Elysium is the follow up film from Neill Blomkamp to his much (and quite rightly) lauded intelligent sci-fi film “District 9”. Many of the themes of that classic – prejudice and segregation – are similarly played out in this film, with the focus this time being on rich and poor and the gulf that separates … Read more
“Porridge”, “On The Buses”, “Are You Being Served?”, Morecambe and Wise – all classic British TV shows that largely crashed and burned when ported to the big screen. So it was with some trepidation that I approached Norfolk’s biggest star – Alan Partridge’s – first big screen adventure. So the large question (cue jingle – … Read more
The World’s End is Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s final film in the so-called “Three Flavours Cornetto” trilogy, following Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. (This is nicely illustrated with a great sight gag in the final scenes). The film’s plot has Simon Pegg as a wastrel forty-something teenager wanting (needing) to … Read more
OK, I confess. I really didn’t want to like this film. It has all the makings of a real turkey… a zombie movie with a Z in the title… isn’t that going to be like a B-movie but 25 times worse? But, despite my best instincts, I really did enjoy this flick. The plot doesn’t … Read more
So, the “Man of Steel” is back…. again! Christopher Nolan has a lot to answer for with Batman Begins in bringing to the world of cinema the concept of ‘the reboot’. Before that film, fictional characters were deemed to have followed an arc and when the audience got tired of them they were either spectacularly killed … Read more