 by Paul Costello
You know, between movies based on big giant monsters (Pacific Rim, Godzilla), classic toys (The Lego Movie, Battleship), cartoons (Transformers, G.I. Joe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and comic books (pick one), this past 10 years has been like raiding the toy boxes of every kid who grew up in the late 80s and early 90s and projecting the results onto the big screen. Yes, the Saturday morning cartoon effect is back and it’s fittingly grown to gargantuan size. But why stick with only the popular stuff? Why not give the chance to shine to one of the other properties that came out all those years ago, but didn’t quite stick in memory the same way as the others did? Given the current popularity of giant monsters causing untold destruction on a human populace, there’s one cartoon I’d like to see make an appearance on the silver screen. Hear me now, oh studio heads… adapt InHumanoids!  by Paul Costello
Yes, in case you missed the whole debacle, or at least the beginning stages of a debacle, Edgar Wright has left the upcoming movie adaptation of Marvel superhero Ant-Man. This is actually a pretty big deal, in that it marks both the separation of Wright from a project he has been attached to (and had been actively pursuing) for the better part of eight years and the first time that an MCU property has hit such a public production snag. Gotta wonder what’s going on.  by Paul Costello
Over the course of the four Indiana Jones movies, the intrepid archaeologist has found himself in amorous entanglements with three very different women. Not surprising given that the franchise was inspired by the pulpy adventure serials of the 1930s, wherein the hero could expect to stir the passions of a new gal with each new adventure. In his first film, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indy is partnered with Marion Ravenwood, an old flame and the daughter of his mentor (she also returns for the fourth film). In his third time out, The Last Crusade, Indy meets Dr. Elsa Schneider, a beautiful art professor with dubious allegiances. But between these two women (actually before them within the film’s continuity), Indy crosses paths with Willie Scott, an American singing star living in Shanghai. And in the eyes of the cinema-going public, one of these women is not as fondly recalled as the others.  by Paul Costello
For the latest wander into the Horror Vault, we’ll be taking a look at what it means to be haunted. Whether the subject is a person or place, that which is haunted is possessed by something inescapable, an echo of the past that refuses to leave, marking that person or place until the cause is either exorcised or it consumes them entirely. The idea of being haunted needn’t have anything to any kind of literal spiritual inhabitant or ghost, but simply the unshakable feeling that something inside is amiss, a metaphorical shadow that has a literal effect on the person that carries it. Sometimes this effect can be frightening, even dangerous. Sometimes the haunting can move from a grim psychological shadow and become a terrifying supernatural presence. And here we find one such haunted individual in Lovely Molly.  by Paul Costello
Today’s monologue marks the first time we’ve looked at a scene from a Spielberg movie since our very first one with Robert Shaw’s USS Indianapolis speech from Jaws. This time, we turn our focus to a monologue delivered by another even greater actor, in film that also involves boats… but that’s really the extent of the similarity.  by Paul Costello
Starting up the almighty action juggernaut that was The Expendables took a lot of time and a considerable explosives budget to make it to the screen, but 2010 finally saw some of the biggest names in the history of action cinema fill the screen. In 2012, when The Expendables 2 hit the big screen, it pulled in even more action heroes and TNT to blow merry hell out of cinemagoers everywhere. Now, in 2014, The Expendables 3 has such a formidable cast of action movie legends that they’d need to mobilise a goddamn army to haul all of the testosterone to theatres. And just to prove a point, when the stars recently hit Cannes, that’s pretty much exactly what they.  by Paul Costello
Experiment 626 (which may, or may not be Stitch's real name) is an event embarked upon by the I'm With Geek Film Team. Film knowledge was unearthed, truths were found and a DVD exchange took place. These are the true life stories from that experiment... To Paul from Melissa I chose this film because it is quite a powerful and personal film about the Vietnam War, and is the first in a trilogy of films about the Vietnam War, directed by Oliver Stone. From the list of your favourite movies, it seems like a good fit, but something you may not have seen (I hope!), as you seem to enjoy movies focusing on variations of war and horror. Platoon is quite a hard-hitting film, and features some stellar performances from Berenger, Dafoe and Sheen, and because of its nature, I thought it would be an appropriate choice for you to watch. Stone is particularly skilled in displaying his personal accounts of war into his work, and I feel as if you would appreciate this ‘personal’ touch to the film, from your favourite movies list, provided you haven’t seen it before!  by Paul Costello
Everyone thought it was done. That Paramount had completed their run of Transformers films, and Michael Bay had brought his alien robot trilogy to a fully rounded conclusion. Now that it was over, Hollywood’s premier director of all things that explode in proximity to attractive women by the light of a sunset could turn his attention to other more deserving projects… but these thoughts were clearly premature. Bay went back to Hasbro’s robots in disguise, and it won’t be long before we see the fruits of his labours.  by Paul Costello
In the build-up to the general release of X-Men: Days of Future Past, 20th Century Fox has been none too shy in releasing trailers, clips, pictures and events looking to stoke up all the anticipatory eagerness in fans of the franchise. As if those fans were in some way going to let this one slip by. Always a danger that over-saturation could become the thing to break the spine of the film, so what we’re going to do now is give a quick blast of all things X-Men in one piece right now. Clips, pics and some news relating to a future X-Men film. Ready? Here we go. |
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