Just finished reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro . It was pretty special and I’m therefore really excited about the prospect of the forthcoming movie. Screenplay is by the guy that wrote Sunshine and 28 Days Later and directed by Mark Romanek who is renowned for beautiful visuals and originality. I think it is a perfect combination for what this book deserves to be on the big screen.
Have a look at the trailer and featurettes of the movie. You’ll definitely be intrigued.
I really want to see this. In a nutshell, it is a documentary following Joaquin Phoenix around for a year, during what people are calling, a ‘tumultuous year’. He renounces acting for a rap career and generally goes way off the rails.
Of course there is a lot of discussion going on as to weather this is actually real. Did Joaquin Phoenix take a year long 24/7 acting role on and fool the worlds media? I’ve loved Joaquin as an actor thus far. Sign, Two Lovers, We Own The Night, Walk The Line have cemented him as one of Hollywood’s greats. I can see him being enough of a method actor to pull this off. I have some reservations, but I can’t wait to see the movie to make up my own mind.
Watch the trailer. It has one of the coolest voice-overs I’ve ever heard.
Also here is a youTube video of an appearance on the David Letterman show where he first showed his new persona.
Today I watched an amazing movie. It is called Defendor. Rough jist is that it’s about a guy, played by Woody Harrelson, who has a learning disability and has taken it upon himself to clean up the prostitution problem in his home town. It is a really dark comedy. Harrelson plays it to a tee. This wouldn’t have been the movie it was if not for him. Absolutely bitchin’ soundtrack too. Watch the trailer below:
You may or may not be aware that there is another similar type movie coming out soon called ‘Kick Ass‘. The movie has been getting rave reviews so far, but I have a hard time imagining it being any better than Defendor.
Anyway, on the back of this movie, I was watching the new trailer for Kick Ass and noticed a really nice text effect going on in it. Thought I would try and recreate the effect myself. Here is the result using a mixture of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop:
Didn’t take long to do. I might do a tut on it if anyone is interested?
Got nowt to watch on DVD. Thought I would do a wee list for something to do in a boring Thursday night.
(in no particular order)
Looking forward to this one since I saw the trailer. Ben Affleck back to writing and directing. It’s been received in the states very well and IMDB seems to back that up. 8.2/10 is a damn good score. Mate told me that the release of this movie has been delayed in the UK due to the Maddy fiasco. Casey Affleck is damn good too. Very underrated IMO. If you ain’t seen a film called Lonesome Jim then try and get your hands on it.
2. Watchmen
Reading the graphic novel as speak so I’m looking forward to this one, as is every comic book geek on the planet I believe. This one is going to be a blockbuster.
3. Cloverfield
Looks awesome. Saw the trailer the other night and it gave me goosebumps. Very intriguing. But my bet is that we are going to need a sick back to watch it!
Awesome premise for a movie. “A man (Jack Black) whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend’s video store. In order to satisfy the store’s most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films, which include Back to the Future, The Lion King, and Robocop”. Say no more, I’m well excited! Trailer.
5. 10,000 B.C.
Re imagining of the sixties movie. Looks epic from the trailer. I love a good epic flick, so thats why its on this list. Trailer
6. I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
I just like the sound of this. Also, starring Sarah Silverman, whom I believe was recently voted the ‘coolest’ woman on the planet. Written by a guy who was heavily involved in Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Of course this is on the list. Its by Peter Jackson. The man. I actually hated the book, but am very excited to see how Mr Jackson handles going back to a ‘real world(ish)’ drama. Its also very hard to imagine how they are going to deal with the Heaven/Earth side of things.
8. The Mist
Frank Darabont doing another Stephen King adaptation, but this being his first delve into the Horror genre. Can he pull it off? Well, the trailer looks magnificent, and the reviews I have read thus far seem to convince us that he can. I’ll be at the Cinema to see this one. Oh yeah baby.
9. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones. Nuff said. Surely this will wipe the floor of all other movies in 2008.
I consider Ryan Gosling to be the best actors out there at the moment. This film looks great fun.
Howdy.
Got a heads up earlier that the trailer for the up coming movie ’21′ is out. I raced to the link as this movie is prominent on my ‘movies that I will chop off a leg to see now’ list.
The movie is about a group of young university students who make a mint because they deveoped a system to use playing Black Jack in Casino’s. Based on a true story, which first came to my attention through the book ‘Bringing Down The House‘ by Ben Mezrich.
I was right up for it too because when I first heard that they were making a film adaptaion of the book Masi Oka (Hiro from Heroes) was attached to it. But, alas, he is no longer a part of the movie. Anyway, feast yer eyes on the trailer:
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809834187/video/5031850/
