I was right to leave so much time between my first and second viewing of Avatar. People stopped talking about it. Even my chatter had subsided along with the early indignation (pathetically misplaced in hindsight- it’s only a movie for god’s sake) that something with such a meagre core could be generating so much buzz. [...]
Virgin on Sundance
Just over 24 hours from now and I’ll be in Utah. Sundance awaits. It’s been almost no time at all since I snapped up the opportunity to join Amber Wilkinson and help out with some festival coverage for Eyeforfilm.co.uk. A mixture of apprehension and excitment as it’s another step on the slow road to realising [...]
The Golden Globules
Which is kind of what I’d be spitting if I had any real stake in the future of film. Besides a surprisingly funny presenting job from Ricky Gervais, who popped out an absolute belter of a Mel Gibson pwn, the 2010 Golden Globes were a hell of a disappointment. Not even Mike Tyson looking like [...]
(500) SPAYS OF SUMMER
Can’t really articulate how nauseating the slew of ads for the Blu-ray release of ‘(500) Days Of Summer’ are. Not saying it’s a bad film. Just hipster blah- chic. The kind of movie you feel you can’t ignore because it’s set its finger tapping to some rythmn against your temple. And it just. will. not. [...]
Up In The Air
Anyone who’s read G. Willow Wilson’s wonderful comic ‘Air’ understands the romance of airports and flight. It’s not crazy to say there’s a strange dichotomy between human interaction and personal isolation inside each sterile vacuum of glass and steel. With Jason Reitman’s ‘Up In The Air’ we have a film that implies lightness when really [...]
Anagram Avatar
Vain is an anagram of Na’vi. With Avatar smashing through the $1 billion Box Office ceiling, and James Cameron already self-proclaimed ‘King of the World’, I wonder what delights we can expect at this year’s Oscars. Is ‘Master of the Universe’ a little too camp? A foot of snow has fallen overnight. Some potentially exciting [...]
The Hurt Locker (For Your Consideration)
Really pleased to see Kathryn Bigelow’s THE HURT LOCKER gathering not only buzz, but awards themselves. It’s not perfect, but what movie actually is, hyperbole aside? One’s thing for sure it deserves as much attention as it can get, especially in the face of a behemoth so CGI flush as Cameron’s AVATAR. If you are [...]
