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Won’t Somebody Think Of The Children?

[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 [...]

Clerks (1994)

[photopress:clerks.jpg,thumb,alignleft] Store men
In an effort to be absolutely bang up-to-date here on Picturenose, I thought it would be a good idea to review a movie I managed to miss for a good 14 years. I don’t think it necessarily matters, though. You could see it for the first time tomorrow and it would be certain [...]

World Trade Center (2006)

[photopress:twin_towers1.jpg,thumb,alignleft] Center does not hold
Former enfant terrible Oliver Stone would appear to have re-embraced the American Way but World Trade Center (2006), while graced with powerful performances and a life-affirming core narrative, suffers from biased perspectives and a sluggish middle section.

Accusations of mean-spiritedness may follow – after all, Oliver Stone’s film is based on one [...]

So many things, I’m hard-pushed for a witty title…

[photopress:projector_1.jpg,thumb,alignleft] Today’s news starts with something I found quite surprising. In this Associated Press piece on backstage.com, the late Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker in the upcoming The Dark Knight (2008) is compared (favourably) to one Mr J Nicholson’s turn in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975). They even go so far as [...]

Intacto (2001)

[photopress:intacto30.jpg,thumb,alignleft]All bets are on

Having recently watched and enjoyed 28 Weeks Later (2007) – which far outstripped 28 Days Later (2002) in my humble opinion – I got to wondering just why I like the sequel better than the original. I realized pretty soon that it was the mood of the film, alongside some pretty tight [...]

King Kong (2005)

[photopress:kong4.gif,thumb,alignleft] A remake to go ape over

Some films should be left alone. Cinematic history is littered with masterpieces whose reputations are unfairly tarnished by the clunkers repackaged for a later generation, remade with little or no regard for the original’s integrity, vision and soul.

The 1976 John Guillermin-updated remake of Merian C. Cooper’s 1933 classic King [...]

Bunnies, Gibbons and electric sheep…

[photopress:poster_small_1.jpg,thumb,alignleft] It’s been quite a decade or two for Philip K. Dick – it’s a pity he’s not still around to enjoy all the success his books have had when given the Hollywood treatment. I was a bit of a sci-fi fan in my youth, and always had a soft spot for Dick’s work. Admittedly, [...]

The Prestige (2006)

[photopress:story.jpg,thumb,alignleft]Magic circle

Don’t you just love movies that play games? Joseph L Mankiewicz’s Sleuth (1972) obviously springs to mind, as does the more recent Memento (2002), directed by the same wunderkind, Christopher Nolan, who here takes us on a playful but dark journey into the disappearances and deception of turn-of-the-20th century magicians.

The title refers to the [...]

The Descent (2005)

[photopress:descent.jpg,thumb,alignleft]Wholly terrifying

In terms of that cold heart-thump, the scare that’s so sought after by strange people such as myself but so rarely found, David Fincher’s Se7en (1995) is probably as good as it got during the past decade or so, at least in the US, while Fabrice du Welz’s Belgian horror show, Calvaire (2004) [...]

Romeo + Juliet (1996)

[photopress:Romeo_Juliet_1996_1200_l.jpg,thumb,alignleft]Hard on Baz’s Bard
It is with great interest that I learned the Australian soap actor-turned director Baz Luhrmann has a new film coming up this year. It’s called Australia, and the early reports indicate it might be good. (Unfortunately, it wasn’t, not really – James). That’s a relief, because since Strictly Ballroom (1992), his movies [...]

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