Monday, 01 September 2008. Film
For what will probably turn out not to be the last time, another Star Wars feature film has been released in theatres. I can't say that the prospect of another Star Wars film induced any kind of joy in me, I do not have much time for George Lucas. I don't like Star Wars, I think it is massively over hyped, cliché, predictable and corny. I find the original trilogy boring, and the second trilogy of prequels frankly ludicrous.
The worldwide pop culture phenomenon is almost universally loved by men about my age, and I have had quite a few heated conversations in pubs when I've voiced my dislike of the 'made for merchandise' franchise is simply a watered down and infantile version of true, dark sci-fi....
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Saturday, 23 August 2008. Film
Following the success of the 2004 film Hellboy, Guillermo del Toro returns with the thoroughly awesome, entertaining and visually inventive, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army.
Prince Nuada, the Elf Prince of the Underworld, is determined to end the truce between humans and denizens of the underworld headed by an army of indestructible golden warriors. Hellboy, his flame wielding girlfriend Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien the aquatic sidekick are joined by mostly dead German spirit Johann Kraus, and Princess Nuala Nuada's
twin sister. Between them, they have to save the world from total destruction... Such is the way of things....
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Monday, 18 August 2008. Film
Last year, I started to keep a record on Flickr of all the films I watched. This was inspired by the insanely active movie watcher Peter Noster I had planned to blog about this over Christmas/New Year, but due to the fact that I was working all over the festive period I forgot all about it until now.
I've broken the film list into three parts, complete with brief Kermodian style reviews. Today, the worst films I saw in 2007....
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Monday, 11 August 2008. Gaming
Up, Down, Left, Right, A + Start together. It was this magical code which when entered at the title screen, would result in a little bell ring sound effect and then you get to choose your level. I am of course referring to the dark days of the 90s, my beloved Sega Mega Drive and Sonic The Hedgehog. Sonic, was a bright blue hedgehog with the ability to run at super speed. His job was almost always the same, to save his world and the small fury woodland creatures who lived there from the evil overweight mad genius Dr. Robotnik.
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Monday, 04 August 2008. Film
Some 4.7 million people have already paid to see The Dark Knight in the UK, and I am happy to say I'm one of them. Following on from the fantastic Batman Begins, this is the second in the 'relaunched' Batman series.
Spoilers beneath the picture....
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Sunday, 03 August 2008. Comment
Sir or Madame,
Yesterday, (Saturday 2nd August 2008), I attended the 16:15 screening of The Dark Knight at your Guildford Odeon Cinema....
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