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Avatar has been likened to “Dances With Wolves in Space” – or even Pocahontas In Space. The basic story has been done to death before, that of a man befriending an indiginous species and coming to understand and live with that species.
However – and this is the clever bit – look at this script extract [...]

I just saw this video on youtube and just had to post it here – an amazing video / remix called “The Golden Age Of Video” by Ricardo Autobahn:

Try and see how many classic movies and TV shows you can spot!
This deserves extra kudos for the way the Audio syncs with the Videos with a [...]

There’s a thriving “Fan Film” community on the Internet, and some of their output is very good indeed.
I almost said “surprisingly” good, but that would be a disservice to the people who make these. I just read a report about the fan film “The Hunt For Gollum” (BBC News) and, watching the trailer, you could [...]

Warning: This movie is not for everyone. But if you like super-fast paced deranged insanity, you’ll love this.
Take one part OTT Japanese action flick (think Takeshi Miike), mix in some 70’s exploitation and Grindhouse, throw in a dash of 80’s hard guy, and add a pinch of visceral blood and guts. Only then will you [...]

Disaster Movie… where do I start?
IMDB is a good place. There, it has a rating of 1.5 and it is #2 in the all time BOTTOM 100! And that’s with 24,000 votes (only Battlefield Earth and Epic Movie have more).
So – universally hated, then.
Unfortunately it’s not quite that simple. IMDB votes generally work well as [...]

Choke is a film based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club among many others. So already, you know you’re in for a weird ride.
Directed by first-timer Clark Gregg you could call it a dark comedy, but I found it far more dramatic than comedic. It’s the story of sex-addict Victor Mancini [...]

W. Is a biopic of George W. Bush, directed by Oliver Stone. Right away you’d expect some harsh treatment of the subject because Stone is not known for his soft touch on his other projects (such as JFK and Nixon). But, surprisingly, the movie treats Bush quite respectably.
Stone reputably rushed this film on a budget [...]

Billed as the big reunion of De Niro and Pacino this movie falls far short of doing either justice. It’s not a bad movie – it just feels like it would be more at home as a direct to DVD release… or even a TV movie.
For a start, De Niro and Pacino both sleepwalk through [...]

After the apparent disaster that was Ang Lee’s take on the Hulk (personally, I quite liked it) Marvel must have thought there was more mileage in the character, so here we have The Incredible Hulk.
And they’ve raised the bar with this one. For a start, their intentions are made clear by casting Ed Norton as [...]

So, Alan Moore is still not happy about the new Watchmen movie?
That is no surprise. The author / warlock / northampton resident  is well known for his views on comic-book adaptions, and the movie industry in general. Of course he has a right to this view. This is after all his story, and his characters.
Personally, [...]