Muppets, Ghosts, and Dangerous Methods

The Muppets finally came out in the UK yesterday and I officially LOVED it!

You can read my review here.

The Woman in Black is also out in the UK now. I went to a press screening and had to cover my face with a scarf to stifle my reactions to it and stop from totally embarrassing myself. 

A great, jumpy ghost story.

You can read my review over on Cinetalk here.

The CEO of Hammer, Simon Oakes,  also took the time to have a chat with me about the film. 

You can read the interview here.

I saw A Dangerous Method at LFF last year and was underwhelmed by it. I am a fan of Director David Cronenberg but it just didn't have the usual punch of his films. It was more slap and tickle...

It is out in London now and the rest of the UK on 17th February.

You can read my review here.

Girl Model Review and Interview

This is a serious subject for me and a film I felt I had to write about. 

Women being exploited makes me feel sick. 

Thirteen year old girls being objectified also makes me feel sick.

Girl Model follows Nadya Vall as she starts her modelling career in Japan.

You can read my review of the film over on Filmoria here. 

 I also sat down with the Directors, David Redmon and Ashley Sabin, to talk about their relationship with Nadya and the modelling scout who introduced them to this troubling world.

You can read my interview here.

Girl model is out in the UK now. 

List of screenings here.

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

This is a sequel to Journey to the Centre of the Earth, which I have never seen. Apparently it is terrible and stars Brendan Fraser who isn't in this one. Josh Hutcherson is in both and reprises his role in the sequel. The Rock is in it which instantly makes it better than the first film.

 

You can read my review over on Starburst Magazine here.

Chronicle and Costume

 Mixing elements from teen, horror, sci-fi and superhero flicks, Max Landis has crafted a strong script that is complimented by great direction from Josh Trank, resulting in a fresh entry into the already crowded 'found footage' genre.

You can read my review over on Starburst Magazine here.

If you like the content over on Starburst Magazine it is now back in print and you can subscribe to the magazine here.  

Speaking of Max Landis and his writing skills, last week I met his parents...

His mum, Deborah Nadoolman Landis is curating a show at the Victoria and Albert Museum and it's all about Hollywood Costume. It starts in October and it looks spectacular.

I attended a presentation where Deborah Landis spoke all about the event. I wrote about it over on Filmoria here. 

After the presentation we were invited to speak to the curators and museum folk on an individual basis. On my way down the auditorium I spotted a man sitting by himself that looked suspiciously like John Landis... it was.  I had a chat with him about Chronicle, at that time he had only seen the first twenty minutes but said it looked like it was heading to a dark place. He also seemed like an extremely proud father.  I also had a major "Geek Out" as I had just met the man who had directed An American Werewolf in London one of the best films ever. Fact. And what a friendly man he was!