Anyone who knows me, or reads some of my rants will know that I’m not a fan of 3D movies. I never got to see Clash whilst it had it’s cinema run, and the fact that it was converted to 3D to make some extra money doesn’t bother me. But it’s interesting that the best feeling of 3D I’ve had recently was whilst watching the BluRay opening scenes, where the camera glides through the cosmos. It literally felt like I could dive into the TV and float through space. Yet it as the ‘2D’ version.
Ok, enough, lets get down to the review. Clash for me was one of those films that I hadn’t payed much attention to, but figured it was a grown up version of Percy Jackson, with Sam Worthington accepting his destiny as he fights the Gods as modern day New York crumbles around him.
Sadly – at least initially – I discovered it was set in the ancient times, and Sam Worthington was Perseus, a demi god who didn’t know he was special, until destiny called him.
The film starts off with Perseus watching the only family he has know die at the hands of an angry god. Turning his back on the god he once worshipped Perseus volunteers to lead a mission to defeat hades and bring judgement to the gods – he’s a man with a mission and with nothing to live for, he’s not afraid to die. Read the rest of this entry »
When did this film come out at the movies? It completely passed me by until the local video store started plastering the DVD promotion poster on their window recently. For this reason I was really curious about this film – after watching the DVD however I can understand why it didn’t go anywhere at the cinemas.
The story is meant to centre on the intense and new relationship between Tyler (played by Robert Pattinson and possibly the reason most women have watched this movie) and Ally (Emilie de Ravin or the Aussie girl from TV’s Lost). Both have experienced family tragedy which they are coping with in very different ways: Tyler by self-destructing and Ally by seising every moment.
Despite the cover synopsis I think that the heart of the film is in the relationship between Tyler and his younger sister, Caroline (Ruby Jerins). The major plot elements are driven by events that occur in Caroline’s life and the way the Hawkin’s family, especially Tyler and his father (Pierce Brosnan), respond.
Ally isn’t necessary to most of that plot. Her father, who is put into the story very heavily, is also unnecessary and his actions seem unrealistic and yet like a thousand movie dads/cops we have seen before. I would have liked to see much less of the Tyler/Ally romance and much more of the Hawkin’s family in general – Jerins is charming as Caroline and I found myself caring for her a great deal. Pierce Brosnan had an interesting and complex character to portray and Mr Hawkin’s could have been further engaged with on-screen. Read the rest of this entry »
YouTube is now offering around 400 movies free of charge.
Titles include some well-known films, such as George A. Romero’s classic, Night of the Living Dead, as well as many lesser-known titles.
Categories include Bollywood, comedy, romance and documentary among others.
“This is one of many efforts to ensure that people can find all the different kinds of video they want to see, from bedroom vlogs and citizen journalism reports to full-length films and TV shows,” YouTube head of video partnerships Donagh O’Malley told The Guardian.
“We hope film lovers enjoy the range of titles in this free library, whether catching up on a mainstream hit or delving into the vast archive of classic films from decades past.”
Movies are available up to 480p.
Obviously, not all films will be available in all locations.
The next big WWII film might be in 3D. Bruce C. McKenna, producer and writer for The Pacific, this week sold a pitch to Warner Bros. for a big-budget 3D film called The Battle of Midway, which intends to recreate the decisive air and sea battle that took place June 4-6, 1942.
Deadline says the pitch was bought late last week and is being fast-tracked, with McKenna set to deliver a script two months from now. Budget estimation puts The Battle of Midway at US$200m right now – so this is potentially a gigantic movie. Expect appropriate casting news to come down at the end of the year if this really goes forward. (No word if McKenna is directing, or limited to writing and/or producing.)
The Battle of Midway was the first major turning point in the war against Imperial Japan. The Japanese Navy attacked the Midway Atoll, intending to repel US forces from the Pacific theater. But US codebreakers learned of Japan’s planned attack, allowing the navy to set up a counter-ambush. In the battle that ensued, four Japanese aircraft carriers and one heavy cruiser were sunk. The Japanese navy never fully recovered from the losses, and while it took some time for the American Navy to dominate the Pacific, this was the first major US victory against Japan. -/film
As much as I’m really keen to see some big budget, serious World War II films in the pipeline, I’m still not a 3D fan. The concept certainly offers up a crap load of possibilities for 3D, but how will the end result work in 2D? Because that’s the format that serious films can be taken, well, seriously.
If Action Movies had a university, and a department head of ass kicking, surely they would hire Professor Sly Stallone to run said department and teach Action Movies 101.
In saying that we think The Expendables should school even the newbies to this genre to the classic styles of all our favorite heroes.
The cast list is a veritable smörgåsbord of action’s greatest hits. Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Steve Austin and cameos from Bruce Willis and The Governator himself Arnie… dear god the movie execs must have messed themselves when this one got pitched.
But the question that everyone will have is …. does it deliver? …… yes… yes it does. Read the rest of this entry »
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Harry Brown is a retired Ex-Marine living with his wife in one of the roughest projects in the UK. Keeping to himself he avoids the roughest parts and focuses mostly on his beloved wife, who is struggling with illness. Having lost his daughter earlier, he travels the long way around the projects to his wife’s bedside at the hospital, wanders back to his local pub to meet an play chess with his good friend.
After a series of tragic events, Harry’s world is turned upside down and he is pushed to the limit. After loosing all he loves dear his attention is focused on the criminal elements of the projects, who have taken everything from him. While the local police wallow in red tape, apathy and apparent self importance, Harry goes into some of the grittiest and desperate parts of his local community on a mission of revenge. Read the rest of this entry »
There is something about me..
