Archive for the ‘Film’ Category

Trailer: McAdams, Ford and Keaton in Morning Glory

On Monday, August 30th, 2010
The writer of ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ and the director of ‘Notting Hill’ have made a film that looks promising in the “being above average” stakes, starring Harrison Ford, Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton, Jeff Goldblum, Patrick Wilson and ‘Modern Family’ star Ty Burrell. It’s called ‘Morning Glory’ (well done, film namers) and is due out ...

Film Review: Scott Pilgrim Vs The World

On Friday, August 27th, 2010
It sounds stupid to say director Edgar Wright has bought comic books and videogames to life, but really, director Edgar Wright has bought comic books and videogames to life. That said, you don’t need to be an expert on either to appreciate his summer smash. Scott Pilgrim Vs The World is a high-high-high-energy adaptation of a series of ...

Album Review: Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam OST

On Monday, August 16th, 2010
Like High School Musical but not quite as famous, Camp Rock was a cheesey tween-pop movie that launched on the Disney Channel a couple of years ago, making a bigger name of Demi Lovato and shovelling more fuel into the Jonas Brothers’ bid for world domination. Now there’s a sequel, and judging by its subtitle ...

It’s Christina Aguilera and Cher… in a FILM

On Sunday, August 8th, 2010
She may believe in life after love, but we’re struggling to believe in acting after surgery for Cher after seeing the trailer for Burlesque, a new high-camp dance movie fronted by Christina Aguilera. You can count the facial expressions she’s still able to pull on one hand, but just her name on the poster should ...

Film Review: Letters to Juliet

On Monday, June 14th, 2010
Amanda Seyfried is becoming Hollywood’s favourite safe bet for unpretentious, guilty pleasure cinema, and after swinging by teen comedy (‘Mean Girls’), musicals (‘Mamma Mia!’), horror (‘Jennifer’s Body’) and weepies (‘Dear John’), she now addresses pure romantic comedy in the form of Letters to Juliet, a shameless cheese-fest in which fact-checker-come-writer Sophie (Seyfried) goes to Verona with ...

Film Review: The Bounty Hunter

On Saturday, April 10th, 2010
‘Love Happens’. ‘The Break-Up’. ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’. ‘Along Came Polly’. ‘Bruce Almighty’. ‘She’s The One’. There’s really no mistaking Jennifer Aniston’s comfort zone, and lo, here she is again, sitting comfortably in romantic comedy territory in The Bounty Hunter; this time as a determined reporter and wanted felon being persued for arrest by her ex-husband Gerrard Butler. ...

Like High School Musical, but with lesbians and HIV

On Friday, April 9th, 2010
News broke today that Vanessa Hudgens will be taking on the challenging role of Mimi in the cult musical ‘Rent’ this summer, in a production directed by ‘How I Met Your Mother’ star Neil Patrick Harris. It’ll only run at the Hollywood Bowl for three nights – August 6th, 7th and 8th – but it’s her ...

Film Review: The Blind Side

On Sunday, April 4th, 2010
With it’s all-American overtones and heart-warming tale of a zero-to-hero football player, it’s no wonder that ‘The Blind Side’ has fetched more than $200 million at the US Box Office; comfortably putting it in their Top 10 highest-grossing films of 2009. Over here however, where American football isn’t anywhere near as appealing and Michael Oher ...

Film Review: Nine

On Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
Well, the ‘Mamma Mia!’ crowd will be a bit surprised. Rob Marshall returns to musicals after bagging a Best Picture Oscar for ‘Chicago’, and the lesser-known Nine is certainly one to prove that there’s more to the genre than Meryl Streep bursting into song on a clifftop and Zac Efron prancing around a high school gym. Daniel Day-Lewis ...

RIP Brittany Murphy

On Sunday, December 20th, 2009
A hugely talented actress (‘King of the Hill’, ‘Just Married’) and vocalist on one of the decade’s best dance hits. At just 32, 2009 is book-ended by deaths of actors at far too young an age. ...