Category Archives: Cinema

Product Placement

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I’m not one to get all upset about product placement in movies. I do sometimes find it quite amusing, though. Here is part of a scene from The Final Destination (on Blu-ray, naturally): And here is part of a scene … Continue reading →

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Inception up, and Toy Story 3 down a little

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Christopher Nolan’s new movie, Inception, has opened in the US and starts on IMDB at 9.4/10, and position #3 with a weighted 9.1/10. More than 72% of the nearly 30,000 voters so far have given it 10/10. For some reason, … Continue reading →

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Big Brother

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Last night I received an email from Amazon.com wondering if I am ‘looking for something in [its] Romantic Comedy DVD department’. The offering at the head of the list is … To Die For. I suppose that amazon noticed I … Continue reading →

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Inception coming

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Christopher Nolan’s new movie, Inception, is due to release in Australia on 22 July. You may remember Nolan, responsible for such brilliant works as Memento (featuring an Australian actor pretending to be an American), The Prestige (featuring an Australian actor … Continue reading →

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Eclipsing chick flick extremes

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

There can be no doubt that The Twilight Saga movies have been financial successes, nor that they are chick flicks, if this term is defined not as a romantic comedy, but as a movie that appeals significantly more to females, on … Continue reading →

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The Rise and Fall of M Night Shyamalan

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I was going to entitle this post ‘The Fall of M Night Shyamalan‘, but he actually made a couple of movies before The Sixth Sense. Yesterday my brother and I were discussing the disappointment of The Happening (to be fair, … Continue reading →

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Toy Story 3 – Take Two

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Well, yesterday I made some remarks about the new Toy Story movie. Last night I watched the original Toy Story on Blu-ray, and after not having seen it for several years, it still stands up very nicely, and looks gorgeous. … Continue reading →

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Pixar still has it

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

A while back I asked ‘How long can they keep it up?‘ I was pointing out that Pixar had delivered a total of ten movies, which at worst were very good, and eight of them were in the IMDB Top … Continue reading →

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Robin Hood at the cinema

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Last week I went with my family to see the new new Robin Hood movie at Hoyts at Woden. Pretty unimpressive experience, really. The movie itself was okay, if a  little Forrest Gumpy in the way that Robin was responsible … Continue reading →

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The older Von Sydow

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Last night I watched Shutter Island for the second time on Blu-ray. It is worth watching twice for reasons that you will work out after you’ve watched it the first time. One aspect of it had me puzzled. German actor … Continue reading →

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