeed a climactic battle, if sometimes a proxy one, between two ageing institutions – the High Table, a ruling elite that… John Wick 3: Parabellum Read More
“Judy” teaser: Renée Zellweger is in a rainbow world
*** 8 July 2019, UPDATE: watch the new Judy trailer now *** Renée Zellweger certainly looks the part in this first teaser for Judy, the Just Garland biopic coming out at. And she’s a terrific singer too – it is Renée singing Somewhere Over The Rainbow, the soundtrack to this first glimpse. The film is set… “Judy” teaser: Renée Zellweger is in a rainbow world Read More
IT: Chapter 2 trailer and the Losers Club is back in Derry: “no one who dies here ever really dies”
*** My It Chapter Two review is now live *** 19 July 2019 UPDATE: Watch the second and final trailer now Now that I’ve seen the first trailer for It: Chapter 2, I’m now both looking forward to 6 September, when the film is released, and hoping it never comes. It’s taken me several hours to get… IT: Chapter 2 trailer and the Losers Club is back in Derry: “no one who dies here ever really dies” Read More
“You’re the writers and I think it’s your fault” – You tell em, ‘Em!
Actually it’s Katherine Newbury – doyenne of a late night chat show with its glory days behind it – who blames her, er, tools. With ratings down, Katherine (Emma Thompson) is told her job is on the line and she’ll be out if she can’t turn things around. Her all-male, all-white, all-privileged Writing Room are,… “You’re the writers and I think it’s your fault” – You tell em, ‘Em! Read More
Director Matt Wells on Kubrick, comedy in catastrophe and bringing Dr Strangelove’s chilling absurdities to a new audience
“Kubrick says it in the film, it’s an abstraction and people don’t process it. How do you deal with the idea that the world could end?” Matt Wells has just made his second short film about Stanley Kubrick: Stanley Kubrick Considers The Bomb. You can see it in cinemas with the new 4k restoration of Dr Strangelove or:… Director Matt Wells on Kubrick, comedy in catastrophe and bringing Dr Strangelove’s chilling absurdities to a new audience Read More
Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb 5 stars
*** Check out my interview with Matt Wells, director of Stanley Kubrick Considers The Bomb, the short film showing with the new 4k Dr Strangelove *** It shows how easily I slipped back into my 1980s-era Armageddon obsession when – on realising Stanley Kubrick’s classic Dr Strangelove is 95 minutes long – I decided to… Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb Read More
Rocketman featurettes: feathers, spangles and 50 pairs of shoes
“”When I do a show… 20 minutes before I go on I choose my outfit. And until then I don’t become Elton John.” Elton John on “true fantasy” Rocketman (check out my 4.5/5 review here.) Julian Day was the costume designer for Rocketman, and unsurprisingly the outfits were an integral part of the film. The… Rocketman featurettes: feathers, spangles and 50 pairs of shoes Read More
The second Spider-Man trailer is here and it has a big SPOILER warning (from them not me)
Do NOT watch this if you haven’t watched Avengers: Endgame and want to see that movie spoiler-free. And if you prefer to take that info from someone in the know, Tom Holland will tell you the same at the start of this trailer. (I do think it’s cute they got him to do a spoiler… The second Spider-Man trailer is here and it has a big SPOILER warning (from them not me) Read More
Giant Little Ones (Canada Now Film Festival) 4 stars
I’m baffled by modern adolescence, and can hardly believe myself that back in the ’80s mine was modern too. Luckily Keith Behrman’s film leaves me with a sense of hope for my own children’s upcoming teen years, which may have more in common with my own than I feared. In Giant Little Ones Behrman, who… Giant Little Ones (Canada Now Film Festival) Read More
Replicas 1.5 stars
There’s something pleasingly pointed about a man jokingly claimed to be immortal starring in a movie about creating a form of immortality. Sci-fi cloning film Replicas was also co-produced by Keanu Reeves, whose youthful visage and apparent appearances in portraiture through the ages baffles many who apparently can’t tell the difference between two men with dark… Replicas Read More
“Motorcycles with swords!” Keanu Reeves & Chad Stahelski on that John Wick 3 bridge chase…
*** My 4.5/5 star review of John Wick 3: Parabellum *** Check out this new John Wick: Parabellum action featurette… specifically ninjas on motorcycles on a bridge. It’s only two weeks until John Wick 3 opens. The last time we saw our favourite assassin he was limping through Central Park with his dog, bloodied and… “Motorcycles with swords!” Keanu Reeves & Chad Stahelski on that John Wick 3 bridge chase… Read More
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