Is Hollywood in a creative slump?
IMDB are carrying a rather insightful article on the problems of Hollywood and current cinema, leading off on the problems of Cinderella Man, Nikki Rocco, Universal Pictures distribution chief, says:…
August 9, 2005
Is Hollywood in a creative slump?
— Posted by John Campea
IMDB are carrying a rather insightful article on the problems of Hollywood and current cinema, leading off on the problems of Cinderella Man, Nikki Rocco, Universal Pictures distribution chief, says:…
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July 22, 2005
Gay Actors In Hollywood
— Posted by Rodney
In Hollywood it seems there is never a moment when a good “Is he gay?” debate isn’t going on. As a culture we’re obsessed with our celebrities. As a culture…
July 21, 2005
Ray Winstone fears for UK film industry
— Posted by John Campea
Over at the BBC, Ray Winstone has spoken out against the Government for seriously harming the UK film industry. Even he says he was disheartened when he tried to film…
June 21, 2005
I’d Hate To Take Tom Cruise’s Side, But…
— Posted by Rodney
Over the last month or so my respect level and enthusiasm for anything relating to Tom Cruise has dropped about 30 feet. The way he has conducted himself during this…
June 17, 2005
Cinderella Man - What Went Wrong?
— Posted by John Campea
So what went wrong with Cinderella Man? From a film making perspective… NOTHING AT ALL. Cinderella man is a first rate film (not a “best picture” film, but really solid…
June 11, 2005
DVD Format war talks fail
— Posted by Rodney
Although you may dismiss these posts on a new DVD format war you do so at your own peril, for you will be affected by them. Whatever new format comes…
June 6, 2005
The Curse of the Shaking Camera
— Posted by John Campea
Has there been any worse curse inflicted on movie fans than the “technique”of the Shaking Camera?!?! I can’t really put my finger on when the trend started… but I can…
June 1, 2005
Steven Spielberg voted best Director
— Posted by Rodney
There’s quite a few polls around just now, and I’ll follow up a few other posts at the weekend about top lists of films, however this one is quite interesting…
June 1, 2005
Writers and spoilers
— Posted by Rodney
I really hate it when movie critics or writers drop a spoiler into a story without warning, I hate it even more when they drop a spoiler into the start…
May 27, 2005
British cinemas get free digital equipment
— Posted by Rodney
The UK Film Council have joined with the Government and the UK Lottery to allow 209 UK Cinemas to be upgraded to brand new digital projection equipment, but at a…
May 20, 2005
Downloading movies
— Posted by Rodney
After writing an earlier post about Tesco offering Movie Downloads in the UK, and then the recent discussions about Home Cinema vs Theater, that perhaps there’s not the demand out…
May 19, 2005
You’re Just Jealous
— Posted by John Campea
You know what I hate? No… I mean really really HATE! This is a movie fan site. We talk about movies here. I talk about what I like… and what…
May 19, 2005
Revenge of the Sith - How did you find it?
— Posted by Rodney
Well we’ve reviewed Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith… …John’s review… …I really enjoyed watching Revenge of the Sith. And yes, it is quite a good film….
May 17, 2005
Movie Theaters Vs. Home Theaters
— Posted by John Campea
There has been some good discussion going on here lately about the pros and cons of watching a movie at an actual movie theater, or at home on a decent…
May 16, 2005
What’s Your Favorite Kind of Theater?
— Posted by John Campea
I know you could probably break theater types into 5 or 6 categories, but for the sake of silmplicity let me generalize it into 2 types. 1) The MEGAPlex Theater…
May 10, 2005
How do you like your POPCORN BABY!
— Posted by John Campea
You know what, I√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m just a walking Pavlovian experiment. The moment I walk into a theatre√¢‚Ǩ¬¶ my mouth starts to water. Even if I just came from dinner and I√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m…
May 9, 2005
Scottish Film Industry failing
— Posted by Rodney
The Scottish Film Industry is dying according to an article in The Herald. Scottish Screen, the agency charged with promoting Scotland as a film venue, said the nation was losing…
May 5, 2005
Expectations
— Posted by John Campea
You even notice how much your expectations of a film effect how much you enjoy it when you finally see it? You know what I mean. You think a movie… |
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