Movies

From the trailer for Banksy’s Coming to Dinner

A quote from Joan Collins:

Let us just have a little toast to the queen. If you don’t like the Queen, then you can just say well fuck her…….

[stunned silence]

This is known as a pregnant pause…..

Haha. Awesome!

This looks like it might be quite entertaining!

Via kottke

Looks great. Hope it’s not another trailer that’s better than the film!

From the Guardian

Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes look set to play feuding Greek gods Zeus and Hades in a new remake of 80s sword-and-sandal epic Clash of the Titans, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

No no noooooooo!

AwwwwwwwSOME!!!

Star Wars as told by a man who’s never seen it!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/apr/06/unseen-star-wars

From the BBC

Tom and Jerry are to return to the big screen in a live-action remake, according to industry reports.
The animated cat and mouse, who debuted on the small screen in the 1940s, will follow in the footsteps of fellow Hanna-Barbera character Scooby-Doo.

The end of civilisation as we know it is upon us…..

From The Guardian

I Am Legend writer Mark Protosevich is in talks to pen the high-profile remake of the Korean thriller Oldboy being developed by Steven Spielberg and Will Smith, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

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From The Guardian:

It may be a critics’ favourite and a candidate for this year’s best film Oscar, but it seems that the Coen brothers’ No Country For Old Men is no match for the combined might of a bunch of digitally created extra-terrestrials - losing the battle to Aliens vs Predator: Requiem at the top of the UK box office.

Oh dear.
Is this the end serious cinema as we know it?

From Mark Kermode’s latest film review, referring to Ratatouille and Black Sheep.

Money can buy art but it can’t make squishy sheep movies

From The Guardian

Director Ridley Scott turned grumpy old man yesterday, declaring 97% of modern films “stupid”…..

Yup. With you so far…..

…..and claiming mobile phone and other modern technology was killing cinema.

Um?
The only quote from Ridley Scott regarding this in the article is…..

“I’m sure we’re on a losing wicket but we’re fighting technology. Whilst it is wonderful in many aspects, it also has some big negative downsides.”

Yeah OK. The internet is a double edged sword for the film industry, but mobile phones?
I’d really like to read the rest of the interview…..