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‘Noah’, Darren Aronofsky’s take on the religious tale, releases its first trailer
Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky has been a critical favourite for nearly his entire career, with his 2001 movie Requiem For A Dream turning a lot of heads, and his recent features The Wrestler and Black Swan drawing similar acclaim. Many of his fans were intrigued, however, to learn that Aronofsky would next be setting his eyes […] More
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‘Man of Steel’ is a bombastic pop epic that goes for broke, and often succeeds
One of the better elements of Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Watchmen, and widely considered its best sequence, was that film’s opening credits montage, which forcefully played with pop culture iconography to impressive degrees. In a way, that sequence was an effective hint of what was to come with Snyder’s reboot of the Superman property; a cultural icon lavishly portrayed in a titanic fashion. More
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A new trailer and a creepy marketing video soars online for ‘Man of Steel’
Following the latest viral marketing, Warner Bros. Pictures has now released a new trailer for director Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, set for release on June 14. With a script by David Goyer, the highly anticipated movie features Henry Cavill as the titular hero himself alongside Russell Crowe, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Ayelet Zurer, Richard […] More
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The Infallible Tarantinometer
The other night, on the recommendation of my husband, I went to see a film. ‘You’ll love it,’ he said, ‘it’s by Tarantino.’ Now the words ‘love’ and ‘Tarantino’ are two words I rarely use in conjunction, but Mr Murphy and I have been married for a while and, as we all know, the longer […] More
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‘Les Misérables’ a somewhat successful, but inappropriately intimate adaptation
Les Misérables Directed by Tom Hooper Written by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Herbert Kretzmer United Kingdom, 2012 At some point in cinema history, it became bad form to make movie musicals without being self-aware or self-referential. The concern must spring from the perceived stumbling block people have when they watch musicals, […] More
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‘Les Misérables’ finds Tom Hooper and his cast severely out of their depth
Les Misérables Written by William Nicholson Directed by Tom Hooper UK, 2012 Verisimilitude can be a terrible trap. Film is an inherently contrived medium, one nevertheless capable of insinuating itself into realms real, imaginary and psychic through cunning, trickery, and time-honored craft. But, for better and (usually) worse, the existence of the medium’s hidden powers […] More
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Shaw Bros. Sat.: ‘The Man with the Iron Fists’ is as close as it gets to modern day Shaw
The Man with the Iron Fists Directed by RZA Written by RZA and Eli Roth U.S.A., 2012 The RZA’s directorial debut, The Man with the Iron Fists, is not a Shaw Brothers picture. It was released by Universal Studios, although its inclusion in the column feels right for reasons that shall be discussed in the […] More
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RZA’s directorial debut ‘The Man With the Iron Fists’ gets an animated prequel ahead of its release
While RZA is known to many as one of the members of legendary rap group Wu-Tang Clan, he has also been steadily building up a career for himself in the film community over time. Having been composing songs for various soundtracks since 1995, and having made his acting debut in director Jim Jarmusch’s Ghost Dog: […] More
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New ‘Les Misérables’ featurette explains benefits of live singing
Victor Hugo’s classic novel Les Misérables has enjoyed immense success in musical form, making the stage to screen adaptation an integral part of any film production of the story. Thus, when The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper chose to tackle the timeless story, his unique approach to the musical aspect had many people’s interest piqued; rather than […] More
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‘Man of Steel’, aka Zack Snyder’s Superman, now has two teasers
Richard Donner’s 1978 movie Superman stands as a watershed moment in cinema due to its status as the first real superhero movie, and immortalised Christopher Reeve in the role as a result. Bryan Singer’s attempt to bring the Last Son of Krypton back to the big screen in 2006 was met with mixed results, however, and […] More
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‘L.A. Confidential’ peels away the layers that shape the titular city
L.A. Confidential Directed by Curtis Hanson Written by Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland U.S.A., 1997 There can be such a thing as a fantastic ensemble piece in hindsight. Granted, the idea comes across as a little unorthodox since any film, provide the casting is right and the subsequent careers of the actors flourish, can look […] More
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