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Watch the Watchmen

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:44:50 +0000

A letter to Alan Moore regarding his troubled history with the silver screen.

Down the Pitt's

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:26:16 +0000

A cozy Post Oscar night chat between ridiculously beautiful Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Remake crazy

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:40:00 +0000

With the imminent release of yet another pointless re-make (The clue’s in the title) I thought it would be fun to compile a list of the worst possible future re-makes. (Note to any Hollywood producer reading this, it’s just a joke.) 1. Some like it Hot, starring Marlon Wayans and Eddie Murphy With their propensity for wearing staggeringly unfunny latex body suits and adopting a menagerie of incomprehensible accents, Wayne and Murphy are the perfect choice to ruin this perennial classic. Hide your head in shame as they court Paris Hilton with witty one liner’s about ‘coming through the back entrance’ and cover your ears during their rap version of ‘Runnin’ wild’.

Not Schindler’s List again

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:00:00 +0000

What is it with film lists?

A letter to George Lucas

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:33:09 +0000

Isn’t it about time George Lucas stopped exploiting the humble Star Wars fan?

Where the wild things are

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:34:50 +0000

Word has reached me that indie filmmaker Spike Jonzes’ version of Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak has been pulled by the studio for being to adult and horrifying for its intended audience.

The Big Sleep

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:40:05 +0000

As you’ve know doubt noticed this blog has been somewhat neglected over the past few months.

Indiana Jones and the bottomless pit of dispair

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:43:41 +0000

It's with a heavy heart that I have to report that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is almost unwatchable.

Superhero fatigue

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:44:55 +0000

So here we are again poised to run the gauntlet of Hollywood's blockbuster season.

Funny games

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:46:58 +0000

In a plot twist almost as shocking as one of his films, German director Michael Haneke has been lured to Hollywood to remake Funny Games, his 1997 film about cinematic violence.