A breakdown of the clips shown on Avatar Day
“First, James Cameron appears on screen for a quick intro. He assures the audience that the footage about to be shown is only from the film’s first half. Cameron then establishes the setting (22nd century on the alien moon Pandora) and the protagonist (wheelchair-bound former Marine Jake Sully, played by Sam Worthington). And we’re off!
While Avatar day promises a glimpse of the new age of digital 3D cinema, the rest of the film world just wants to concentrate on good old fashioned filmmaking. Joe Johnston’s The Wolfman is a throwback to the classic Universal horrors of old (including the original Wolf Man), and that’s not a bad thing.
I’m sure most of you have seen this trailer already but i’m gonna post it just for the hell of it.
A new trailer for Terry Gilliam’s upcoming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has just been released. Here it is…
I would like to make an apology to all my loyal followers, I have neglected my blog in recent weeks and for that I am sorry. I know all three of you must be really upset by my absence but let me speak, there are reasons for my indolence. Last week I graduated from University with a 2:1 in Film Studies (despite my passion for late nights drinking and late mornings sleeping) . Now in this day and age a 2:1 degree is common as muck so the job offers haven’t exactly been flying in. At the moment it’s looking like i’m going to have to be the most educated shelf stacker at my local Sainsbury’s, so I’ve been dedicating my efforts to searching for an income. Another reason for the drought of posts on LifeisCinema is that I have recently been writing for a brilliant film site called www.movie-moron.com. Please check it out, its full of witty banter and and all the latest film news. Sheridan if you’re reading this don’t get your hopes up for loads of traffic from my modest blog, i’m averaging 10 views a day on here.
Anyway folks, I promise to post some reviews, updates, and more for you guys on a more regular basis from now on.
Trailer of the Swedish vampire film everyone has been raving about, apparently the title is a reference to the Morrissey track ‘Let the Right One Slip in’, can’t wait to see it. Check out a review of the film at Screen Rant!
For me Red Dwarf is one of those formative programs that I enjoyed as a kid and will forever stick in my memory. Its brilliance was based on superbly scripted character interaction combined with clever sci-fi narratives that would succeed even without the comedy. It peaked with the sixth series in 1993 which included many fans favourite episode ‘Gunmen of the Apocalypse’. However when creators Rob Grant and Doug Naylor split due to irreconcilable differences the show was never the same and was ended after the unwatchable Eighth series. Rumours of a return in the form of the crews first big screen outing have been around for a while but never came into fruition. However this Easter the crew were reassembled for a special mini-series that may or may not be their last.
Summer approaches and so does the release of the new Harry Potter film The Half Blood Prince. Originally intended to be released last winter it was delayed by money hungry studio execs in a bid to rinse out a few extra pennies, much to the anger of many a’ Harry Potter fan the world over. So far I think it’s fair to say that the Harry Potter films have pretty much gradually increased in quality as the series has progressed. The fifth installment and David Yates’s first as director managed to avoid the trap of becoming regimented by the chapters of the book, ironically he probably made the best film out of the worst book in the series. It will be interesting to see what he does with the 6th book. However, i’m still wondering how amazing the films could have been if J.K Rowling’s first choice for director Terry Gilliam had been allowed to impose his twisted imagination on them. I suppose it was always unlikely such a big budget project would be given to the guy who famously took on Universal over the final cut of Brazil.
But, as well as Harry Potter 2009 also sees three other childrens books being brought to the big screen….
