Fun and Rants
| May 20, 2014 |
Classic Movie Geeks
1. Doc Brown Back to the Future (1985), II (1989) and III (1990) The mad genius who fell and hit thi … |
| March 6, 2014 |
Top ten reasons why 1984 changed cinema
1. The Amblin Effect There’d been a renaissance in moviemaking seven years earlier when – le … |
| February 14, 2014 |
Artificial Intelligence that’s just a bit too creepy
Ever heard of The Uncanny Valley? It’s that strange zone where a facsimile of a human being ge … |
| December 9, 2012 |
Blow the Lid Off
Some stumbled upon the truth, some dug it up, some had it thrust upon them. But whatever the circums … |
| December 4, 2012 |
Star Wars vs Harry Potter
Pop quiz. What sci-fi/fantasy/adventure franchise has taken billions at the box office, inspired a g … |
| November 26, 2012 |
Best dream sequences
Movies are the natural home of dream sequences. What else are movies themselves but the dreams of ar … |
| November 19, 2012 |
Coolest Movie Weapons
Nowhere else but in the movies can we indulge our love of tools of destruction. The sci-fi, action a … |
| November 13, 2011 |
Is Spielberg Past It?
Here’s a question I never thought I’d ask. Is Steven Spielberg past it? It used to be th … |
| September 28, 2011 |
Stop Funding Art?
Should the government be funding the arts. And if so, is a new approach in order? Artists are a pret … |
| August 15, 2011 |
Luke’s Test
But… he did face Vader I’ve never heard this spoken about or written about anywhere else … |
| August 12, 2011 |
Notable Crocodiles
A Top Ten List Compiling a list of appearances by crocodiles is both a little too easy (as monster m … |
| August 9, 2011 |
Bad Vegetation
A Top Ten List Let your vegan, tie-dyed T shirt-wearing cousin explain this one as she lectures you … |
| August 5, 2011 |
Best movie fights
A Top Ten List In real life they’re messy, scary and much more dangerous than the cinema scree … |
| August 4, 2011 |
Funniest Lines
A Top Ten List You know the old saying about how if you have to explain a joke it’s not funny … |
| August 3, 2011 |
By the Numbers
A Top Ten List What better way to count down a list of movies than by looking at films that use the … |
| July 9, 2011 |
Tracking Shots
A Top Ten List Like special effects, the best tracking shots should never be noticed. Your audience … |
| June 29, 2011 |
Smallest Casts
A Top Ten List While huge casts are nightmarish to collect and wrangle, impressing filmgoers with th … |
| June 28, 2011 |
Profanity
A Top Ten List Swearing is a bit like porn. We all do it. We all know we all do it. We just don̵ … |
| June 27, 2011 |
Monologues
A Top Ten List Ask any book editor and they’ll tell you one of the most common mistakes novice … |
| June 22, 2011 |
Criminal Heroes
A Top Ten List They break the law, lie, cheat and steal. What else but the movies could make the bad … |
| April 20, 2011 |
Hollywood and the Single Man
Was it really that great? There are too many married screenwriters in Hollywood. Know how I know? Ju … |
| February 20, 2011 |
Virtual Reality Films
Like the laserdisc, virtual reality was almost over as soon as it began, but that hasn’t stopp … |
| February 12, 2011 |
Small Towns You Don’t Want to Be In
A Top Ten List Humans are herd animals. We’ve always lived together – in groups of only a co … |
| February 12, 2011 |
Oblique September 11 References
A Top Ten List If one was to review the below list chronologically, one would find it charts the evo … |
| February 12, 2011 |
Gangsters
A Top Ten List What do we love about a life of crime on screen? Is it ever as glamourous, thrilling, … |
| February 5, 2011 |
Don’t F*%k With Bond
Could the ‘reboot’ go too far? Last time an action movie franchise was ‘rebooted&# … |
| February 5, 2011 |
Artificial Intelligence
A Top Ten List It’s human nature – since time immemorial we’ve attributed human charac … |
