
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Get a (second) life!

There was an excellent documentary on the ABC(Here in Australia,on the 4corners tv show) about the PC sim Second Life...Click on the link:
Monday, March 19, 2007
GIVE 'EM THE OLD...

RAZZLE DAZZLE...
The picture sums up my feelings toward this movie. It also got the biggest laugh in the movie. After the brilliance of last years' mockumentary KENNY, i had high hopes for this movie about competing kids' dance schools. Good points: All the women gave great performances but the film floundered whenever Ben Miller(Mr Jonathon)was in front of the camera. He was abysmal. His improv was painful to watch and painfully unfunny. The only moment that truly stood out was when the costume designer sang Spandau Ballet's Gold, after being mute for the whole of the movie. It was the only genuine,warm emotional moment in the whole film...May it disappear from the public eye and never be seen again...TERRIBLE!!!
Friday, March 9, 2007

Shaun of the Dead was a brilliant comedy that paid homage/took the piss out of some iconic horror movies and stuck the knife into the rom-com genre too. I believe one of the tag lines was ROM COM ZOM...inspired!
HOT FUZZ references so many American cop/action movies a lot of them will escape unnoticed...mostly because of the movie's Englishness. Simon Pegg & Nick Frost make me almost pee myself laughing(Spaced was a great TV show) and the cast is really strong here. I thought the first half of the movie dragged a bit but it was fun nonetheless...Once the"accidents" begin,the film shifts up a few gears with some Argento inspired sequences. One accident involving a journalist(very similar to a scene from The Omen) waiting by the village church had half audience laughing hysterically and the other half recoiling in horror...The plot seems pretty straightforward but takes a different direction... I'm glad it's already a blockbuster in the UK as it means this talented bunch get to carry on doing what they do best.With the money it's making I'm guessing they'll be able to pull off a great sci-fi genre piece next...
HOT FUZZ references so many American cop/action movies a lot of them will escape unnoticed...mostly because of the movie's Englishness. Simon Pegg & Nick Frost make me almost pee myself laughing(Spaced was a great TV show) and the cast is really strong here. I thought the first half of the movie dragged a bit but it was fun nonetheless...Once the"accidents" begin,the film shifts up a few gears with some Argento inspired sequences. One accident involving a journalist(very similar to a scene from The Omen) waiting by the village church had half audience laughing hysterically and the other half recoiling in horror...The plot seems pretty straightforward but takes a different direction... I'm glad it's already a blockbuster in the UK as it means this talented bunch get to carry on doing what they do best.With the money it's making I'm guessing they'll be able to pull off a great sci-fi genre piece next...
Sean of the Dead did it for me because i was familiar with all it's references...I'm not so familiar with some of the material here but it succeeds as mindless,action packed,gory,foul-mouthed over the top entertainment.
Labels:
hot fuzz,
nick frost,
shaun of the dead,
simon pegg
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
GRINDHOUSE

I saw this gigantic cardboard promo standee for the Tarantino/Rodriguez splatterfest...It's probably the best one I've seen...Movie opens here at the end of May...One of the many reasons I'm hanging for this movie is to see Fergie get brutally butchered...It can never compensate for what she has inflicted on the music scene but it's a bloody good start...
Labels:
fergie,
grindhouse,
roberto rodriguez,
tarantino
Marie Antoinette

Finally got to see this last week. It was showing as part of http://www.moonlight.com.au/ and as the dates are set in stone you have to hope it doesn't rain on your parade.
What put me off seeing this @ the movies earlier was the noisy trailer. Thankfully the modern music was evenly and well placed(apart from the horrible track playing after she shags the Swede) and not as omnipresent as the trailer indicated. Beautiful film with Sofia Coppola's paw prints all over it. Not a history lesson(thank god)...not much of a plot but it really doesn't need one. If you were disappointed that you didn't see her get the chop at the end of the film,what can i say...you're a moron =)
Fave part: When her pussy posse comes to stay at her fantastic "little"retreat...
Monday, March 5, 2007
What i saw on my birthday...

www.hedwig.com.au
Labels:
hedwig and the angry inch,
iota,
musical,
saskia smith
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