Is it cynicism that drives local voice casting in animated films? I felt it was in Shrek 2 (but then as one of the few anti-Shrek people I find almost all aspects of those films cynical). In Robots though the cynicism is probably so up-front and cent[…]

Hostage is Die Hard with Bruce Willis outside the enclosed space. Which kind of takes the point out of the whole affair. It is also the first season of 24 without any sense that the moral dilemma Willis is put in will ever really be put to the test. […]

Gloria Goes To The Movies
Good ideas are not restricted to one blog round here, and an agitated pub discussion (what else) last Friday suggested Gloria might want to come to Do You See. After all the concepts of authenticity, pretension and critical […]

Who’s London: plan your own walking tour for Saturday afternoon to get you in the mood, thanks to Diamondgeezer.[…]

GUESS MY THEORY #3 or #4

the one that isn’t dub dob dee = kerensky[…]

The Machinist is a film where Christian Bale plays his old nemesis Nick Dastoor and challenges for thinnest man in the world status. It is a psychological thriller which uses the plot twist du jour (cf Hide’n’Seek and Secret Window) but a[…]

He always struck me as a Scottish version of Tony Wilson, though without Wilson’s luck of occasionally helping create something great. Ego is a useful thing, it can get you through an awful lot of self-doubt. But 16 Years Of Alcohol, Jobson&#82[…]

“EX-PO-SI-TI-ON! EX-PO-SI-TI-ON!”
the full title for the 1965 peter cushing/dr who movie shd be dr who and the daleks: WHICH IS BIGGEST IDIOT????!?. The first thing the Doctor says in the Dalek city is “Let’s all go different[…]

Constantine
This film IS half bad. The second half. Actually the first half isn’t great either. There are some great comic-book visuals (though come on, the slow-down/speed-up thing is tired for everyone now isn’t it?), and for a short wh[…]

Duck Season is a minimalist shoestring Mexican comedy, which barely scrapes through its ninety minutes running time with some judicious arty shots of MC’s housing projects at the start. The rest of the film stays firmly inside an apartment wher[…]