Spot on Mr Craig. I have always read and viewed Bond as an anti-hero. He is a miserable shit, consistently overcompensating for the emptiness within. That's why the dreadful miscasting of the charming Roger Moore was so painful.
The Moore Eon films were the most sexist, most reactionary period of the franchise.

You Lucky, Lucky Bastards!
Unfortunately there isn't a viable print of this in Oz. So we have to settle for the 2K DCP. Not bad, but not a patch on 35mm. Enjoy!
"Gellll-fffling, Gell-fffling!"

That's "Young Sherlock Holmes" himself, Nicholas Rowe, playing the film version of the great detective alongside Frances Barber. It is the single entertaining moment in this completely misjudged travesty. Doyle's character is no where to be seen. Did anyone involved in this project actually read Doyle's work? The film…

Someone had to pick up Bill Hunter's mantle.

Welcome back Ms Moorhouse. I wish You were in the director's chair more often. Gorgeous Kate, Go Girl. Another note perfect Aussie accent. Following on from Jane Campion's lamentable "Holy Smoke" (1999), in which Ms Winslet was the best thing about that muddled film. Is that red dress the same one poor Harvey Keitel…

God bless you coach.
Die hipster scum!

Agreed,
Yep, I've got the blu-rays. I watched all the wonderful docos. Love the frankness from everyone. I wish more DVD/Blu-ray extras were like this set. My initial comments relate to my original impressions of the series as it aired in Oz. Having watched all the docos I'm now aware of the network vetoing the great…

I disagree. In my opinion they (Berman and Braga) did respect Roddenberry's noble vision throughout the series. But they pushed against Roddenberry's late in life rigidity in allowing interpersonal conflict between the human characters. They argued, and I agree with them, that original Trek had plenty of conflict…

Yeah, Enterprise is much better than people give it credit.
I remember struggling through it, during it's original buried in late night (the norm for most scifi on Aussie tv) slot. Thinking "Broken Bow" was a strong pilot, although I wished Brannon Braga would just find a new pony and stop whipping the time travel…

I knew there was a reason I was still single.

Yeah. Well he was adopted by the right because of his unblinkered view of totalitarianism. He called out Stalin and the brutal reality of the so called Communist/Socialist paradise that sadly many people on the left chose to ignore. He was that rare creature, a thinking, reasoning human being who had a good nose for…

So Star Trek wasn't a anti-capitalist, liberal humanist wish fulfilment created by a liberal progressive? Set in a communal utopia where the aquisition of money and material goods was, "no longer the driving force in peoples lives."
Of course the show was political,progressively so. Yet, like another much loved, long…

Oh Clea!
I'm so in to this.

Gotcha, point taken. Fussy pedant. moi.

No, 35mm is not the same as HD video. It is a far higher resolution medium. The problem with this and many other articles is the lazy blanket use of the term HD, without qualifying the medium and resolution being discussed. HD is a term for video above standard definition colour video resolution of NTSC 768x480i and…

I remember seeing the Jedi Special Edition at the cinema and being surprised that the matte squares around the Tie fighters hadn't been cleaned up. I still love the original trilogy and I appreciated the beautiful work done by many gifted people with time and money constraints. There is always the question of the…

Film is the highest resolution visual medium. IMAX 1570T, 70mm, 35mm. In Digital terms 4K (4096x2160) is where video starts to catch up to film. The article is, like several similar ones over the years misleading in that it conflates TV and film production. Apart from old school 16mm sports news highlights packages.…

Moe Greene's dead? C'mon?
That guy's immortal.
Thankyou Sir. Salut Alex Rocco

It's getting harder to justify "going out" to the movies when screens continue to reduce in size and 35mm film is replace with 2K DCPs that are a quarter of the resolution of their celluloid predecessor. Only 4% higher resolution then Blu-ray and often presented underlit, with excessively compressed soundtracks with…

Crowe!!!!! How can you revamp Christina Hendricks? The lady is the vamp! Think of her in rock chick attire. No woosy PG-13 nonsense. Straight up MA+ (Hard U.S. R rating)
You putz! Call her back now and tell her you had a mild stroke. You're fine now and of course she is perfect for the role.
I'll pray for Laura Mulvey's…