Vantage Point first published by musicOMH, 7 Mar 2008 “There are other stories here.” So complains reporter Angie Jones (Zoe Saldana) to her news producer Rex Brooks (Sigourney Weaver), when the latter insists “we’re here for the summit, not the sideshow”. With a large team of cameramen (for maximum visual coverage), they are in a…
11 Action Titles from the Last Century represents my contributions to A great action film for every year, 1924 to now, published by the BFI 30 Oct 2024 Includes capsules of: Harakiri, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Assault on Precinct 13, Shogun Assassin, Aliens, Hard Boiled, Shaolin Soccer, Who Killed Captain Alex?, The…
Avatar: The Way of Water first published by SciFiNow Thirteen years is a long time. In 2009, James Cameron’s off-Earth sci-fi epic Avatar was busting blocks all over the globe, had everyone briefly imagining that 3D was the next new (old) thing, and built the all-encompassing lunar world of Pandora out of materials from Soldier…
Red Lights first published by Little White Lies “Why have you come here tonight? What are you hoping to see? Do you think I should surprise you? Do you think I should entertain you?” These are the questions that blind psychic extraordinaire Simon Silver (Robert De Niro) poses near the end of Red Lights, both…
Be Kind Rewind first published by EyeforFilm From his music videos for Björk and the White Stripes to his feature films like Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) and The Science Of Sleep (2006), Michel Gondry has established a reputation as the quirky king of high-concept cinema delivered in a lo-fi package. His latest film, Be Kind Rewind,…
Avatar first published by EyeforFilm Pandora, the jungle moon at the centre of James Cameron’s Avatar, has a lot of waterfalls. In one scene, protagonist Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) leaps from the top of a waterfall to evade being devoured by a ferocious leopard-like beast known as a Thanator, thus separating himself from his human…