31 October 2009
29 October 2009
Five Reasons To Watch Mulholland Drive
1. It's written and directed by David Lynch, whose other films include Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Lost Highway and Inland Empire.
2. It was originally filmed as a pilot for ABC but was expanded into a feature film when the TV network turned it down.
3. It has a great cast including Naomi Watts, Laura Harring and Justin Theroux.
4. The Club Silencio scene, which features Rebekah Del Rio singing "Llorando" (a Spanish-language version of Roy Orbison's "Crying"), is amazing.
5. It's won numerous awards including Best Director at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
2. It was originally filmed as a pilot for ABC but was expanded into a feature film when the TV network turned it down.
3. It has a great cast including Naomi Watts, Laura Harring and Justin Theroux.
4. The Club Silencio scene, which features Rebekah Del Rio singing "Llorando" (a Spanish-language version of Roy Orbison's "Crying"), is amazing.
5. It's won numerous awards including Best Director at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
28 October 2009
A Bit Of A Mouthful
Five films with ridiculously long titles:
1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
2. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
3. The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
4. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
2. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
3. The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
4. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
27 October 2009
25 October 2009
Five Reasons To Watch Zombieland
1. It has a great cast (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin).
2. There’s a brilliant cameo by Bill Murray too.
3. It features plenty of Zombie Kills of the Week!
4. It's "Certified Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes, receiving mostly positive reviews from critics.
5. It's the greatest zom-com since Shaun of the Dead!
2. There’s a brilliant cameo by Bill Murray too.
3. It features plenty of Zombie Kills of the Week!
4. It's "Certified Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes, receiving mostly positive reviews from critics.
5. It's the greatest zom-com since Shaun of the Dead!
24 October 2009
I Wanna Be Like You
TV characters who've dressed as/like each other:
After getting über drunk at a birthday party thrown for him at the Simpsons' house, Barney Gumble descended the stairs dressed as Marge Simpson in The Simpsons.
When he was told to dress as somebody he admired, Alan Shore (James Spader) turned up at the office costume party dressed as his colleague Shirley Schmidt (Candice Bergen) in Boston Legal.
Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) imitated his co-workers when he dressed as a "Squint" (someone with a very high IQ and basic reasoning skills) in Bones.
As part of a "Freaky Friday social experiment" to try to prove who has it harder in America, women or black men, Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) and Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) switched roles in 30 Rock.
After getting über drunk at a birthday party thrown for him at the Simpsons' house, Barney Gumble descended the stairs dressed as Marge Simpson in The Simpsons.
When he was told to dress as somebody he admired, Alan Shore (James Spader) turned up at the office costume party dressed as his colleague Shirley Schmidt (Candice Bergen) in Boston Legal.
Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) imitated his co-workers when he dressed as a "Squint" (someone with a very high IQ and basic reasoning skills) in Bones.
As part of a "Freaky Friday social experiment" to try to prove who has it harder in America, women or black men, Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) and Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) switched roles in 30 Rock.
21 October 2009
Five Reasons To Watch Ellie Parker
1. It's written and directed by actor Scott Coffey, who's appeared in numerous films including Shag, Wild at Heart, Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive.
2. Originally a short film, it was expanded into a feature film with additional footage shot over a period of five years.
3. Naomi Watts is great (and very funny) as the title character.
4. It also has a great supporting cast including Rebecca Rigg and Scott Coffey, with a cameo by Keanu Reeves.
5. It won a Special Jury Prize for Best New American Film at the 2005 Seattle International Film Festival; Naomi Watts received a special mention for her "bold, courageous, and hilarious performance".
2. Originally a short film, it was expanded into a feature film with additional footage shot over a period of five years.
3. Naomi Watts is great (and very funny) as the title character.
4. It also has a great supporting cast including Rebecca Rigg and Scott Coffey, with a cameo by Keanu Reeves.
5. It won a Special Jury Prize for Best New American Film at the 2005 Seattle International Film Festival; Naomi Watts received a special mention for her "bold, courageous, and hilarious performance".
17 October 2009
Don't See It Alone
Five reasons I want to see the haunted house film Paranormal Activity:
1. It’s about a young couple (Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat) who move into a typical suburban house only to become increasingly disturbed by what appears to be a demonic presence, which is mainly active at night.
2. It's written and directed by Israeli-born video game designer turned filmmaker Oren Peli.
3. It was shot in his own house in seven days and on a budget of just $15,000.
4. It's been dubbed the new Blair Witch Project.
5. According to Bloody-Disgusting it's "a terrifying, chilling, remarkable independent film".
1. It’s about a young couple (Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat) who move into a typical suburban house only to become increasingly disturbed by what appears to be a demonic presence, which is mainly active at night.
2. It's written and directed by Israeli-born video game designer turned filmmaker Oren Peli.
3. It was shot in his own house in seven days and on a budget of just $15,000.
4. It's been dubbed the new Blair Witch Project.
5. According to Bloody-Disgusting it's "a terrifying, chilling, remarkable independent film".
15 October 2009
Five Reasons To Watch The Breakfast Club
1. It's directed by the late, great John Hughes, whose other films include Sixteen Candles and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
2. John Hughes also wrote the screenplay... in just two days!
3. It's about "five total strangers, with nothing in common, meeting for the first time. A brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel and a recluse".
4. It has a great "Brat Pack" cast (Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy).
5. It was ranked number 1 on Entertainment Weekly's list of The 50 Best High School Movies.
2. John Hughes also wrote the screenplay... in just two days!
3. It's about "five total strangers, with nothing in common, meeting for the first time. A brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel and a recluse".
4. It has a great "Brat Pack" cast (Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy).
5. It was ranked number 1 on Entertainment Weekly's list of The 50 Best High School Movies.
14 October 2009
What It Says On The Tin
Five films with plot-describing titles:
1. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
2. Three Men and a Baby
3. Four Weddings and a Funeral
4. Snakes on a Plane
5. Zack and Miri Make a Porno
1. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
2. Three Men and a Baby
3. Four Weddings and a Funeral
4. Snakes on a Plane
5. Zack and Miri Make a Porno
10 October 2009
09 October 2009
Chillers
Six horror films set in the snow:
Based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, The Shining tells the story of Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), an aspiring writer and former alcoholic who moves with his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and their telepathic son Danny (Danny Lloyd) to the isolated Overlook Hotel, after accepting a job there as the hotels winter caretaker. However, Danny soon begins having disturbing visions, while cabin fever and writer's block cause Jack to slowly slip into insanity.
Based on the short story "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell Jr. and the 1951 film The Thing from Another World, The Thing follows members of an Antarctic research program who find themselves battling a shape-shifting alien life form capable of imitating anyone it infects. The team, including helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady (Kurt Russell), mechanic Childs (Keith David) and biologist Dr. Blair (Wilford Brimley), set out to destroy "the thing" while also trying to discover who among them is still human.
Based on the cult graphic novel by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, 30 Days of Night follows a small (dwindling) group of residents, including Sheriff Eben Oleson (Josh Hartnett) and his estranged wife Stella Oleson (Melissa George), in the snowbound Alaskan town of Barrow as they try to fend off a gang of bloodthirsty vampires, led by head vampire Marlow (Danny Huston), who have descended upon the town during a period in winter when the sun doesn't rise for a month.
The Children follows Elaine (Eva Birthistle) and Jonah (Stephen Campbell Moore) as they head to the snow-covered English countryside with Elaine's teenage daughter Casey (Hannah Tointon) and their two young children, Miranda (Eva Sayer) and Paulie (William Howes), to celebrate New Year's with Elaine's sister Chloe (Rachel Shelley), her husband Robbie (Jeremy Sheffield) and their two children Leah (Raffiella Brooks) and Nicky (Jake Hathaway). However, their celebrations take a violent turn when the children mysteriously fall ill and begin to turn on their parents.
Set in 1982 in the snowy Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg and based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist (who also wrote the screenplay), Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) tells the story of 12-year-old Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant). Oskar dreams of getting revenge on the classmates who bully him and spends much of his time alone... until he befriends his strange, (eternally) 12-year-old new neighbour Eli (Lina Leandersson).
Dead Snow (Død snø) follows Martin (Vegar Hoel), Roy (Stig Frode Henriksen), Vegard (Lasse Valdal), Erlend (Jeppe Laursen), Hanna (Charlotte Frogner), Liv (Evy Kasseth Røsten) and Chris (Jenny Skavlan), seven medical students who travel to a secluded mountain cabin near Øksfjord in Norway for a fun, snow-filled weekend away only to find themselves fighting for survival against a band of Nazi zombies, led by the evil Standartenführer Herzog (Ørjan Gamst).
Based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, The Shining tells the story of Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), an aspiring writer and former alcoholic who moves with his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and their telepathic son Danny (Danny Lloyd) to the isolated Overlook Hotel, after accepting a job there as the hotels winter caretaker. However, Danny soon begins having disturbing visions, while cabin fever and writer's block cause Jack to slowly slip into insanity.
Based on the short story "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell Jr. and the 1951 film The Thing from Another World, The Thing follows members of an Antarctic research program who find themselves battling a shape-shifting alien life form capable of imitating anyone it infects. The team, including helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady (Kurt Russell), mechanic Childs (Keith David) and biologist Dr. Blair (Wilford Brimley), set out to destroy "the thing" while also trying to discover who among them is still human.
Based on the cult graphic novel by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, 30 Days of Night follows a small (dwindling) group of residents, including Sheriff Eben Oleson (Josh Hartnett) and his estranged wife Stella Oleson (Melissa George), in the snowbound Alaskan town of Barrow as they try to fend off a gang of bloodthirsty vampires, led by head vampire Marlow (Danny Huston), who have descended upon the town during a period in winter when the sun doesn't rise for a month.
The Children follows Elaine (Eva Birthistle) and Jonah (Stephen Campbell Moore) as they head to the snow-covered English countryside with Elaine's teenage daughter Casey (Hannah Tointon) and their two young children, Miranda (Eva Sayer) and Paulie (William Howes), to celebrate New Year's with Elaine's sister Chloe (Rachel Shelley), her husband Robbie (Jeremy Sheffield) and their two children Leah (Raffiella Brooks) and Nicky (Jake Hathaway). However, their celebrations take a violent turn when the children mysteriously fall ill and begin to turn on their parents.
Set in 1982 in the snowy Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg and based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist (who also wrote the screenplay), Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) tells the story of 12-year-old Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant). Oskar dreams of getting revenge on the classmates who bully him and spends much of his time alone... until he befriends his strange, (eternally) 12-year-old new neighbour Eli (Lina Leandersson).
Dead Snow (Død snø) follows Martin (Vegar Hoel), Roy (Stig Frode Henriksen), Vegard (Lasse Valdal), Erlend (Jeppe Laursen), Hanna (Charlotte Frogner), Liv (Evy Kasseth Røsten) and Chris (Jenny Skavlan), seven medical students who travel to a secluded mountain cabin near Øksfjord in Norway for a fun, snow-filled weekend away only to find themselves fighting for survival against a band of Nazi zombies, led by the evil Standartenführer Herzog (Ørjan Gamst).
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