Author: James Curnow
Adeline: A short film about demons
I recently came across this very effective short film from director, Joseph Arnone, and thought I’d share it with you. Adeline is a wonderfully concise portrayal of a poet’s emotional turmoil as she deals with her inner-demons. Effectively mixing elements of surrealism, melodrama and horror with an almost Victorian sense of emotional isolation, Arnone manages to capture…
Dirty Harry: The quiet apologies of Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood has always been a paradoxical guy. Throughout his entire life he has presented himself as a bizarre point of convergence for seemingly contradictory liberal and conservative ideals. He is a man whose cinematic endeavours have oscillated between almost fascistic or misogynistic perspectives (High Plains Drifter, The Beguiled) and seemingly progressive views on the…
The Expendables 2
Given what a wrinkly pile of junk the first one was, I have no right to be this excited. But the edition of Van Damme and Norris, plus the expansion of Willis and Schwarzengegger’s roles… I’m willing to grant this one an undue amount of anticipation. And I expect to be bitterly disappointed.
Judge Dredd’s back: No need to be Sly
Another case where the original film was so mediocre there’s no risk in trying again! Let’s hope this is a more respectable attempt at realising the British comic book hero, Judge Dredd. Remake Original
Room 237: Nutbags talkin’ Kubrick
Another (slightly belated) review from the Melbourne International Film Festival. As far as I’m concerned, there are two types of people in this world. There are those people who love Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, and then there are those that the forces of the universe have placed before me in order to test the limits…