I’m posting this as a public service announcement for Keith DeCandido–I have a feeling he’d be interested. 😉 On October 22nd BBC America will be debuting Byron, a biopic about, obviously, Lord Byron. From the e-mail I received from BBC America on the program: Illegitimate children, broken hearts, incestuous affairs; all in the name ofContinue reading “On Lord Byron”
Category Archives: Film
On The Living Daylights
Don’t ask me why, but I decided to watch a James Bond film today. Maybe it was a thread on TrekBBS where I defended George Lazenby’s work on On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Maybe it was another thread on TrekBBS about voting for Worst Bond Video Game. Maybe. I like the character–I’ve read the Flemings,Continue reading “On The Living Daylights”
On Batman Begins
Jesus Fucking Christ. Go see Batman Begins. It’s not just a good comic-book movie. It’s a good movie, period. I won’t say much about the film, because there’s a surprise in the film that had I known about going in I’d have hated myself for knowing. The performances, all save Katie Holmes, were top-notch, withContinue reading “On Batman Begins”
On the Fantastic Four trailer
As I mentioned in a previous post, I saw Revenge of the Sith yesterday afternoon. Before the film were trailers for Batman Begins, a movie that looks like it could be the definitive Batman movie and the film to beat this summer, and Fantastic Four. A caveat. I cannot stand the comic. I just don’tContinue reading “On the Fantastic Four trailer”
On the Beast
No, I’m not talking Milwaukee’s Best, the official alcoholic beverage of the University of Richmond. I’m talking Hank McCoy, the Beast of the X-Men. Kelsey Grammer, of Cheers and Frasier, will portray the Beast in next summer’s X3. At a guess, I would think that the Beast will be done in CG, much as theContinue reading “On the Beast”
On Hitchhiker's
I went to see Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy tonight. I liked it. I liked it a lot. I thought it was fun, if not always funny. Okay, some of the great scenes from the book are missing. No Arthur convincing the foreman to lie down in the mud and take his place while heContinue reading “On Hitchhiker's”
More on H2G2
Yesterday I cited an early review of this week’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Today FilmThreat has a feature on the marketing of Hitchhiker’s. Two quotes stand out, both near the end: Between the unfunny posters, unfunny trailers and unfunny website Disney isn’t doing a very good job of marketing this as a movie. TheContinue reading “More on H2G2”
On H2G2
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy opens on Friday. In the store we’re planning a group trip to see it. Then, on an e-mail list, I received a link to this review. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy movie is bad. Really bad. You just won’t believe how vastly, staggeringly, jaw-droppingly bad it is. I mean,Continue reading “On H2G2”
On Fever Pitch
I went with my sister a few days ago to see the new film Fever Pitch, based loosely on Nick Hornby’s memoir of his love affair with the London soccer team Arsenal. It was filmed once before, adapted by Hornby himself, and starred Colin Firth. The new version stars Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore, andContinue reading “On Fever Pitch”
On the Long-Term View
The Narnia quiz the other day started me thinking. There’s a film based on The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe coming out in December. There will be a tie-in video game as well, for at least the PlayStation 2 and XBox, probably GameBoy Advance, perhaps even GameCube, PlayStation Portable, and who knows what theContinue reading “On the Long-Term View”