The cries go out every week in the filmmaking community: everything is being dumbed down, there's no space for complexity any more, films aren't as demanding as they used to be, we're all going to hell in a flatpack-assembled handcart. It would be a matter for grave concern if it wasn't total bollocks.
Last night I went to see Inception at my local multiplex... [More]
It was only a matter of time before disgraced 'educational guru' Yolande Beckles hit the headlines yet again for her murky financial dealings. Yes, four years after she disappeared from Britain, the Independent on Sunday have tracked her down to Hollywood, where she's up to the same old tricks. Why should this bother me? Well, me and Yolande go back a long way. [More]
In the romcom everyone loves to hate, Notting Hill
If they turned that montage into a move all of its own, its name would be (500) Days of Summer
Anyone who's ploughed through this site will know that I've got a bit of a thing for time travel stories, as well as a penchant for romcoms and tragic love stories like Somewhere in Time. So it's no surprise that I was pretty eager to see the long-delayed movie adaptation of Audrey Niffeneggar's smash hit faux-lit novel The Time Traveler's Wife.
And, despite the sickly trailer, it doesn't disappoint... [More]
It is with great sadness and deep shock that I learned today of the loss of Blake Snyder, who died from cardiac arrest on August 4, 2009.
Blake was a screenwriting teacher and author of the brilliant Save the Cat!
I've always had a thing for vampire films. From the age of 11 I was allowed to stay up late and watch Hammer's brilliant Dracula
There's something about vampire mythology that hits the spot in a way that werewolves, zombies and all those other members of the supernatural bestiary just don't. And let's be honest, it's the sex... [More]
I don't normally write about TV series once I've already taken a look at them.
But with the second season of Mad Men