The BBC has a very interesting article on the typecasting of actors (in response to Christopher Eccleston’s decision to leave as the new Doctor Who after just one series).
Sean Connery, despite what he says, seems to have escaped Bond to a certain extent, though not the good-guy role. It’s …
Back in the heady days of my final year at university, we were given two choices for our dissertation: write 10,000 words or make a film and write 5,000 words. I, as did many, went for the latter option. So, in groups of four, we set about conceiving and making …
Another trailer to pique the interest is The Island starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson and directed by Michael Bay (Pearl Harbour).
The basic premise sounds corny (a secret island lab where people are being cloned) but it looks action-packed.
Check out the trailer at Apple.
I’ve finally seen the new trailer for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and it looks pretty good.
There have been plenty of rave reviews of it and George Lucas has described the new film and ‘Titanic in space.’ By which he means it’s more emotional.
Now, I’ve been …
The second teaser for War of the Worlds is out. The new version of the film is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom Cruise.
The trailer looks good, and with Cruise and Spielberg involved it should rock, but this looks to be another movie that uses the name of …
There’s a new trailer for Sin City out and it looks even better than the first.
There’s so many stars in the movie they’ve given up introducing them individually too.
Check out the trailer at Apple.
It looks like Peter Jackson will be making The Hobbit, JRR Tolkein’s prequel to the Lord of the Rings.
I was under the impression he would be leaving it to someone else, which worried me.
Looks like it will be back in safe hands, and I can’t wait for it, it’s a …
The BBC have an article on the proposed tax-relief for films made in the UK.
The system means that for films with a budget of £20 million or less Producers will receive a 50% tax waiver on their production costs if the film makes a profit and 20% of the budget …
Any prospective screenwriter knows thatthere is a format to follow if you want to be taken seriously, orconsidered at all. Over the years I’ve tried various different packages and what-not to format my screenplays. Generally, I’vebeen too tight to spend hundreds of pounds on a dedicated package for …
They’ve announced that there will be another Star Trek movie. Now, the Next Generation crew were getting a little long in the tooth for action the last timeout, so at least there is some comfort in that they will not be in the new movie.
So who will be? …
According to UK Film Council, British films showed an increase in popularity in 2005. Apparently, ticket sales were up 45% (£176 million) on the top 20 British films last year despite the number of films being made dropping by 40%.
The top 20 British films of 2004 were:
1. Harry Potter …
Yes, folks, they are making a feature-length Wallace and Gromit adventure, Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit. I’m a fan of the short films and they did a great job with Chicken Run so I’m looking forward to a longer adventure with the hapless heroes.
For those of us of a certain age, Herbie was a Sunday afternoon adventure. The movies are fairly old (thefirst was made in 1966 and the last proper one was made in 1981) andwere always great fun to watch as re-runs on wet Sundays in the eighties. They …
Old Boy is a Chinese Korean film about a guy who is held hostage for 15 years for reasons he doesn’t know. Suddenly and unexpectedly released, he has five days to find out who did it, why and take his revenge.
Aside from the fact that the main character looks …
Have read all five of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series I was very happy when they announced the film, though a little concerned that they wouldn’t get it right. With the release of the new trailer just last week, I am a little less concerned. Perfect …
The Year of the Yao is a film about real life NBA player Yao Ming, a 7 foot 6 guy from China who plays center for the Houston Rockets.
It really looks like a story of the little (excuse the pun) guy doing good. For starters, China isn’t world renowned …
This post is necessary to get my link page working it seems.
Ong Bak is supposed to the be launching board for a new martial arts action hero. Tony Jaa is being touted as the next big thing and is mentioned with the likes of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
Unlike the others, Tony (not the most glamourous of names) …
Gunner Palace is a new documentary (has anyone noticed how many documentaries are making it into the cinema these days? Maybe I’m just noticing more, but the genre does seem to be back with a vengence) covering the Iraq war from an angle we think we know: the soldiers. …
Sin City is a new movie from Robert Rodriguez (he who did Desperado and SpyKids)and is another example of Rodriguez’s love of HD over film as ashootingmedium. The film is based on a comic series by Frank Miller and is littered with stars including Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Mickey …
Filmography is a new blog of mine specifically dedicated to all things film, well, all things that interest me in film at the time of posting.
This means the blog will cover everything from new movies, upcoming releases, old classics, breaking news and maybe some more educational things too.
