Blog posts by year and monthJuly 2010
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Listen with Oliver
South of the Border is Oliver Stone's fascinating new documentary about the new era of South American presidents, and while the director has once again raised the hackles of some of his fellow North Americans, he has managed to do so without raising his own voice.
The 3D Guy Writes back
About a month ago I saw Toy Story 3D: Did Somebody Actually Make a Good Case for 3D and I used this blog to say a few things about the film's 3D effects. Imagineer my surprise when a Disney representative, none other than Pixar's stereoscopic supervisor got in touch to put me right on their position...
Beyond Parody
The Asylum's Mega Piranha is a cheap quickie, a so-called 'mockbuster' designed to glide in the wake of the big budget summer release Piranha 3D, just as The Da Vinci Treasure, Pirates of Treasure Island, and Paranormal Entity cashed in on The Da Vinci Code, Pirates of the Caribbean and Paranormal Activity respectively. But since the original 1978 Piranha, of which Piranha 3D is pretty much a remake, was itself a knowing parody of Jaws, has it all gone a little too far? And where did it all start anyway?
Inception reception
Now that we've all had a chance to sample Leonardo Di Caprio, Tom Hardy and Ellen Page in Christopher "Batman" Nolan's Inception (and those of us who have not really should), does it not seem to you that some of it is rather more familiar than it dreams it is?
You hum 'em and I'll play 'em
That thing you do when you reply to my blogs is remind me of things I may have overlooked, such as That Thing You Do (among other fake pop songs from the movies and TV that could have, should have been real).
Isabelle Huppert has the right material
With two of her films on release there is no better time to recognise the extraordinary talent of this exquisitely sophisticated actor.
A Hitchcock in my Attic
As the BFI requests the nation search its attics in the hope of locating a missing Hitchcock movie I am inclined to ponder what else should be up there...
Breathless Versus Breathless
So who wins the battle of the Breathless? Jean-Luc Godard's groundbreaking 1960s all-time classic of the nouvelle vague or Jim McBride's feverish 1980s paean to kineticism and trousers.
It's not like that at the movies
Some sporting tournament in Africa has captured the attention of a good deal of the British population but for me it simply offered an opportunity to ask how you would constitute a perfect alternative-to-football triple bill, and from Jaws to The Lives of Others by way of The Graduate, Hairspray and Cool Runnings, you have done yourselves proud!
5 live review: Shrek Forever After
5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews Shrek Forever After. Go to Mark on 5 Live for more reviews and film debate. (Please note this content is only available to UK viewers)