Charlotte Gainsbourg is an uncomfortable actress. Perhaps this is due to being Serge’s daughter, being sired by that sex crazed loon is probably a wee bit embarrassing (not to mention duetting on Lemon Incest when yr thirteen). The two films I have[…]

Those of us who have enjoyed the many varied series of 24 have been sad to see its decline this year. But maybe it is just as well. This season the torture porn was scaled back a touch, in favour self mutilation (people chopping off their own hands f[…]

QUESTION EVERYONE ASKS ME ABOUT OCEAN’S 13:
Is it better than Ocean’s 12?
Answer: Yes. Just. Despite having a massive plot hole in it* (that leads to a big spoiler), it is ruthlessly efficient with its plot and realises that we don’[…]

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Who are the bad guys in the Spider-man movies? And what does this tell us about the politics of the character?
Spider-Man 1:
Uncle Ben’s Killer (see Spider-Man 3): A petty street crook. BUT He is allowed to kill Uncle Ben because Peter Parker […]

Jindabyne is second or third hand goods. No problem in basing your film on a Raymond Carver story, they are a pretty good little basis for films. But the story in question “So Much Water So Close to Home” was already one of the nine or so[…]

Patrice Leconte! Daniel Auteil! Words that have shone out in the wasteland of French film for the last ten years suggesting that I may just tolerate any film they are involved in. Well they have made a misstep. An interesting misstep but a bi-left-fo[…]

I.T.s the same. But different.

Proof that parallel universes exist. And you know what, the set-up will probably suit the production techniques of a US sitcom.
(From Dark Horizons – who also report that Zoe Slater from ‘Stenders IS The Bi[…]

Prime-time ITV Saturday teatime drama about dinosaurs attacking modern Britain. How we laughed and muttered “Cheap Doctor Who rip-off” under our breaths. Well I should take that breath back, and the mutt’rin’ too: last week I […]

OK, quite a lot of spoilers if you are intent on remaining unknowing until Saturday, but without giving too much away, tonight was a TRAVESTY (hahaha, i was on the internet in minutes, registering my disgust!), and there are three songs that RLY RLY […]