Peter Weirs prison escape drama The Way Back arrives on DVD. Is there a decent film beneath the variable Russian accents? To get to that point, however, our heroes first need to escape the camp. From the second wide-eyed Janusz (Jim Sturgess) enters the camp, every conversation is about escape. Soon enough, the film descends into a montage of breakout preparations. Ad content continues below Cut to scenes of flustered guards and dirty men running through the woods....
Heres James review… Theres something about 80sDoctor Whothat constantly frustrates. Whether it be issues surrounding the casting (step forward, Beryl Reid! As with the recently re-released Davison-era stories.KindaandSnakedance,Frontioshas a strong 80s vintage ensemble cast. So, with so much going forFrontios, what goes wrong? Sadly forFrontios, it doesnt have Grimwade or Harper behind the camera, but rather the workmanlike Jones. Certainly his handling of the settlement on Frontios seems to be as good an example of this as any....
Here’s our look at ten fascinating failures… In fact, there are films that made bucketloads of cash that didnt deserve their success, too. you could probably name a few of them quite easily. Some of the films were about to discuss are outright box office flops. Some simply didnt meet commercial expectations. All of them, to some degree, disappointed the studios that backed them. Some of these arent, all in honesty, particularly good....
Did you base the character on anyone in particular? Weiss reminded me of Sid Vicious. Even the name,Blitz, which is also his name of course, is quite punk. Frustrating that no ones looking at you. I kind of showed up ready to go on this one. I did that and walked on down the road. They said they didnt have any. I said, Theyre in the window, and the guy said, No, we dont have any....
You probably dont even need me to say do you? Now, there is a good reason for this. Aside from the obvious fact that I was a child, I was fairly cowardly and wet. Unfortunately, the only way to get out of the futuristic cell is to use an eye scanner. All signs point to suicide, but Julia is convinced that there are other, darker forces at work. That the film is inherently ludicrous shouldnt necessarily be a problem....
Director Sofia Coppola follows up the critically mauled Marie Antoinette with low-key drama, Somewhere. Can it match the brilliance of Lost In Translation…? However, as with most things Coppola approaches, the answer is rarely that pat. This isnt a film about explosive plot developments, nor of narrative propulsion. Instead, its the story of someone stuck in a perpetual Mobius loop of repetition and emptiness. Johnnys life is simple: get up late, hang around town and party at the Marmont....
Roger Corman continues to plough a rich seam of monster B-movies with Dinoshark. Heres Glens review of an amiably daft film… Dinosharkis the kind of title that really sells a film. The story is a simple one. The melting of the polar ice caps releases the titularDinoshark. Perhaps the best example of bad acting here is displayed by the water polo team. In the couple of scenes in which they feature, they set a new standard of awfulness....
It was as if each man were suddenly and momentarily turned to fire. Later in the books fifth chapter, Wells describes the weapons workings in convincing detail. Heat, and invisible, instead of visible, light. The production of ray guns of all kinds reached its zenith in the 50s and 60s. Nevertheless, the ray gun still survives, albeit in modified form.
Ad content continues below And yet, as by-the-numbers a thriller asBlitzis, its still rather good. For one thing, Aidan Gillens extremely odd performance as the killer is seldom less than fascinating to watch. Well, apart from Jason Statham, of course. As a vehicle for Jason Statham,Blitzis just about the perfect film. As a thriller, its not exactly perfect. Theres already an air of sexual tension between the two inBlitz. Now, thats a film Id love to see....
Heres our spoiler-filled review… Warning: this review containsspoilers. You canfind our spoiler-free review here. But The Doctors Wife was far from ordinary. Before I get going too much, Ill concede this. I, though, am not one of those people. Ad content continues below And its built, at heart, around a simple idea. Its just the Tardis was making the decisions, not the Doctor. The Tardis got the Doctor to where it mattered, rather than where he wanted it to go....
Get ready for the R-rated comedy to beat this year. Louisa checks out Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids… A lot of awful movies have been made about weddings. You know the ones. Ill start by saying thatBridesmaidsis not one of those movies. Theres barely a groom in sight, much less one to be mooned over. Bridesmaidsisnt even really about a wedding. Specifically, a friendship between two women whose lives are moving in different directions....
Heres Pauls review… Jack Sparrow is a durable sort, to say the least. Lets address the elephant in the room right away: this review may as well not exist. It is totally and utterly redundant. So hasOn Stranger Tidesrectified these issues? Is the series back on track? The answer is a resounding kind of. After some playful fighting and flirting, Jack is tricked by her and knocked out. Despite this, the story is nowhere near as scattershot and hard to follow as the previous two films....
Mannequin Mania puts together two superb Doctor Who episodes, Spearhead From Space and Terror Of The Autons. Heres James review of a great collection… It would be fair to say that the infamous Autons are something of an iconicDoctor Whomonster. Ad content continues below First up isSpearhead From Space. Crucial to this were two changes to the cast. Despite all these successful tweaks, not everything aboutTerroris a roaring success. As the reviewer Gary Gillat recently remarked in Doctor Who Magazine....
