Film
Bridesmaids take too long to climax
This week, we’ve sent the only man willing to entertain the thought of it to see a chick-flick. Alex Larman has spent a couple of hours with Kristen Wiig’s Bridesmaids. He returns entertained – but wishing the whole experience had come to a swifter conclusion. We should have warned him: with bridesmaids, it was ever thus.
By Alex Larman, published on 22 June 2011
The 20 houses from the movies we’d actually want to live in
Dublo counts us down the top 20 most desirable homes in the movies. You have a read; we’re off to call the estate agent…
By Dublo, published on 2 June 2011
Matthew Vaughan delivers his First Class
After a so-so opening to the blockbuster season in 2011, it’s a pleasant relief to report that Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class lives up to the hype. It’s not just a good superhero film or summer film, it’s a good piece of cinema, full stop says Alex Larman.
By Alex Larman, published on 26 May 2011
Hannah and Joe get spanked
Alex Larman reckons that Joe Wright’s Hannah suffers from a fatal sensation of déjà vu and ultimately it gets its ass kicked by an 11 year old girl. Ouch. That’s gotta hurt.
By Alex Larman, published on 20 May 2011
Reboot the system: Hollywood’s love of starting over
Dublo takes a look at the Hollywood phenomenon of the superhero film and the seemingly increasing desire to reboot comic book franchises. He emerges with some advice for movie super villains: you’d best remember that you cannot defeat a superhero. After all, superheroes don’t die: They just get rebooted.
By Dublo, published on 17 May 2011
Kenneth Branagh didn’t screw up Thor
Alex Larman has been to see Thor for us. And the highest praise he can give the new blockbuster is that, paradoxically, it doesn’t feel like a Kenneth Branagh film.
By Alex Larman, published on 16 May 2011
Nowhere Boy: The script
New contributor, Alex Larman, has significantly improved the script of Sam Taylor-Wood’s directorial debut, Nowhere Boy. And at no extra charge.
By Alex Larman, published on 6 May 2011
To Catch A Thief
Hitchcock’s To Catch A Thief, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, contained many of Hitchcock’s usual motifs, such as the innocent man wronged and the cool blonde heroine, it lacked much of the tension that was his trademark. What it did have, however, was stars, glamour and romance.
By Dublo, published on 11 April 2011
The James Bond lifestyle: 007′s apartment
Throughout the 22 official James Bond films we only get to see the man at home twice; briefly in Dr. No as he discovers Sylvia Trench dressed only in one of his shirts and a pair of heels, and then again in Live and Let Die when we are introduced to new the 007, in the guise of Roger Moore. Our very own international man of mystery, Dublo, says that, on both occasions, Bond’s flat is something of a let down.
By Dublo, published on 25 March 2011
The king of Hollywood sci-fi: Philip K. Dick
To coincide with the release this month of The Adjustment Bureau, our very own screenwriter, Dublo, honours the silver screen’s most prolific science fiction writer, Philip K. Dick.
By Dublo, published on 9 March 2011
