Saw I Love You Phillip Morris on Wednesday (at the cinema instead of drunk on Patrick's Day; oh how the mighty have fallen!). I was slightly leery about the film after seeing the first trailer, which somewhat smacked of "character realises he's gay completely out of the blue and consequently becomes an avaricious criminal". Also, references to it ( Read more... )

So after watching The Dark Knight and then rewatching Batman Begins and then watching TDK again and then listening to too much Radiohead, I wrote this. Post TDK waffling with minimal knife usage and dodgy connections to both movie and comics canon. Title and cut text are from Radiohead's "Knives Out" and bear no relation to the story, really.

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So I think writing fic for nonexistant fandoms is going to be my thing from now on. Cornering the market is always a good idea. Anyway, this came about after watching the movie Reeker, (a straightfoward little horror film that's a bit more interesting than most people give it credit for) and has absolutely nothing to do with the plot of the film ( Read more... )

I have watched so many strange, disturbing films over the past couple of weeks. Just, so many. ILU weird indie cinema, let's never ever fight. Also some Hitchcock, for some reason, though only the really homoerotic ones. Hays Code? What Hays Code ( Read more... )

Today, some guy sitting behind me on the bus coughed on the back of my head. I could really feel it and everything. Seriously, dude, cover your fucking mouth. :\

And since I didn't mention it at the time, I went to see Black Sheep on Sunday. It was exactly what I wanted: a wonderful pastiche on the cheap horror B-movies of the seventies and ( Read more... )

Went to see Gedo Senki (aka "Tales From Earthsea") the other day at my local indie cinema. Was hoping it would be subbed, but I wasn't too disappointed to discover it was the dubbed version, since Timothy Dalton voices Sparrowhawk and he has a wonderful voice. Plus, James Bond, COME ON ( Read more... )

Just got back from watching Transformers. Yeah, wow, all sorts of impressed here; the pacing was good, and the plot was less lame than I expected, and the human characters were actually sort of sympathetic. Mostly, though, it was all about the robots, and it looked absolutely amazing. I was virtually drooling at the action scenes, and they didn't ( Read more... )

Just finished watching 28 Weeks Later, which I don't feel guilty for dling because the boy and I actually bought tickets to see it in the cinema, but fate conspired against us on that one. It was far better than I expected it to be (i.e. better than most horror sequels) and the visuals in particular were v. nice, lots of grainy colours but with a ( Read more... )

So what I should really be doing here is talking about the two films I've recently watched that I've been feeling the urge to post extensively about, those being Magicians (a new release) and Hard Core Logo (an older film that I finally found a copy of in London last weekend). Instead I'll just say that Magicians was amusing but disappointing in ( Read more... )

Went to see Hot Fuzz again last night, because yes, it is just that damn good. On the second viewing, I've decided I definitely prefer it to Shaun Of The Dead, not necessarily because it's a better made film (though it probably is, to be honest) but because of the genre it's set in. Because, while they're both comedies, they are also both loving ( Read more... )