Too Many Ideas - Posts Tagged ‘Film’
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
Friday, June 12th, 2009I owe the creators of Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire a big thank you. A couple of months back I wrote a script for a 30 minute radio sit com more by accident than intention. I had an idea one morning and seven hours later I had 6,700 words written set in […]
It's Trek Jim – Just as we Know It
Sunday, May 10th, 2009But maybe there was a twist of something in the Romulan Ale. I was pretty happy with J.J. Abrams take on Mission Impossible so I had high hopes for the new Star Trek film. I think I can safely say it didn’t disappoint. The cast played the characters rather than doing impressions of the original […]
The Onion on the New Star Trek Film
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’
Rhapsody in the Trafford Centre?
Monday, April 13th, 2009Someone must have been short on ideas when they made the advert for the Trafford Centre I just saw. First some uninspired footage of clothes. Second an innane voice over. Third a script about a formula. Forth add a bit of mathmatical notation to The Trafford Centre’s name at the end. Finally top it all […]
The International
Saturday, February 28th, 2009Just back from seeing The International, a twisty euro thriller that jumps between Europe and New York weaving the tail of a bank which is tangled up in some very shady deals. Clive Owen gives a strong performance and is ably supported by an excellent cast. The pacing is deliberately uneven which avoids the danger […]
This Way Up
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Just saw a short (9 min) animation on BBC1 “This Way Up”. Well worth a look.
Transporter 3
Friday, December 12th, 2008Went to see Transporter 3 at the Liverpool One Odeon last night. It delivers exactly what it says on the packet – a straight forward action film. Of the three films I’d say its plot it probably the most coherent (well as coherent as any of them). I’d like to have seen more of François […]
The Good, The Bad and the Upside Down?
Saturday, December 6th, 2008No not a new Peter Jackson and Russell Crowe remake of the Sergio Leone classic just a little accident with the film at the Philharmonic tonight. Then I did some pretty awful things when I was a projectionist so I’ll not hold it against them.
Le Doulos
Sunday, November 16th, 2008I saw a write up of Jean-Pierre Melville’s film Le Doulos [1963] in one of those greatest films of all time lists burried between the always present classics and the good recent films that get voted onto lists for a few years and then fade. It caught my attention because its not one of the […]
Burn after Reading
Saturday, November 8th, 2008Today’s cinema outing was to see Burn after Reading a film more in the style of a 1970s or 1960s slow burning thriller than the big action thrillers usually made today. There were no car chases or fight scenes, no high tech gadgets or flash cars and not one of the characters was remotely competent […]