Wednesday, 18 June, 2025

Category: update

updates, plain and simple


Ed Brubaker is one of those surefooted writers who you know you can rely on to deliver a perfectly paced, character-driven piece of writing. This is something I find pretty impressive when I consider the different genres that I have Read more…


It\’s so weird that there are all these shows out there that don\’t make it past the first series when that first series seems really watchable, full of potential, and seem to be building towards something really interesting. This was Read more…


[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BqFkRwdFZ0&w=560&h=315] Werner Herzog becomes more and more amazing as time goes on. His feel for, and ability to capture humanity on film, is displayed to its fullest in the documentary setting. This should be considered an important film, but the Read more…


This looks really cool. I like that sometimes intuition draws you back to a place you haven\’t looked at in a while, and when you get there you find you turned up at just the right moment. Disenchanted is following Read more…


The first Machete was one of those dumb enjoyment type films and I don\’t expect this to be any different. The Expendables and this strike me as the same kind of film – big dumb action movies in the spirit Read more…


[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS8zOLOcPMQ&w=560&h=315] This looks really amazing!


TV Spin-offs from feature films can be a mixed bunch. I missed this when it came out, but I was aware of it because of Summer Glau, who I knew from Firefly and Serenity, and that was what initially piqued Read more…


I was fascinated by Julian Assange – what he represented more than who he was; because the thing that he stood for is becoming increasingly important in this day and age. The currency of information and theĀ  ramifications of its Read more…


I have watched a few documentaries on Steve Jobs and seen a couple of interviews. Is this likely to fill in the blanks? Probably not. It is interesting to ask what a biopic is going to do, what purpose it Read more…


District 9 was a great film, one that came out of nowhere and offered something really fresh – a shot in the arm for sci-fi. To think of that director with a bigger budget and two actors of the calibre Read more…