Taken to the edge
Troy Kennedy-Martin’s original BBC TV series, way back in 1985, was groundbreaking, both in the darkness of its subject matter, and its willingness to take risks. Director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale (2006)), then as now, revealed an all-encompassing conspiracy lurking at the edge of everything, and the price that one man must [...]
[photopress:star_trek.jpg,thumb,alignleft]Boldly going…again
Reboots – they’re all at it. Following the very successful relaunch of the James Bond franchise with Daniel Craig in Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008), and some 43 years after Captain James T. Kirk first boarded the USS Enterprise, he’s back!
You’ll probably be relieved to hear that William Shatner has [...]
[photopress:Quantum_1.jpg,thumb,alignleft] Quantum leaps
So, that’s it then. With this movie review, Picturenose lays its cards on the table. Long live the new king – Daniel Craig, in just two portrayals, has wrested the ‘Best James Bond Ever’ title from one Sir Sean Connery (remember him?) and, in Quantum of Solace (2008), director Marc Forster and writers [...]
[photopress:JamesBondQuantumOfSolace.jpg,thumb,alignleft] It’s that magical time again – since star Daniel Craig and director Martin Campbell blew their genuinely Ian Fleming-style Bond into the 21st century, with the simply marvellous franchise reboot that was Casino Royale (2006), 007-ites the world over have been waiting, with expectations understandably heightened, for Quantum of Solace (2008), the first Bond [...]
[photopress:23207135.jpg,thumb,alignleft] Many of you will know that I am an unashamed Batman fan, and always have been. I was quite happy – eager, even, that my eldest son (who’s 10) should come to see it with me. For me, it’s the same thing as the Dads who drag their children of two years or so [...]