Archive for the 'Films' Category

War, Inc

05Apr08

John Cusack’s new film is War Inc; looks like a remake/sequel to Grosse Point Blank with corporatism/war as a theme. Looks like it’s got a good soundtrack too!
Interesting interview with the man himself here, wiki page here, and trailer here.

Hmmm, I’ve mixed feelings about the Watchmen film.
The graphic novel was originally a twelve part comic series and is excellent (as is most of Alan Moore’s early work) but all that in a two hour movie?
They should have made it a mini tv series in twelve parts; if Lost, Heroes and Battlestar Galactica can prove [...]

I love the Bourne films; they’ve done wonders for my opinion of Matt Damon and are quite rare for an action film: great set pieces with a thoughtful storyline.
The trilogy, I use the term because that’s how I view the story, explores Jason Bourne’s attempt to find out who he is but also why he [...]

Oh dear god, no…
The anime classic “Akira” is getting the live-action big screen treatment courtesy of Leonardo DiCaprio and a first-time feature filmmaker.
The new story, which DiCaprio will produce for Warner Bros., ideally would be a two-part epic, with the first movie coming out next summer. The action will move to “New Manhattan,” a city [...]

New trailer for Indy 4 here.
Doesn’t really excite me to be honest, looks a little too much like The Last Crusade (which I thought was pretty crap)…hopefully I’m wrong but I doubt I will be.