With his potentially disastrous “terrorist-comedy” Four Lions Chris Morris has managed to create a rare and beautiful thing – a film that, in my opinion, could not be improved. An unflinching attack on stupidity itself, his mastery of both comedy and tragedy is breathtaking to behold. Quite simply, a must-see.
Hey, if any man has the skills to wrestle a living tiger into submission, you can bet your bottom dollar that it’ll be Brad “I once killed an otter” Pitt* (*he may not have killed an otter.) Variety has reported that he and director Darren Aronofsky are planning on working side-by-side on the adaptation of John Vaillant’s book The Tiger, which sees a young gameskeeper hunting a lethal tiger.
So whilst rehearsing for his production of Waiting For Godot in Melbourne, Sir Ian Mckellen nipped outside for some air, sat down and was mistaken for a homeless man by a passerby. That’s the acting power of Sir Ian for you; even when he’s not acting, he literally is
Paul WS Anderson has finally cast his new 3D interpretation of The Three Musketeers, mere days after Doug Liman officially signed on to direct the Warner Bros take on the same story. Still, why have two different films, when you can have two films with exactly the same plot? Erm… yeah.
…Well, sort of. Once again Twitter, that elusive ferret of a medium, has provided answers to the questions we’ve all asking. It looks like Jane Goldman – penner of the screenplay for Kick-Ass – is writing the next X-Men film. And how do we know? Husband Jonathan Ross can’t help but tweet about it.
Despite fairly average reviews, it looks like Iron Man 2 is worth its weight in gold. Iron gold. Yeah. In its opening weekend, the superhero sequel took $133.6m – the fifth highest take ever – during its opening weekend, easily trumping the first flick’s opeing takings of $98m.
For all those who ever wished to see that bunny boiler scene live… Us neither, but hey, there are some strange people out there.
According to weekend reports, the 1980s thriller Fatal Attraction is going to hit the West End as a new play around Christmas. Nothing like a bit of stalking and murdering to get you in the festive spirit eh?
Oh dear, Danny. Got ourselves into a right pickle, haven’t we? The football factory actor has caused massive controversy in his Zoo “agony aunt” column by suggestive a heart-sick lad “cut his ex’s face, so that no-one will want her”.
… Yep, that’s right. It’s happening. And who’s at the helm? None other than Incredibles director Brad Bird. A good choice? We think so too.
Everyone loves a good movie. There’s nothing better than sitting in the cinema with a loved one or close friend and enjoying two hours of quality celluloid entertainment. However, not every movie out there is good. Sometimes movies, even ones that have a great director and looked really cool in the trailers, can end up being bad. Very, very bad. But how can you be sure that you’re watching a terrible movie? Well my friend, here are 5 things to look out for!
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