Author: Rob Williams
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Barbenheimer!
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in BlockbusterIt’s not unheard of for two big films to be released in the same week. That usually boils down to being released on the same day. The Exorcist & The Sting, Die Hard & A Fish Called Wanda, The Matrix & Ten Things I Hate About You, and The Dark Knight & Mamma Mia are…
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Movie Review – Oppenheimer
I think it’s fair to say that Christopher Nolan is in the same category as Steven Spielberg, Danny Boyle, Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino, and Luc Besson…directors who can “open” a film. It’s the sort of club that Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, and Akira Kurosawa would have been in were they still with us today. Oh,…
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This Year, In Hall H…
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in Movie NewsAh, as Dirk Gently once put it, the fundamental interconnectedness of all things. The old “a butterfly breaks wind in Tahiti and that leads to an earthquake in Upton Snodsbury” thing. Well, entomological flatulence affecting the geomorphology of a Worcester village may be pushing it a bit too far but I’ve never been scared of…
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Movie Review – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
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And here comes one of the big titles that everyone is hoping will turn the tide of poor box office results. Personally I think it’s a bit like the whole working from home ethos that became so popular during the various lockdowns. People liked being able to roll out of bed and start working while…
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Indie Movie Review – 97 Minutes
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There seems to be a spate of films based on aeroplanes that have or are being hijacked. Gerard Butler recently had a go with Plane. Idris Elba is due to lead AppleTV+’s Hijack miniseries which launches this week; 28th June to be precise. Liam Neeson had a turn in 2014 with Non-Stop. And there are…
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Rewatch Review – Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol saw quite a few changes for the franchise; some more obvious than others. It is the first in the Cruise era to have a subtitle rather than a number. Apparently, Tom has never been a fan of numbered sequels as he’s always considered each film as a standalone feature in…
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Movie Review – Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
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I’ll be honest, I had concerns going in to see Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny. I love the franchise. I can still remember seeing Raiders Of The Lost Ark in the cinema and I’ve seen every one on the big screen before going on to buy them for home viewing. I even have…
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Movie Review – Asteroid City
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One of my father’s shortcomings was his unfailing conviction that what he knew that what he had seen before was always better than a new version. The new version of Batman/Doctor Who/Mission: Impossible/anything really was never as good as the one he’d seen. “Bah…it’s not as good as the original” he’d say. Invariably, before he’d…
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Rewatch Review – Mission: Impossible III (2006)
I’m not sure what it is but Mission: Impossible III seems to be shot on lower quality film stock to the others. The opening scenes seem to be shot on a home video recorder. In fact, I’ve seen better quality films made with iPhones! I did read somewhere that it was Paramount’s first foray into…
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Rewatch Review – Mission: Impossible II (2000)
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Sometimes things are very finely balanced. One little nudge and things all fall apart all over the place. Such is sometimes the way with the casting of films and Mission: Impossible II is no exception. For example, the role of Mission Commander Swanbeck was originally offered to Ian McKellen. He turned it down due to…
