Showing posts with label film reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label film reviews. Show all posts
Thursday 28 April 2011
Jennifer Lynch gets Daddy's penchant for a twisty, macabre story
Wednesday 30 March 2011
Monday 8 November 2010
Sunday 7 November 2010
Sunday 3 October 2010
Angelina Jolie has a mighty heart...
Daniel Stephens reviews Michael Winterbottom's intelligent adaptation of Mariane Pearl's book in A Mighty Heart.
Tuesday 28 September 2010
Tuesday 14 September 2010
Spielberg's 1941 - load of crap or underappreciated gem?
In the late Seventies, Steven Spielberg was the working definition of the term boy-wonder. He already had two films under his belt that could be argued as the most important films ever: one made you never want to go into the ocean again and the other made you keep your eyes on the night skies.
So there he was pondering his next step as a film-maker; what would his next film be about?
Interesting story: while making Close Encounters of the Third Kind, fellow director Francois Truffaut spoke with him about how well Spielberg worked with kids, commenting that his next film should feature kids as a focal point. Spielberg’s response was that he was planning on doing a comedy about World War II with lots of pratfalls and explosions. Truffaut’s response: “You are the child.” I’m sure he meant it as a compliment.
But that brings us to 1941, the last Spielberg movie of the Seventies and also the most notorious film Spielberg would ever make – not only because of its huge budget and small returns, but also because of its main star.
And no, I don’t mean Treat Williams. [read more]
So there he was pondering his next step as a film-maker; what would his next film be about?
Interesting story: while making Close Encounters of the Third Kind, fellow director Francois Truffaut spoke with him about how well Spielberg worked with kids, commenting that his next film should feature kids as a focal point. Spielberg’s response was that he was planning on doing a comedy about World War II with lots of pratfalls and explosions. Truffaut’s response: “You are the child.” I’m sure he meant it as a compliment.
But that brings us to 1941, the last Spielberg movie of the Seventies and also the most notorious film Spielberg would ever make – not only because of its huge budget and small returns, but also because of its main star.
And no, I don’t mean Treat Williams. [read more]
Friday 3 September 2010
New reviews up...
Top10Films has posted reviews of Little Miss Sunshine, Hamlet 2, and Joon-ho Bong's unique psychological thriller Mother.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
