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Posted by
Ali at 13:00 on 16 Sep 2011
The Change-Up is out now, and on the surface, looks like a fairly amiable body-swap comedy. However, within lies a secret that could change the way men masturbate over naked breasts in movies... forever.
Posted by
Rob at 19:30 on 11 Sep 2011
Ah, the ol' body switcharoo routine – the calling card of a writer short on ideas. Having featured in (*glances quickly at Wikipedia*) 38 different movies (!), it's safe to say the body swap schtick has been well and truly done to death.
Posted by
Ali at 22:29 on 12 Aug 2011
In his role as executive producer, Cowboys & Aliens represents Steven Spielberg's
fourth alien movie this year, after
Super 8,
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon and his cameo in
Paul (and that's not mentioning his TV series,
Falling Skies). Throw in the rest of the year's extra-terrestrial activity (get bent,
Battle LA) and it's no surprise the genre is starting to look a little fatigued. More Western than sci-fi, Cowboys & Aliens at least has a hook, but when push comes to shove comes to "we have to destroy the invaders' conveniently accessible power source", it's Just Another Alien Movie like all the rest.
Posted by
Ali at 22:51 on 23 Dec 2010
The Next Three Days is kind of a throwback to the classic action movies Hollywood put out in the mid-nineties - the 'one man versus the world' era of thrillers, in which lantern-jawed heroes like Harrison Ford or Mel Gibson fight to save their family against improbable odds and injustice. At one point, the lead character - a stoic, possibly stubbled everyman forced into action against his will - is likely to growl "Give me back my wife" or something, before killing eight thousand terrorists in the name of love. Brilliant.
Posted by
Matt at 16:52 on 05 Dec 2010
I love Tron. So much so that, when I was growing up, 'lightcycle' featured regularly on my Christmas list (just below 'lightsaber' and just above 'Glaive'). But no amount of blind childhood adoration can escape the fact that the concept of the film doesn't hold up well to closer inspection. In that respect, this sequel is the perfect follow-up because it makes just as much sense i.e. it's utter bobbins.
Posted by
Ali at 21:34 on 19 Oct 2010
Look at it. Go on. With your eyes and everything.
Posted by
Ali at 20:42 on 23 Jul 2010
Check out the second teaser trailer for Tron Legacy, which confirms that no matter how advanced CG technology gets, animated characters should just keep their goddamn mouths shut.
Posted by
Ali at 22:23 on 02 Feb 2010
The nerdiest movie currently in development just got that little bit more acceptable, with the casting addition of Tron Legacy's Olivia Wilde aka that lesbo from The OC. The one that wasn't the other one. Her.
Posted by
Matt at 22:18 on 09 Dec 2009
The first official still and poster for Tron Legacy have been released. Lookee, how shiny!
Posted by
Ali at 19:27 on 20 Jun 2009
Director Harold Ramis first had the idea for Year One over thirty years ago. In 1975, after watching a documentary on the Stone Age, he wrote an improv with Bill Murray and John Belushi as cavemen; the former as a hip-talking Cro-Magnon Man, the latter as a grunting neanderthal. Sadly, what makes a funny sketch in the seventies ...