Rian Johnson

What they should have done with the Looper DVD packaging

Why yes, marketing companies - I AM available for creative consultancy work at a reasonable price. Also, Looper is out on DVD and Blu-ray today.

What if other actors had younger versions of themselves?

With Rian Johnson's Looper currently doing the rounds (our review is here), we consider one of the many thought-provoking questions raised by the time-tunnelling actioner: what would the prosthetically-enhanced younger versions of other movie stars look like?

Review: Looper

I saw Looper on Friday last week, and rather than frantically post a knee-jerk reaction review as soon as possible, I thought I'd attempt something a bit different. I loved it and immediately wanted to froth about how it was the best sci-fi of the year and a genre classic in the making, but these sort of labels can only be correctly applied with time. Thus, I'm posting this feature with a blank space, in which my future self – 30 years into the future, as in the film – can write his considered opinion, discussing the longevity of Looper and whether it stood the test of time. Hopefully by 2042 time travel will have been invented and the Ali Gray in 30 years will be able to send back his review, giving us a unique insight into how Rian Johnson's film held up. Fingers crossed it works!

Well played, Looper press release

I see what you did there.

Looper looks super-duper

Film of the year? Film of the year. (Courtesy of MSN).

Loop loop, it's the sound of da police

Get your first look at Rian Johnson's time-travel hitman head-fuck Looper, complete with Bruce Willis climaxing while firing a rifle.

Review: Brick

A classic film noir detective story, performed by American high school kids - you'd be forgiven for thinking that Brick sounds terrible, because it does. In the wrong hands, Rian Johnson's teen crime thriller could have been a Freddie Prinze Jr. vehicle complete with thirty year-olds masquerading as high school kids, spouting a...