tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222471722011-11-27T23:15:45.684Zfilm ickBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comBlogger31591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-76104779057289673892010-07-07T22:04:00.004Z2010-07-07T22:06:47.570ZBleeding CoolI'm now the TV and films editor for Bleeding Cool. It used to be a comics only site, but not any longer. Come over and boost the film contingent.Thanks to the film ick e-mail subscribers for your continued support, wherever I go. Bleeding Cool's Film & TV section is very much my baby, so please do whatever you can to lend a hand over there.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-57340375084506276432010-02-15T23:20:00.003Z2010-02-15T23:50:42.561ZIf You Aren't Happy That I Don't Like Scorsese......ask yourself why.I'm somewhat bemused that it's a group of people who think taste in films comes down to just that - taste and nothing more - that seem to be the angriest when I express an opinion on cinema that they don't like. If you think my dislike of Scorsese's movies is just taste, then why should you care? Different strokes and so on, eh?But I don't personally believe it's just a matterBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-5048182261813606052009-01-24T21:42:00.003Z2009-01-24T21:44:52.799ZSo, What Do You Reckon?Is my work at /Film as good as the stuff I was doing here at film ick? Mail me and let me know.I've been drawing some negative comments over there... as well as some very positive ones.The future of film ick is to be unveiled this week - something rather different than you know from before, but hopefully better. Wait for it. And then tell me what you think of that too.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-72704414197277742702009-01-16T12:37:00.002Z2009-01-16T12:40:48.982ZIt's SlashfilmIf you haven't found me at Slashfilm yet, here's a direct link to my work there so far, to the post that introduced me, and to the site overall.Come and support me there. And stay tuned here for the evolution of film ick into something... well, you'll see.Thanks!Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-60032975233435526422009-01-14T09:37:00.003Z2009-01-14T09:43:57.134ZBig News DayWell, for me anyway. And I hope it works out very well for you too.Expect to see me on the contributors roll of a big, well-read and rather nifty film website today.Yep - it is one of the big ones. Yep - you most probably read it already. Yep - I'm going to be doing what I used to do over here but doing it over there now. Nope - I don't mean Forces of Geek, though I will still have Union Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-66568168673508268082009-01-12T21:06:00.001Z2009-01-12T21:08:57.187ZScorcher ClunkerDuring the Golden Globes back-slapping last night, Scorsese apparently claimed that Steven Spielberg "reinvented cinema with each new picture".Jesus.By the way, I have been blogging LOTS over on ForcesOfGeek... but have other very exciting things to report sometime soon. Keep tuned.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-60340881364118101432009-01-06T09:17:00.003Z2009-01-06T09:19:11.525ZThe Mark of BCHere's a handy link to my first couple of posts at Forces of Geek. I'm just sorta-kinda testing the water out over there. Indeed, that link will show you just the bits of Geek that I write, now and from here on out. Not that I'm suggesting you bookmark it or anything. Of course not.I'll be back posting here before you know it.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-7462979770417713172009-01-04T10:48:00.003Z2009-01-04T10:59:24.250ZForces of GeekAs of Thursday, I'll be publishing a weekly column over at Forces of Geek. My column will be called Union Jacked and, once it's there, I'll include a link here to help you find it.Below you can see the official invitation to the site launch proper - which takes place tomorrow.There are numerous other Geeks lining up to put their own Force behind the project - and it isn't all movie stuff, thoughBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-39254900822205783202009-01-02T23:29:00.003Z2009-01-02T23:40:26.356ZBetter The Devil You Don'tHugh Jackman has pulled out of talks to appear in Stephen Soderbergh's Cleo. The film, if it ever happens, is to be a 3D musical, set in the US in the 1920s, based upon the story of Cleopatra and with songs by Guide by Voices. How exciting does that sound?Why has Jackman done this? Scheduling conflicts, apparently. And the word on the street (well, currently just in the sewers, really) is Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-23168089103396699122008-12-31T00:40:00.002Z2008-12-31T01:07:52.050ZThey Mentioned My Home Town, So I Gotta Say Something, Right?According to a new piece in Variety, Art House Cinema (capital A, H and C) is on the wane in the UK. Their number one example? A local institution, the Phoenix right here in Oxford, "a revered university town arthouse, [which] was screening Waltz with Bashir -- alongside Mamma Mia! and Wall-E"What isn't mentioned, of course, that the local Odeon cinemas here often screen foreign language fare (Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-76735436529563346562008-12-19T09:44:00.002Z2008-12-19T09:58:28.194ZDisappointmentsTwo news stories that have bubbled up to the surface today have left me feeling rather short on optimism, in two different ways. Please indulge me while I sulk a little.Firstly: Stephen Chow is to no longer directed the Green Hornet film due to "creative differences" but is still "likely" to play Kato. That pretty much cuts off my enthusiasm for the project, and near the root too. Of course, Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-35566106319944164222008-12-15T09:56:00.003Z2008-12-15T22:42:02.633ZTerry Gilliam Developing Zero TheoremPat Rushin's screenplay The Zero Theorem is currently undergoing development with director Terry Gilliam. Seeing as Gilliam's supposed next project - a remounting of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote - depends somewhat on the compliance of one J. Depp, who is a very, very busy man, I think Zero Theorem has every chance of going before cameras next year...Well, pending the development process, Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-51368186491237730812008-12-08T16:51:00.004Z2008-12-08T17:47:29.923ZDVD Picks For XmasWant to get the film lover in your life something special for Xmas? I would hope so - even if that film lover is you.Here's my list of DVDs you probably haven't even considered for them but really should. I got my hands on each of these this year and love them all. They didn't have big marketing budgets. They didn't generally get cinema runs. They didn't get love heaped upon them by big nameBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-9548168023794429232008-12-07T22:40:00.004Z2008-12-08T16:51:11.497ZAre These The 20 Best Films Of 2008?Roger Ebert has published his list of the 20 best films of the year on his website, and here they are in alphabetical order:Ballast, The Band’s Visit, Che, Chop Shop, The Dark Knight, Doubt, The Fall, Frost/Nixon, Frozen River, Happy-Go-Lucky, Iron Man, Milk, Rachel Getting Married, The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Shotgun Stories, Slumdog Millionaire, Synecdoche New York, W., Wall-ENow, there's Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-72697684673240139072008-12-05T22:28:00.002Z2008-12-05T22:29:58.699ZMichael Sheen Is NOT The Cheshire CatSo, if Michael Sheen is not the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland...Somebody out there must know who he's playing however. And I want to know.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-79326326594219034382008-12-05T14:09:00.002Z2008-12-05T14:13:39.242ZFive Point ZeroOkay, so of the thousands of people to read the announcement here, a couple of dozen went over to the film ick community messageboard. A few links from other sites and still nothing.So it won't live on. Not unless something miraculous happens.I need to find a way to make film ick happen but not take up all of my life. I am so busy - 12 hour days regularly - but I don't want film ick to die.So Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-57411036042108438582008-12-03T19:07:00.002Z2008-12-03T19:09:45.841ZFirst Trailer For The Boat That RockedA leak has sprung and from it flowed the first trailer for The Boat that Rocked - not officially online yet. And perhaps this cut of the trailer never will be.I've popped the link up over at the film ick community board. Please come get it.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-6823521023850507472008-11-29T16:23:00.003Z2008-11-29T16:42:09.931Zfilm ick 4.0To bridge the gap between film ick as you know it (which is probably in the 2.x Blogger incarnation) and the much more manageable Twitter flash-news feed, I've created a new film ick community.Please come, join up and join in. Get my version of the news, sure, but also get your voice heard too.To get the ball rolling, I am currently transposing the Twitter items over to this community.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-72087656079408514932008-11-26T19:34:00.002Z2008-11-26T19:36:30.068ZTwitter UpdateI'm now starting to get my head around the Twitter thing.You can see me by clicking on this very sentence.More followers, please. Without you, how do I know to carry on? A couple of weeks of continued (exponential?) growth would keep the wheels on.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-162939427973016382008-11-24T21:45:00.002Z2008-11-24T21:48:06.540ZTwitterLet's try an experiment. Or play a game. Or dip our toes into some strange water.I'm going to reprise film ick, sometime in the next two days. There might be any number of updates per day. What's the catch?I'm going to do it via Twitter. I'm there as brendonconnelly. Does that give you all the info you need to find and follow me?Jump on now, so I can see you in my stats. And then the Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-47024152882876019632008-11-21T10:22:00.004Z2008-11-22T10:41:18.520ZOldboy UpdateWill Smith has been pushed over the upcoming Oldboy remake, and what he had to say is likely to have varying results on people's anticipation levels.Apparently, the remake won't be of the Chan Wook Park film at all, but another adaptation of the original manga. That means the most basic elements of the premise will be intact, but that the mystery will have an entirely different solution.So, Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-63257976269978238402008-11-11T19:55:00.008Z2008-11-11T22:36:32.297ZMcG's Wonder Woman Versus Spielberg's OldboyNice to see you again.Lets get some basics straight, right off the bat - Whedon's Wonder Woman should have been given the greenlight years ago; the last film Spielberg made that I can care about, for the good at least, and in any significant way is Jurassic Park, and that was because of the work of Phil Tippet and Dennis Muren.Two prospective projects are getting discussed at length on the geek Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-70668397044417383162008-10-21T20:26:00.002Z2008-10-21T20:27:43.923ZHeath Ledger In The Imaginarium Of Dr. ParnasssusTell the world.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-33002025551803460682008-08-30T13:46:00.003Z2008-08-30T13:51:49.251ZEducational OpportunitesClick on the ad, make it bigger, be seduced, e-mail for more info, sign up, get wowed and come back every term.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-578036150414604952008-07-10T19:41:00.002Z2008-07-10T19:45:12.247ZWedding BellsRachael and I got married last Friday, 4th July. Independence Day. Woohoo for us! She's made some kind of honest man out of me.Prompted by my UK passport and Rachel's US one, Rich Johnston (of LitG) commented at our reception: "Taking 'em back, one woman at a time".I could have phrased that better. Not Rich's quip, the context. But I think you followed it. I hope. I thought it was a Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-3044779876523169302008-06-23T21:33:00.002Z2008-06-23T21:36:03.801ZOxford Film SchoolI'm running a free film class. Tuesday 1st July, St. Anthony's College, Oxford. 6.30pm. It's on the Woodstock Road, so right near the very centre of town. It's a real class, so you'll be learning something - but there will also be a chance to ask questions about my courses, find out when and where they are next running, meet other people interested in film and film-making and so on.Should be Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-47140522574362109512008-06-09T21:36:00.002Z2008-06-09T21:39:07.953ZHellboy And MeRich Johnston over at Lying in the Gutters has put up a little report by me on Hellboy 2 and a roundtable interview with Guillermo del Toro. There's a couple of spoilers, but don't be too scared. Worth a click, I reckon.Rich and I are apparently going to see Wanted this Thursday. We'll see. Don't know if it could possibly be worth getting up at 5am and rescheduling 5 of my students' lessons Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-14454176231225452122008-05-29T10:47:00.003Z2008-05-29T11:01:40.339ZPaul's Brain Trust - Once In A Lifetime Blade Runner OpportunityPlease read this.I reckon that the greatest film of 2007 was Blade Runner: The Final Cut. It was also the best DVD set of last year - easily. And the Alien Quadrilogy boxset might still be the best DVD boxset on the market at all.None of these things could have existed without Paul Prischman. He was a producer, or worked on the production team, on these and many more DVDs to treasure.I Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-65831286812061678432008-05-18T09:37:00.003Z2008-05-18T09:46:01.114ZAgain, The End?Hey you! Yes, you. You can download a trailer for Joss Whedon's Dollhouse. It's in FLV, but is better quality than the version on YouTube - and doesn't have the placeholder bits of Buffy that the YouTube trailer did. This is the finished article and it's really very interesting indeed. Not to mention ahead of schedule: expect the show to start in January. 8 months from now. Better news, Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-5168513130549868082008-04-16T07:55:00.000Z2008-04-16T07:56:51.638ZMad Skills And A Cameo From MeCheck it out.Rachaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421912275121688069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-14926146468563449412008-04-12T10:07:00.002Z2008-04-12T10:09:21.115ZAgainst All OddsKuntz and Maguire's Onion film is finally getting released. Yep. On the 3rd of June, the film will be slipped out on R1 DVD. Will it live up tot heir music video work? Will it live up to The Onion itself? Two "No" answers there, most likely, but this is, in modern times, one of the most conspicuously absent films and we should celebrate this news.Rachaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421912275121688069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-14095805572447399032008-03-31T10:55:00.002Z2008-03-31T10:59:12.489ZToo Good Not To ShareI'm back, because this is too good not to share.So... did you ever wonder what could be "the greatest lie that Satan ever told"?Find out.(Personally, I can't see much difference between his old life and the new, expect the absence of 7k worth of silly trinkets and toys)Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-62916217013100586362008-02-17T10:53:00.007Z2008-02-17T22:26:57.413ZA Scene From Where The Wild Things AreCan somebody please tell me if this is a legitimate clip or not? It... certainly... looks like it. And that certainly sounds like Benicio... and... well, it was a nice surprise to find it in my e-mail, let me tell you.Yeah, let's face it. It is real. At the very least it was a real test. I love the suit. Spread the word.
I'm still very busy, working away on a couple of BIG film projectsBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-90624415058002787782007-12-18T13:29:00.000Z2007-12-18T13:33:22.353ZHeath Ledger, SwingerJust Jared has on-set images from the shoot of The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. See Heath Ledger hanging by the neck. It isn't a spoiler - it's the character's introduction in an early scene. But as to why he's doing this... that would be a spoiler.Want to know why anyways? My age-old script review will tell you. Go into the archives for much, much more on this film.Terry Gilliam's shootingBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-82354583101702434102007-12-17T19:10:00.001Z2007-12-23T11:07:49.836ZLook! It's The Imaginarium Of Dr. ParnassusThis was worth coming out of semi-retirement for, surely?The pics, taken by James Hatts, originated at London SE1.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-66605206915122672442007-12-06T21:56:00.000Z2007-12-10T14:18:43.145ZLook What I MadeJust to keep my eye in, I'm hopefully going to be doing the occasional review for Daily Information, a primarily listings-and-classifieds website based here in Oxford. My review of We Own the Night (out in the UK on December 14th) has just gone live there. Please go and have a look.They're going to be far shorter reviews than you'd be used to from film ick, but hopefully still well worth Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-34874890476835942332007-11-19T15:56:00.000Z2007-11-19T16:00:07.972ZIf You're Still Out There, Reading This......and you're in the UK, then please, do me a favour and take a look at this. This is our attempt to use our excess capacity (our skills, video gear and weekends, essentially) to generate some work. Basically, Rachael and I are now a Videography business.I'm particularly pleased with the second clip on the site - the christening one - but maybe that's because the wedding video is so heavily cutBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-44747364138682094452007-11-03T12:16:00.000Z2007-11-03T12:25:35.154ZHere's The Big Mad Max 4 News......there is none. It isn't happening. At all. Several details of the film that again won't be are coming out.I've not been happy with my posts over the last week, so I've decided to call it a day here at film ick. I wanted the site to be something that I simply don't have the time or money to make it into. Maybe, one day, when I have the money, time and necessary support I'll come back with Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-68469495640078228392007-11-01T12:33:00.001Z2007-11-01T13:30:42.818ZPinch Punch, First Day Of The MonthFollowing on from the last post: Stylus Magazine has closed it's doors this week also, I have learned. Not as much of a blow to me as DavisDVD, but a loss all the same.I was having a lesson about 'Negotiated Meanings' this morning, with my student James. We came around to talking primarily about two films - Blade Runner and The Matrix. One he loved and one he didn't like at all. Much to my Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-25326465694633963772007-10-31T21:33:00.000Z2007-10-31T21:35:35.940ZI'm Not AloneDavisDVD was always one of my favourite sites. Head on over there now for a sad Goodbye statement.Thanks for all of your hard work over the years, Patrick. I look forward to whatever you do next.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-52698945228984789072007-10-31T15:30:00.000Z2007-10-31T15:31:59.137ZTell Me What I've MissedAssume that I've been on Mars for the last fourteen days. What's gone on in Filmland? Please do stop by the comments and tell me what you know, what interests you in particular, what you think I may be most intrigued by.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-63837988513971187872007-10-31T14:19:00.000Z2007-10-31T15:28:30.332ZIt's Halloween, Isn't It?Last night, Rachael and I watched quite a bit of Signs, which (like hundreds of the discs piled up behind me right now) I hadn't seen since I first bought the DVD. Not that I want this observation to reflect badly on the film, mind, because there's some brilliant, brilliant stuff in there. The scene in which Graham and Merrill run around the house shouting is particularly great, and if I'd haveBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-79695404876481381802007-10-30T10:10:00.000Z2007-10-30T10:33:08.604ZThe Future: If You Only Read One film ick Post, Make It This OneLet me tell you a secret.I don't want to do this anymore. Not the way I've been doing it in the past.I've spent the last week trying to find ways to make this enterprise fit in with the rest of my life. Ways in which I can collect, collate, read and pass on film news; ways in which I can see films, write reviews and publish them; ways in which I can strip download links from trailers and post Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-903906671975048972007-10-29T14:03:00.001Z2007-10-29T23:27:18.156ZWait For It......I'll be back later today.[EDIT: This is taking longer than expected. And I have a lot to catch up on. My apologies. But I will be back. And in a matter of hours, not days. Not minutes, admittedly, but hours]Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-67659213914620317612007-10-22T08:16:00.000Z2007-10-22T08:19:15.935ZHiatusfilm ick is going on hiatus. We will return on Monday 29th October with... some new ideas and new ways of doing things. Most of these will be behind the scenes, so up front, it'll still be the devil you know. More or less.And, no - I'm not going on holiday.And once these wrinkles are ironed out, we'll be back in business 24/7. Yep - all film ick, all the time.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-90458251569078827542007-10-21T12:59:00.000Z2007-10-23T16:29:10.242ZRepo! The Genetic Opera - First LookSome footage from Repo! was premiered at the Scream Awards last night and has now, as was inevitable, made its way online. Unfortunately, it's shaky-cam style; even more unfortunately, it looks like dull, cliched stuff with predictable lyrics and, in the song here showcased, a flat melody. The necessary imagination seems almost entirely absent.A real shame because this was one of the most Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-71045828740021250632007-10-20T23:57:00.000Z2007-10-23T16:20:34.400ZDaily Update - Saturday 20th October - Volume 2Let's do this again, shall we?- This confused me just a little. Aaron Jeffery has apparently auditioned for the role of Logan's brother in Wolverine. Shooting on the film is scheduled to take place from this December, with the release scheduled for May 1 2009.- A slowly waning candle in a creepy Jack O'Lantern on the Dark Knight tie-in site WhySoSerious appears to be counting down to Halloween. Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-66020387533093019112007-10-20T20:39:00.000Z2007-10-20T18:34:38.651ZDaily Update - Saturday 20th OctoberHere's a new way to get your film ick - daily bulletins that give you the best stories and links. Yes, I'm aware of the similarity to the now-defunct Movie Minesweeper. [VARIETY] Aisling Walsh is to direct the supernatural drama The Daisy Chain. Samantha Morton is to star alongside Steven Mackintosh as grieving parents who take in an autistic child. I'm imagining something slightly more Don't Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-80596400191156088962007-10-20T19:40:00.000Z2007-10-20T19:42:40.653ZDirect Download Link For Hitman Origins Animatic-Style Video Comic StripDownload a Hitman prologue in animatic-ish form, courtesy of IGN.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-78962029261625557052007-10-20T18:35:00.001Z2007-10-20T18:41:11.533ZFive Paramount Vantage Scripts, Straight To YouParamount Vantage are offering free downloads of five of their scripts - The Kite Runner, A Mighty Heart, Into the Wild, There Will Be Blood and Margot at the Wedding.Unfortunately, they're keeping the script for Son of Rambow off the table, not least because it isn't getting a release until May next year and these scripts aren't just a free gift - they're being used as an awards-season lobbying Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-29330620149273091402007-10-20T18:27:00.001Z2007-10-20T18:31:21.320ZDirect Download Links For The Trailer For And The First Five Minutes Of ChrysalisChrysalis is a stylish French sci-fi action thriller and film ick fave Albert Dupontel is in it. Intrigued? The trailer - with a fair amount of French dialogue - and the first five minutes - with very little dialogue in any language - can be yours for the downloading now.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-76104941841810496542007-10-20T18:24:00.000Z2007-10-20T18:26:55.308ZDirect Download Link For Nightmare Before Christmas 3D FeaturetteWant to know more about the whys and wherefores of The Nightmare Before Christmas' new 3D incarnation? There's a handy downloadable featurette that will fill you in.The film is on release now in many places - including the US and the UK - and I strongly advise you to make the effort to see it.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-61741935796063679002007-10-20T13:17:00.001Z2007-10-20T13:22:18.941ZDirect Download Link For Alternative Sweeney Todd TrailerMike Markus sent me a link to a different cut of the Sweeney Todd trailer. This one contains even less singing - that is to say, none at all - but does, in many ways, present a much more attractive looking film.Enjoy.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-43968538148397110782007-10-19T12:34:00.000Z2007-10-23T15:46:39.415ZBye-Bye-Rella: Has Rose McGowan Crashed Robert Rodriguez' Career?Dino De Laurentiis and Universal have dropped their Barbarella remake from Robert Rodriguez, and there are two reasons cited as why.The New York Observer claim that Universal balked because Rodriguez insisted on casting McGowan in the title role. They quote a source (unnamed, of course) as saying "No one thinks Rose can carry the movie, but Robert won’t listen."Rodriguez reportedly pins the issueBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-55454202327625656962007-10-19T12:20:00.000Z2007-10-19T12:33:45.269ZTrailer Direct Download Catch-UpMeet the Spartans is one of any number of 300 spoofs we will have to endure over the coming months. The trailer can be nabbed from MySpace.There's an international FLV trailer, now, for Youth Without Youth - not to mention 480p, 720p and 1080p versions of the US cut. Right-click to save these hi-def versions and rename the file rememberjack.mov or similar to ensure they work.The first trailer Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-80961430064512340922007-10-19T09:10:00.001Z2007-10-19T11:50:07.470ZJustice League SmokescreenThere's a fresh-ish piece on AintItCool about the Justice League auditions. According to Quint, a 'source buried deep in the production' has said that a number of the auditioning actors 'were only reading for two characters: The Flash and Wonder Woman'.The way it's put, we are essentially having it suggested that none of the young folk called in to see George Miller recently were up for any of Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-86953509254673258952007-10-19T08:49:00.000Z2007-10-19T08:52:52.507ZDirect Download Link For Stop LossI like Ryan Phillippe a lot, and the subject matter of Stop Loss interests me very much. Throw in Joseph Gordon Levitt and I'm completely sold.Download the trailer from MTV.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-2304372995142772632007-10-19T08:41:00.000Z2007-10-19T08:45:33.511ZDirect Download Link For New I Am Legend Promo PieceAwakening is a 'digital comic book' to promote I Am Legend. It's like a fairly slick animatic, in effect. The scenes portrayed detail the original outbreak of badness that will, by the time Will Smith laces his sneakers and heads out onto the lonely streets, have wiped out almost everybody on Earth.Download Awakening in hi-def lo-res Quicktime, or 480p, 720p or 1080p hi-def options.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-1432669320208106672007-10-19T08:34:00.000Z2007-10-19T08:40:40.702ZThe New FutureSorry for the lack of udpates for a while, but some important changes are afoot behind the scenes. There won't be any more Movie Minesweepers but instead, a single daily, dated update that performs a similar job, rounding up small bites of info and hordes of links.Updates throughout the day will be shorter, and specific to one story, film, idea or review.The first daily update will be published Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-65031629651800390982007-10-18T07:22:00.000Z2007-10-18T07:31:09.467ZThe Ice Storm From CriterionOf all of Ang Lee's films, the one I like best is The Ice Storm, without a doubt - there's a great cast, a top drawer score, some astonishingly clever lighting courtesy of Frederick Elmes and... er... well... a great cast, a top drawer score and some astonishingly clever lighting. It can live alongside Sense and Sensibility and Crouching Tiger in my small Ang Lee DVD collection quite happily - Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-56267916466950633822007-10-17T21:32:00.000Z2007-10-17T21:34:35.284ZHellboy 2 Site Is LiveMike Markus dropped me a line to let me know the Hellboy 2 site is now live. I had a quick look and found lots of good stuff. Go, enjoy.I'll be back tomorrow with a replacement for Movie Minesweeper and the beginning of a new era for film ick.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-91262534408578262352007-10-17T14:28:00.000Z2007-10-17T23:29:42.071ZStardustWhat follows is my critical reaction to Stardust, centred largely on the success of its plotting. It isn't a typical review, not by any means, but it does draw attention to what I think is the most interesting element of the film, not to mention its most bizarrely underappreciated in any number of pieces by unfairly caustic critics.On a scriptwriter's corkboard, Stardust would look like a pretty Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-77023283005952372332007-10-16T15:59:00.000Z2007-10-16T16:08:07.858ZThe Evolution Of A Will Smith StoryFirst we hear that Will Smith is going to produce a remake of The Karate Kid and his son Jayden will take the lead role. Then we hear that Jackie Chan is to play Mr. Miyagi. Then Jayden is removed from the equation - he is only 9 or so, anyway. Then Will Smith is directing the film, not producing - but that version of the rumour still has Jayden involved so can be easily discounted. And then, Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-23660016468026317312007-10-16T12:02:00.000Z2007-10-16T12:11:49.491ZDead Wood: The Filmmakers SpeakI reviewed Dead Wood a few weeks back and, at the time, promised an interview with the filmmakers. Instead, I've turned an entry over to them so what follows is all their own input, verbatim, without any interruptions from me.There are three of us responsible for Dead Wood: Me (David Bryant), Sebastian Smith and Richard Stiles. It was very much an equal share of decision making in all areas of Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-77153471744324462022007-10-16T10:51:00.000Z2007-10-17T23:45:58.839ZMovie Minesweeper - The Rapid Fire Finger Cymbals Edition- The details/delusions are starting to trickle forth regarding the Star Wars TV series. Personally, it all sounds credible to me, not least because George Lucas' imagination knows no bounds - and I mean that in the worst possible sense. If this show gets some good writers and okay directors it could, without too much effort, put at least five of the films in the shade - and I'm hoping it does.- Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-45781118424036980522007-10-16T10:32:00.000Z2007-10-17T23:52:06.312ZSeven Minutes Of The Dark Knight In DecemberIt started on the Brazilian site Omelette but since then, it's started to spread across the web like wild fire: apparently, a seven minute sequence from The Dark Knight is to play in IMAX cinemas this December, before screenings of I Am Legend.Now, it makes sense that this will be the bank job sequence, taking place parallel to events in Batman Begins and already teased with production stills. Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-10115641806157767082007-10-15T19:24:00.000Z2007-10-18T00:12:27.494ZMovie Minesweeper - The Munchkins On Every Channel Edition- Lionsgate are to produce an Einstein biopic from Walter Isaacson's Einstein: His Life and Universe.- Taylor Hackford has consigned his wife to a brothel. Helen Mirren is to star in hubbie's Love Ranch, alongside Joe Pesci. They play a couple who ran the first legal whorehouse in Nevada, and the story deals with their violent conflicts after their marriage is troubled with infidelity.- The Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-58855193478702766092007-10-15T10:11:00.001Z2007-10-15T10:13:35.172ZThree More Be Kind, Rewind StillsEvery day I wait for this film feels like five days too many. I want my Be Kind, Rewind and I want it now.Use the tags below to find much, much more Be Kind goodness.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-72795056275812358212007-10-15T09:16:00.000Z2007-10-15T17:32:53.428ZA Look At George Miller's Audition List For The Justice LeagueAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, George Miller is currently meeting all of the young hopefuls looking for a role in his Justice League movie. Below is a list of every last one they named (though this is only a fraction of the, so far secret, full list) and it also includes a handy picture of each one too. Don't say I don't ever do anything for you.The tests are to be comprised of taped scriptBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-44178082218581094842007-10-14T19:23:00.000Z2007-10-15T10:09:42.463ZMovie Minesweeper - The Red And Black Face Logo EditionA relatively short update tonight because, frankly, not much goes down on a Sunday. I finally got to see Stardust however and... well, my hopefully rather interesting review will follow before the UK release this Wednesday.- Weta are reportedly designing the new Batman and Superman suits for the JLA film, and Dean Semler is set to shoot it. These rumours seem to nullify those stories of an all Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-69598590557514902112007-10-13T21:32:00.000Z2007-10-13T21:34:18.176ZDirect Download Link For New And Knifey Saw IV TrailerIGN have posted a new Saw IV trailer, their badge in the corner and all. Download it now for a look at Jigsaw in action.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-28503554330796820402007-10-13T19:11:00.000Z2007-10-15T18:21:35.688ZMovie Mineseeper - The Second Silver Platter Is Hidden Edition- Uwe Boll thinks Grand Theft Auto and Halo would make for bad, or at least redundant game-to-movie adaptations. I doubt he's wrong... but why did he think, say, Far Cry or Bloodrayne would necessarily be any different?- Logan-Marshall Green has taken the lead role in Brett Ratner's TV pilot, Blue Blood. It's a cop thing.- Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury have discussed their plans for the Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-41065312181022064462007-10-13T14:17:00.000Z2007-10-13T14:19:44.394ZDirect Download Link For Elizabeth: The Golden Age ClipWitness The Fruits of Piracy in 480p, 720p or 1080p. Right-click to save and rename the file pantoseason.mov to ensure it works.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-91913644918523561832007-10-13T10:10:00.000Z2007-10-15T18:27:53.401ZWin! Win Something Good! The Really, Really Simple Once CompetitionIf you would like one of three copies of the soundtrack CD for Once, all you have to do is jump through a couple of wide, low hoops. This won't be tricky at all.First of all, you need to live in the UK. That's so easy, even I can do it. Okay, maybe that's a slightly higher, narrower hoop, but it's hardly a flaming one.Secondly, you need to reply to one of the film ick daily newsletters. There's aBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-90001413611280950212007-10-13T00:13:00.000Z2007-10-15T18:37:27.554ZTwo Special Features For Next Year's Grind House Double Bill DVD Set ConfirmedThe Hobo With a Shotgun trailer won the SXSW Grindhouse trailer contest. Not only have its makers now expanded it into a script (and if they can get the budget low enough, I'm sure they'll get the backing) they've also now signed a licensing deal for the trailer to appear on the Grind House 'box set', as they call it, next year.Robert Rodriguez, on the other hand, calls it a double-disc set. At Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-13519778873864526872007-10-12T23:32:00.000Z2007-10-12T23:37:35.402ZDirect Download Links For First Eye TeaserIf all of the worrying stories and bad word surrounding The Eye rehash weren't enough, the teaser trailer has now arrived online. Choose form 480p, 720p and 1080p - right-click to save and rename as byebyejiangui.mov or similar to ensure it works.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-46477416761744619562007-10-12T22:03:00.000Z2007-10-15T19:47:11.730ZMovie Minesweeper - The Salt Salt Sugar Sugar EditionJake Gyllenhaal has just been on Jon Ross' BBC1 show and, to my eyes and ears at least, he was on top form. Good stuff. I'm very excited to see Rendition but have yet to be invited to a press screening. I guess I'll be buying a ticket next Friday. And now, here is the news.- Peter Cullen knows of plans for two more Transformers.- Eli Roth's Trailer Trash is to roll pre-strike, with an August 22ndBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-166966683724972372007-10-12T17:48:00.000Z2007-10-12T17:52:03.750ZUpcoming Crash CourseHere's the local press ad (not designed by me) for the applied film technique and practice workshop I'm doing the week after next - that is to say, we'll be conceiving, writing, shooting and doing post on a/some short movie(s).If you can come to Oxford every day for the week, you might want to buy yourself a place because they're always huge amounts of fun.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-21878119849765509772007-10-12T16:28:00.000Z2007-10-12T16:40:22.667ZContrast And Compare: Parnassus One, Parnassus TwoThe pre-production art from Terry Gilliam's Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus on Phil Stubb's site has, without explanation, been changed.Below are both images, next to one another, for you to compare them. The image of the good Dr. - on the right in each - has changed very much, from a standing figure to him faking levitation on a translucent plinth; there's more of the 'modern backdrop' in the Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-35475121086395612532007-10-12T15:18:00.000Z2007-10-15T20:09:37.185ZMovie Minesweeper - The Voter Registration Freephone EditionIt's been too long since my last Minesweeping session. I've missed you.- Fox sources are insisting that Hitman is still be to released with an R rating and that Xavier Gens has not been removed from the project.- Amy Sherman-Palladino is to direct Sarah Jessica Parker in HBO's feature adaptation of Amy Cohen's memoir, The Late Bloomer's Revolution. Unfortunately it isn't adjunct to Tulip Fever.- Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-3366140709858064572007-10-12T11:32:00.000Z2007-10-12T11:34:53.759ZParnassus Rolls In DecemberTerry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus starts filming this December.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-7658140869474617542007-10-11T23:46:00.001Z2007-10-15T20:22:39.343ZBlack SheepI really, truly hate writing bad reviews. For one thing, there's less to say in such a case; secondly, enough of you folk frame me as negative already; thirdly, and probably most significantly, they don't really contribute as much as a positive review.So, if you think you'll enjoy Black Sheep, go and see it. Personally, I couldn't stand it and I never want to see a single frame of the misbegottenBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-74662748310943566122007-10-11T22:41:00.000Z2007-10-11T23:00:09.427ZOne) Blowing My Cover: My Life As A CIA Spy And Two) EarthlingsI'm afraid that I don't have any time for Minesweeping tonight, but I simply can't NOT tell you about these two projects.Firstly: Daniel Waters is adapting Lindsay Moran's Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy. It's the memoir of her deepening alienation and isolation on becoming an operative for that there Central Intelligence Agency. I'm off to the library tomorrow to try and find this book,Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-66154467931156129982007-10-11T22:30:00.001Z2007-10-11T22:33:07.586ZJumper MythologyHere's the mythology of Doug Liman's Jumper, as written up and shared by the PR teams marketing the film. I'll give you it verbatim. If you haven't read the book, this gives some pretty good background and might actually get you hooked on the premise.JUMPING – The PhenomenonThroughout time, there have been individuals who possess the power to teleport (or Jump). They have used their abilities Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-53920835130050849392007-10-11T22:24:00.001Z2007-10-11T22:26:57.301ZDirect Download Links For The Charlie Wilson's War Trailer480p, 720p and 1080p options. Right-click to save and rename whatisitgoodfor.mov or similar to ensure it works.Doesn't look half bad, does it?Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-90493568717751866092007-10-10T22:08:00.000Z2007-10-10T23:20:33.299ZMovie Minesweeper - The Some Old Bunch Of Grapes EditionLots and lots of good stuff in this Minesweeper, I think, so read it even more closely than normal.- There's no denying it now - Cars 2 is in development.- Xavier Gens has been fired from Hitman because the film is too violent for a PG-13 rating. Yet another case of execs snoozing through a production then waking up with a snort during post production. Nicolas De Toth has been charged with Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-31317270793231637902007-10-10T22:04:00.000Z2007-10-11T22:29:45.801ZParnassus LogotypePhil Stubbs has updated his The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus preview with the film's official logotype - at least, it is at this stage of pre-production. See it below, and click it to make it bigger.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-10418926893617328012007-10-10T21:29:00.000Z2007-10-10T21:57:59.562ZMovie Minesweeper - The Fields And Getty Melodramatic Chat Edition- While Eric Bana has taken the villainous role in Star Trek, Chris Pine has yet to commit to James T. Kirk. The offer's open however - he simply has to choose if he'd rather take that role over the part of Junior Stemmons in Joe Carnahan's White Jazz. Or can schedules be jiggled to accomodate both films?- Giovanna Mezzogiorno has joined German pop star Campino in the cast of Wim Wenders' Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-49893622728684053652007-10-10T20:50:00.000Z2007-10-10T21:28:09.305ZDirect Download Links For Plenty Of TrailersHere's a load of direct download links for trailers new... and slightly not so new.The trailer for Jumper looks intriguing, despite having a director I know isn't really up to the job and somewhat uneven cast. I'm hopeful for something modestly successful, though. Perhaps it's just a personal thing I've had about teleportation since Alan Cumming visited the White House. Download this first Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-9894708078925780082007-10-10T15:25:00.000Z2007-10-10T15:31:20.379ZDirect Download Links For Full Golden Compass TrailerThis is probably the most negative reception Ian McKellen has met in some years.Download the full Golden Compass trailer in fat lo-def, 480p, 720p or 1080p. Right-click to save and rename the file something like byebyenonso.mov or similar to ensure it worksAs it downloads, take a minute to cross your fingers (or heart) and hope that this film, somehow, manages to not be awful.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-41166072017042571002007-10-10T12:01:00.000Z2007-10-13T12:03:33.003ZJust To Confirm... Christopher Lee Is In The Golden CompassAnd, to me, it looks pretty much certain that he's playing Lord Boreal. See him on the left, and then the right, in the pictures above. Click upon them to enlarge them.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-57725932306834267112007-10-09T21:28:00.000Z2007-10-09T21:46:11.873ZThe Katacomb KlubTwo names to recently have made news here on film ick, in one way or another, are to come together in The Katacomb Klub. Firstly, there's director Michele Soavi, previously responsible for Dellamorte Dellamore, mentioned just this morning; second, screenwriter Charles McKeown who has co-written, with Terry Gilliam, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.Soavi hasn't officially signed for Klub yet but Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-39026786403851249852007-10-09T21:14:00.000Z2007-10-09T21:16:52.738ZDirect Download Link For Skidmarks TrailerSkidmarks by name...Download the trailer if you want.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-13515746967515760782007-10-09T21:00:00.000Z2007-10-10T17:19:28.373ZGrind House Double Bill Coming To The UK After All?There's a lot of talk about cinema releases these days being little more than loss-leading promotions for the DVD and in January, fingers crossed, we'll see a very happy example of this.Momentum, the UK distributor of Death Proof and Planet Terror are planning on some new year engagements of the Grind House double bill, showcasing the shorter cuts and the full set of fake trailers, as per the Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-78319154006664595442007-10-09T20:06:00.000Z2007-10-10T17:33:56.855ZMovie Minesweeper - The Put My Mutton Chop On The Sideboard Edition- David Michaelis' new biography of Charles Schulz has upset the great cartoonist's children.- Michael Patrick Jann is to write and direct Intelligence, a HBO comedy vehicle for Patton Oswalt and Bradley Cooper.- According to Matthew Vaughn, the Thor budget needs to be in the region of $150 million but the script is looking more like $300 million.- What Happens In Vegas will benefit from a Queen Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-19971480862927213142007-10-09T10:34:00.000Z2007-10-09T19:21:16.611ZMovie Minesweeper - The Digital Equivalents To Contracts Signed In Blood Edition- David R. Ellis is directing a new Dylan Dog film, and Brandon Routh is set to star. It won't be one half as good as Dellamorte Dellamore, I'm sure.- Sony are setting up a low-budget imprint called Stage 6 films. In their announced list of films you'll not only find some predictable genre sequels - to Starship Troopers, Vacancy, Center Stage and Art of War - but also, quite curiously, David Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-60984440636450715972007-10-09T10:11:00.000Z2007-10-09T19:26:59.151ZMore On The Golden Compass - Direct Download Link For New Trailer's Trailer, Confirmation Of Alterations, Statement From Director[EDIT: Link fixed]You can download the new Golden Compass trailer-for-a-trailer and hear Ian McKellen in the revoiced role of Iorek right now, should you wish. The direct download link for the full trailer will follow on film ick in due course.There's a statement doing the rounds that reportedly comes directly from Chris Weitz, the director and scriptwriter (and appears to have first been posted Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-37527779458081506502007-10-08T19:34:00.000Z2007-10-09T20:02:01.290ZLiving Is Easy With Eyes Closed, Misunderstanding All You See - My Response To Across The UniverseIf you thought lightning struck Once, please read on because I believe it's struck again, and this time the charge has hit me full on.Episode 339 of This American Life, Break Up, has a story from Starlee Kine called Dr. Phil (no, not that Dr. Phil - but you'll be surprised just who, I think). It's all about a painful break up she had with a boyfriend and it says so much that I would want to put Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-58809352822566755462007-10-08T13:12:00.000Z2007-10-08T13:14:58.453ZDirect Download Links For Slipstream TrailerAnthony Hopkins' Slipstream now has a rather curious trailer out and about. Download it for closer inspection in WMV format.Choose from small, medium, big and bigger. Right-click to save and then rename patronstoffavabeans.wmv or similar to ensure it works.Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-42543562194840647662007-10-08T11:48:00.000Z2007-10-08T15:49:52.444ZGolden Compass Ending Up-EndedThere's a series of strong voices spreading the same rumour at the moment and this rumour is, not to put too fine a point on it, that Bob Shaye is 'butchering' The Golden Compass.It's been a far from ideal production, anyway, with Chris Weitz on-off-on-again as director, Anand Tucker tried on for size inbetween and other, far more suitable but less... malleable filmmakers being turned down no Brendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.com11