Category Archives: Cinema

Company Precedence in The Matrix

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

Viewers of The Matrix will recall that at the very start, even before the cascading computer text, the Warner Bros and Village Roadshow movie logos are presented on stylised screens as the creepy music starts. This movie was a co-production, … Continue reading →

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Viva Blu-ray!

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Stephen Dawson

There is war in the world, and possibly a major economic problem, so I am going to outline the reasons I like Blu-ray with reference to my experience last Thursday night. My wife and I had some time to kill, … Continue reading →

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9.7

Posted on July 20, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

I place quite a bit of weight on the ‘User Rating’ figure on IMDB. For as long as I can remember, the top three places have been occupied by The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, and The Godfather: Part II, with … Continue reading →

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Put another prawn on the Barb-b

Posted on June 29, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Icon Film Distribution Australia has been releasing a number of interesting titles on Blu-ray, including Alpha Dog, Black Sheep and We Were Soldiers. Plus 30 Days of Night. This last was shot in New Zealand and features Australian actress Melissa … Continue reading →

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‘Home theaters will soon be able to show 3-D’

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

So sayeth Kevin Maney at Portfolio.com. It’s in the context of a discussion about how Hollywood is producing a spurt of improved technology 3D movies. Apparently Hollywood sees 3D screenings as a way to get people back to theatres, just … Continue reading →

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‘Frank the Bunny Rabbit is also a somewhat frightening character’

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Universal kindly sent me Southland Tales today at my request. Since I simply love Donnie Darko, created by the creator of Southland Tales, Richard Kelly, I thought it would be great to review it along with the more recent Southland … Continue reading →

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The Ballad of Dwight Frye

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Last night I watched, with one of my daughters, the 1922 version of Nosferatu. The picture quality wasn’t particularly good, yet it was still strangely powerful at certain points. My daughter, who has read Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, of which … Continue reading →

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New formats always lead to troubles

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

When the DVD was first introduced, some of the early discs were released in pan and scan 4:3 format. There was outrage from quite a few enthusiasts, who wanted to see movies in their original aspect ratios, a position with … Continue reading →

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I Know Who Killed Me – the ultimate love-it-or-hate-it movie?

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Stephen Dawson

I have not yet seen the new Lindsay Lohan movie, I Know Who Killed Me. But it was being advertised on some of the web sites I was visiting today, so I toddled over to the Internet Movie Database to … Continue reading →

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Who’d ever have thought it

Posted on April 14, 2007 by Stephen Dawson

I was perusing, as I so often do, the Internet Movie Database when I stumbled upon something quite surprising. It was that the 1929 Disney animation, ‘The Skeleton Dance‘, was banned in, of all places, Sweden. Clicking on the provided … Continue reading →

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