(500) Days of Summer does something that more Hollywood romantic comedies should do: It starts at the end. It tells us up front that “this is not a love story”. Before the opening credits roll, we already feel something for these characters because we know this isn’t going to be your conventional rom-com that ends with a wedding and flowers. Read More…
A Tarantino world is graphic, disturbing and drawn-out. It’s also fascinating, original and just plain fun. His latest film, Inglourious Basterds, is no different. Read More…
Going into this film, I expected what the trailers portrayed which was basically just another Superbad style raunchy comedy. Instead, I got a thoughtful tale of first love and the reality of being a twenty-something fresh out of university and unemployed (more so in the current economic climate.) Read More…
Based on the trailers, I was dreading seeing this film, as it looked like a shallow dull romantic movie with a *ahem* ‘clever’ twist in the form of the time traveller. However, I was very pleased to find, within ten minutes of the film starting, that it was clear that I was wrong; it was a complex movie, looking at various problems/blessings that the main character’s condition meant. Read More…
Just had the following press release for SI/SEGA about Football Manager 2010, it’s coming October 30th. Some great new stuff in there most of which has been mentioned once or twice on this site along with some other slick new stuff. Read More…
