Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pin8fbdGV9Y&feature=PlayList&p=FA50FBC214A6CE87&index=0
Follow the above link and you will find the 2003 documentary simply named The Corporation. It took 8 years to make, including 3 years of raising enough money to make it. Read the rest of this entry »
Synecdoche, New York
And I thought Adaptation. was hard to review…
Synecdoche, New York is the new film written by my favourite writer Charlie Kaufman as well as being his directorial debut. Anyone who recognises the name will know Kaufman is known for his…well lets just say “odd” approaches to cinema (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind for example). So, it stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as an aging theatre director who wants to do one last piece before his inevitable death.
Being Une Critique
I think that film critics are elitists. They arrogantly feel that they have superior knowledge of films and a better taste in films than everyone else. They only have one purpose, one which maybe they forget sometimes, to provide a justified opinion on what the reader should and shouldn’t see. Which leads me to one question, am I a critic? Read the rest of this entry »
Shallow or picky?
While reading a review for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas on iTunes, I came across a review which simply said:
Almost a Scorsese Classic: Casino
First of all, I want to get this straight: Casino is Goodfellas 2: Return of the Tracking Shot. Seriously, if there ever was another Goodfellas, it was this, except in Las Vegas. Also, Scorsese pushes the limit even more here, with a tracking shot (this is a long shot which usually follows a certain character) popping up many times throughout the movie.
Another Scorsese Classic Part 3: Mean Streets
Before The Departed, before Casino, before Goodfellas there was this, Mean Streets directed by (guess who) Martin Scorsese and the first of his films to feature (guess who again) Robert De Niro. After watching it, I can say nothing worse than this is one of my favourite films ever, and certainly my favourite by Scorsese.
The Bond Effect
First things first, I don’t hate the Bond films. I can see why other people enjoy (e.g. the action) and why they’re so highly acclaimed and world famous. The thing I can’t stand about them is the connection, the connection that joins all of the bond films together. And that is… Read the rest of this entry »
It Does Matter If You’re Black & White
There’s one thing that annoys me more than anything else with modern, independent directors, and it’s the use of black and white film as opposed to colour. Before I start my rant, I’d like to point out some exceptions: Schindler’s List, Sin City, Memento, Eureka, Raging Bull, Manhattan, Pleasantville and Young Frankenstein, as well as others, all of which were made in the last 30 or so years. They have all justified their reasons and turned out to be great films. But most importantly, they aren’t independent films (Memento is but….come on! It’s genius!). Read the rest of this entry »
The Dark Knight vs. Wall.E
I like Batman, but I also like robots, but which is better? There’s only one way to find out…FIIIIGHT!
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