Jurgen Klinsmann almost certain to be new Aston Villa manager

I know this blog is meant to be for film but i’m a Villa fan as well so have got to post this.

Sources suggest that Jurgen Klinsmann is favourite to land the job of Aston Villa manager following the departure of Martin O’Neill. Klinsmann is rumoured to be Villa chairman Randy Lerner’s first choice for the role, and negotiations are supposedly already well underway.  Klinsmann has made it clear in the past that he would like to one day manage a Premiership team and this seems like the perfect opportunity.  He has already demonstrated his ability to develop young talent by masterminding the rebuilding of the German national team.  Villa has a relatively young squad with potential for improvement. This should suit Klinsmann’s ambitions perfectly and he is said to be keen to get back into management after being sacked by Bayern Munich last year.  With the start of the Premiership season looming, Lerner will also be eager to seal the deal as quickly as possible.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World- Trailer

Finally, the trailer for the much anticipated (at least by me) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World  trailer has landed. Hit the jump to see it

Shutter Island- Review

One of the criticisms that has been thrown at Shutter Island is that, compared with some of Scorsese’s previous work, it feels somewhat trivial. I suspect that the reason for this criticism is that Shutter Island is very much a genre film and that genre happens to be the Thriller. Film critics, particularly British and American film critics, have always taken a slightly condescending view on the Thriller.

Paid Surveys

I’ve decided to start writing on a broader range of topics on lifeiscinema. Don’t worry though, my primary focus will still be on film. Anyway, I’ve recently been getting into doing surveys online to earn a bit of extra cash. After a lot of time spent using different sites I have to say most of them aren’t worth the time and effort. I now only use one paid survey site regularly, you can sign up for it through this link

http://my.yougov.com/go.aspx?id=40fdb994-a8ef-49c3-bba7-ccd6b31b1b5f

it is called yougov and it is the only one which I have received money from using. It works like this; every time you do a survey you get a number of points (the amount depends on the time it takes to complete the survey). When you get 5000 points you get sent a cheque for £50.00 (or the equivalent in your currency as it is a global company). It takes a bit of time to accumulate the points but it is so easy to do the surveys that there is no point not doing it. Granted, it’s not going to make you rich over night, but it’s nice to get a cheque through the post every so often for doing something so easy.

So what are you waiting for, sign up now!!

http://my.yougov.com/go.aspx?id=40fdb994-a8ef-49c3-bba7-ccd6b31b1b5f

T.Waddington

Avatar day breakdown

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!

‘The Wolfman’ Trailer

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.

‘Avatar’ Trailer

I’m sure most of you have seen this trailer already but i’m gonna post it just for the hell of it.

Best of the rest of 2009?

I’ve picked from the upcoming releases for the rest of the year what I think will be the most anticipated. But which one will you choose???

‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’ trailer

A new trailer for Terry Gilliam’s upcoming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has just been released. Here it is…

The Cat Returns

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.

Let the Right One In- Trailer

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!

Red Dwarf returns

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.

Woody Allen- Quote

“I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve immortality through not dying.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jonze, Selick and Anderson dip into Childrens Literature in 2009

 

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….

Robert Rodriguez- Quote

“I think some famous filmmaker once said that all the technical stuff you need to know in order to make a movie can be learned in a few weeks. He was being generous.

You can learn it in 10 minutes”                                   

 

Here’s a quote from Robert Rodriguez’s inspirational book Rebel Without A Crew. For anyone

Avatar: The future of filmmaking?

It’s been over 10 years since the highest grossing film of all time Titanic cleaned up at the Oscars, but whatever happened to the film’s director James Cameron?  Well, unlike some of you may have suspected, he hasn’t been lolling around on the back of Titanic‘s humongous success. In fact he has been planning and making his 200 million dollar 3-D/CGI/motion capture/live action sci-fi blockbuster Avatar (along with several documentary projects and the Dark Angel tv series).

Scorsese’s Voyage to Italy

 

  I was up into the early hours of the morning yesterday when I chanced upon the first part of a documentary by Martin Scorsese called My Voyage to Italy. It proved to be a tonic to all the other crap that I had watched that night, including the second half of Zach Braff’s The Last Kiss, which being a fan of Garden State thought I would have enjoyed.

The Limits Of Control

As a big fan of Jim Jarmusch, I am very excited about his upcoming film The Limits Of Control.  I am currently working on my final year dissertation on his films and will write more detailed blogs about him in the future, for now just check out the trailer for The Limits of Control, due out in June 2009.

The local hero who won’t be watching the Watchmen- Review

Northampton town is slightly starved of culturally significant residents. The new Doctor Who (Matt Smith)went to my school, as did Nobel prize winner Frances Crick and singer James Morrison moved here when he was young. Most of the famous people born here have since moved on to bigger and better places and things (understandable to anyone who has ever had the misfortune of visiting). There is however one exception in the graphic novelist Alan Moore, easily recognisable by his mass of facial hair he has become some what of a local legend.  His works have been hugely influential in the world of comic books due to a depth and complexity not usually present in the medium.

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