Now then – John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982), itself a remake of the Christian Nyby/Howard Hawks/Orson Welles (?) 1951 classic, The Thing From Another World (both of which are adaptations of John W.Campbell’s original short story, Who Goes There?) is perhaps the finest horror-science fiction film ever made. Carpenter’s movie, although it fared badly [...]
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Bond Beauty There is increasing speculation (probably generated by publicists) about the possibility of a 100-1 outsider taking up the reins of the 23rd James Bond outing. When will it be out? What will it be called? We don’t know, but we do know who many of the big names in the business are touting as [...] Strike a light OK, smoke ‘em if you got ‘em. Or rather don’t, because the kids might think you’re cool and hip and that would never do. Apart from grossing some eleventy billion dollars at the box office, James Cameron’s Avatar (2009) is busy corrupting our youth and tearing at the very fabric of society. Why? [...] OK, OK, so I got it completely wrong, I’m sorry…click here to have a giggle at just how bad a pundit your faithful reviewer is. In the end, it was Michael Haneke’s Das weiße Band – Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (The White Ribbon) that dominated the 22nd edition of the European Film Awards, collecting three [...] This reviewer, during the 13 years or so he has been watching films for a living, has gained something of a reputation for himself as a passionate (though not always particularly accurate) pundit, when it comes to predicting the winners of the big film awards – check out a couple of my earlier efforts here [...] ‘Good News’ for Belgian cinema An important cultural agreement between Egyptian media and entertainment company Good News Group and Brussels International Independent Film Festival was signed recently – Picturenose reports. Egyptian film producer and director Adel Adeeb (pictured) has put €3 million in the coffers for an intriguing collaboration between Belgian and Egyptian cinema, to finance 50 [...] I’ll let you guess which is which… OK, time for another roundup of all the news that’s fit to…er…all the news I feel like writing about. So, without further ado… |
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