Took advantage of the old HMV "3 DVDs for 30 Euro" offer on Saturday to pick up a few choice items that had been missing from my collection till now.

Item 1 was John Carpenter's Escape From New …

'Guest Post' by Copernicus

Fústar.org was lately memed by freestater who closed his eyes as tight as tight could be, clicked the heels of his dainty red slippers and wished with all his might for a post on why …

In an age of ever more bloated and interminable blockbusters, Red Eye (Wes Craven's foray into the world of the 'thriller') initially impresses the casual DVD renter by clocking in at (an admirably lean) 85 minutes long. Given …

Happy New Year.

The recent zombie movie renaissance, driven by the success of such (admirable) fan-boy efforts as Shaun of the Dead, has given way to a most unlikely revival: that of George A. Romero to the position …

Just finished reading a distinctly superficial and by-the-numbers interview with Woody Allen in today's Guardian. The following titbit regarding his latest opus Match Point, did, however, catch my eye:

It is the first film he has shot in …

Since recent talk of Peter Jackson's King Kong remake quickly turned to chatter about that neglected 'classic' Queen Kong, I decided to do a bit of digging…

First of all, I'm amazed that blog member 'devo' hasn't yet seen …

(Have been rather negligent of late with my blogging, due to personal upheavals of a decidedly pleasant nature, so I beg forgiveness from my tiny cadre of devoted readers.)

As the original King Kong is one of my all-time …

It's hard not to like Tim Burton…well, actually, that's not strictly true. It's hard not to like the idea of Tim Burton. We all know the score at this stage: a flash of Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann here, a …

Though I have a television (the object) I never watch TV (the medium). In other words, though the box sits (as is customary) in the corner of our sitting room, it is not hooked up to anything other than a …

Watched all 3-plus hours of Martin Scorcese's marvellous new Bob Dylan documentary, No Direction Home, on DVD last night. The highlights were many, but the sequences that remain the most unforgettably pathetic involve the reaction of the absurdly …

Last night, my good woman and I popped along to the Limerick 'premier' of Serenity, Joss Whedon's debut as a big (silver) screen director. Oddly, considering Limerick's reputation for glitz and glamour, there were no celebs (major or …

I'm a sucker for DVD box-sets…I freely admit it. The companies who pump them out, with all their shiny and alluring packaging, are definitely targeting gullible rubes like yours truly…

Having said that, I've been reasonably disciplined of late and have …

An interesting experiment is currently taking place on the IMDB film boards, which I (occasionally) frequent under the moniker "Hail to the Chimp". A user, who goes by the splendid title "FleshAndTheFiends", is trying to compile a list of …

Perhaps it was merely the recent (eventual) arrival of my Candyman: Special Edition that got me thinking, but the myths and urban myths that surround the world of film have been pressing on …

I don't go to the cinema much these days. This is partly because there are very few, new, 'mainstream' movies that I want to see, and partly because the place is usually filled with obnoxious little teenage pricks who lose …