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Whatever happened to all the last action heroes?

Some good articles over at The Guardian and The Telegraph ask what happened to action heroes and how Hollywood has turned to British actors to fill the roles.

The Guardian’s article about Jason Statham seems a bit off the mark after reading the other articles: Christian Bale and Gerard Butler, to …


Cinema begins over-18s screenings

Vue cinemas have begun showing over-18s only screenings after positive reaction to trials. Sounds like an interesting idea.

While there are times that would be good, generally I find seeing kids movies with children in the audience more fun, they react in a completely different way and haven’t learnt the …


On-Demand Cinema

The BBC has an article called Like a remote control for cinema all about cinemas, using digital projection, providing a greater choice of films each week instead of locking a film into a screen for an entire week.

Interesting idea, although I rarely find myself thinking I need more choice, indeed, …


Where are the new movie themes?

The BBC asks: Where are the new movie themes? It’s an interesting thought, I remember many of the big songs that raced into the chart and stayed for weeks on the back of films like Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and The Bodyguard. Am I sad to see them …


The buzz of internet film teasers

The buzz of internet film teasers is an interesting article from the BBC about the power and marketing buzz of online trailers.

As someone who invariably has seen the trailer before it’s in front of a movie in the cinema I tend to agree, aside from whetting the appetite they can …

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