“I think their sense of humour and their ingenuity is what kept them alive,” Cowell says. “So I guess that’s what we were doing as well, just keeping each other buoyed and above the water and sane. Any moment you have that’s free of tragedy, pain and death, you’ll take it. We were kind of doing the same thing.” … Continue readingBrendan Cowell
That’s all changing as Hollywood attempts to court the YouTube generation, viewers who speak the a single camera and a single point of view. Cloverfield made a loud splash despite dismissive tags like Blairzilla, and [Rec] has hardly hit cinemas as the US remake faithfully brings up the rear. … Continue reading[Rec]
You couldn’t ordinarily term a movie beautiful where just two of the scenes contain an infirm body swathed in bandages being thrown from a hospital room window or a decapitated head sinking to the bottom of a swimming pool. … Continue readingLet the Right One In
The film rambles off topic and uses everything from the staged conversations of a stageplay to the existing clips of a news broadcast to deliver Welle’s thesis; that when it comes to art, you can’t trust anybody — not even him for telling you what he knows … Continue readingF for Fake
When the foursome stumble on a small forest town straight out of the 1950s and populated with weirdos (including the obligatory scary kid), they don’t realise there are traditions the locals keep very much alive. … Continue readingLeigh Whannell talks Dying Breed
A comic and dramatic action film starring two small English boys doesn’t sound a lot like Giueseppe Tornatore’s much-loved 1988 classic Cinema Paradiso. Was Jennings aware he’d be joining such auspicious company with other films about how the movies can so completely seduce us, especially as children? … Continue readingGarth Jennings talks Son of Rambow
Best known for playing a young Ed Norton in 2006 magician drama The Illusionist (opposite his Angus, Thongs co-star Eleanor Tomlinson), his handful of screen credits have been for very different characters. … Continue readingAaron Taylor Johnson
Franchise overlord George Lucas took almost a decade to shepherd the story through four writers — one of whom quit writing over it (Frank Darabont), and finally it’s here. Is it fun? Of course. Is it brilliant? Far from it. … Continue readingIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Subsequent viewings will reveal more of the deep facets of plotting but it’s one of those rare movies where — even as you try to keep up — you know you’re watching something very special. … Continue readingMichael Clayton
Cloverfield gets almost everything right. It follows the Jaws template of giving us tantalising glimpses of the beast before several full frontal shots that show us more than enough. … Continue readingCloverfield
