Rub,rub,rub. Spit, rub, rub, breath, rub, rub, rub.
Hold up to light.
Nope, it's still a turd.

Messrs Spielberg and Scorcese would be demanding that black bars be added to the top and bottom of the complete image. This is letterboxing.
What you describe, adding black bars to the sides of a image is pillarboxing, ala the frame from "The Grand Budapest Hotel" you've used. A lovely nod by Wes Anderson to the…

Yeah, Super 35mm. Spherical, rather than anamorphic. You can create an image up to 2:39:1 by using space usually taken up by the audio tracks. It allows the filmmaker to compose for a variety of ratios. Easily providing a solid 1:33:1 (4:3) analogue tv and home video friendly version of the film, without the horrible…

Amen to that. I've got no real interest in reading it. I understand people being interested in it, like a music buff would be in a multi CD re-release of The Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" with outtakes and previously unheard tracks. Looking at the early sketches and recognising the ideas in their rough form. Which is fine,…

"Go Set A Watchman" was her original novel. It was rejected and Lee reworked it into a memoir of childhood. As such the Atticus Finch of "To Kill A Mockingbird", her reworking of "Watchman" is the idealised father of youth and not the more complex, disappointing reality of adulthood. Peck was perfect in the role and I…

No disrespect to the late, great Sidney Lumet or the brilliant, still breathing Albert Finney. I find that the Suchet/ITV version of "Murder On The Orient Express" to be a far more intellectually and emotionally engaging adaptation than the role call of stars that is the theatrical version.
I have enjoyed various…

Amen.

I thought that might be over egging, just a tad.
Mmmm eggs…now there's…..

Hah, them's fighting words.
But…, yeah, I take the point that no one else gives a shit.
If you're ever around a group of Aussies or Kiwis, tread carefully. If you really want a laugh (and you love pain) call a Scotsman, English. Always a chuckle.

So, in fact the "Original" Star Wars is not returning to theaters or theatres. Liar liar, pants on fire. Thousands of geeks cried out as their childhoods were crushed, one more time.

So, in fact the "Original" Star Wars is not returning to theaters or theatres. Liar liar, pants on fire. Thousands of geeks cried out as their childhoods were crushed, one more time.

Lord Faramir will have your head Sir!
David Wenham is an Australian, not a Kiwi.
Fighting words Mr McCown.

Crowe and comedy.
They share a couple of letters.
That is the extent of the relationship.

A perfectly reasonable idea. I can think of many a remake, re-imagining, that would be livened up, by some female bloodsucker on bloodsucker action.

On a hiding to nothing. I'm a Hyams fan (Capricorn One, Outland, The Star Chamber) and first saw 2001 during its' tenth anniversary re-release. So I was kind of pumped to see 2010. I bought the making of novel, the Starlog official magazine and watched the making of special on "Clapperboard" (STW9 Perth produced post…

It was one of the sequences that was softened for the film.
In the novel, Hawthornes' Russian Jewish scientist dies without seeing Gant take the plane. By the way, the other Russian scientist who brings Gant into the base is the great character actor Ronald Lacey. Best known for playing Toht in "Raiders of the Lost…

A flawed but still enjoyable film that softens some of the novels' sharper edges.
North American viewers benefit from a DVD and I believe now, a Blu-ray release that includes approxiamately twelve extra minutes of footage. This is mainly made up of some scene extensions in the films' opening scenes and a more detailed,…

Your mates, your relatives, the one person at work who isn't a mouth breather. They are the people you and I listen too. They laid down cash to see it and it's their opinion you and I value. I'll check out reviews by critics I respect, but they are not the deciding factor. Critics are great for bringing smaller…

Oh the humanity. This man has suffered enough for his lack of judgment. As a former video clerk with a strong contempt for many of my former customers' viewing choices. I must say that I'd be more inclined to throw the book at the arseholes who fail to return the cool, obscure irreplaceable gems rather than Tom…

A wonderful character actor who raised the bar when he wondered into frame. I just saw his Murder She Wrote appearance last week. He will be missed.
P.S. We've got to put a stop to this death thing