It’s my birthday

Saturday August 15th 2009

So there won’t be any posts on here today (apart from this one, obviously).

Presents to the usual address.

Inglourious Basterds

Friday August 14th 2009

If you are reading this, chances are you:

a) Enjoy reading blogs.

b) Enjoy watching movies.

In which case it stands to reason that you’ll be seeing Inglourious Basterds whether I recommend it or not. Still, I’ll have a stab at it.

It’s incredible. This incredible:

In with a bullet.

In other news:

If Tarantino can carry on like this, he may well redeem himself.

Your diary for the next 2 weeks (if you live in London)

Thursday August 13th 2009

Look, I’m sorry, OK? I can’t help it if the majority of the UK’s independent and arthouse cinemas are focused within Central London and the surrounding areas. Believe me, I’d like to recommend a nice Godard double bill in Manchester, but it’s simply not under my jurisdiction. So if you don’t live near London, look away now.

OK, now that those idiots have cleared off, take a glance at what you’ll be doing for the next 2 weeks:

THURSDAY 13TH AUGUST
Nighthawks
8:25pm at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith
£7.50 / £6.50 Concs

FRIDAY 14TH AUGUST
Withnail & I / The Big Lebowski
6:40pm at the Prince Charles, Leicester Square
£9 / £6 Members

SATURDAY 15TH AUGUST
Special Movie-Con Preview:
Inglourious Basterds
6:20pm at the BFI, Southbank
[SOLD OUT]

SUNDAY 16TH AUGUST
Special Movie-Con Preview:
Funny People
6:00pm at the BFI, Southbank
£8.60 / £6.25 Concs

MONDAY 17TH AUGUST
The Universe of Keith Haring
4:30pm at the ICA, The Mall
£5

TUESDAY 18TH AUGUST
John Hughes Double Bill:
Planes, Trains and Automobiles / Ferris Bueller
6:40pm at the Prince Charles, Leicester Square
£9 / £6 Members

WEDNESDAY 19TH AUGUST
Kathryn Bigelow Day:
2:00pm - Near Dark - £5
4:15pm - Point Break - £5
7:00pm - The Hurt Locker + Q&A - £12
At the ICA, The Mall

THURSDAY 20TH AUGUST
ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
2:30pm at the BFI, Southbank
£6 / £5 Under 15′s

FRIDAY 21ST AUGUST
Ken Loach Double Bill:
Riff-Raff / Looking for Eric
6:45pm at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith
£7.50 / £6.50 Concs

SATURDAY 22ND AUGUST
Lord of the Rings All-Nighter Triple Bill
Midnight at the BFI IMAX, Waterloo
£26 / £18 Concs /£16 Students

SUNDAY 23RD AUGUST
Hitchcock Double Bill:
Vertigo / North by Northwest
12 noon at the Rio, Dalston
£8 / £6 Concs / £5 Under 15’s

MONDAY 24TH AUGUST
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
6:20pm at the BFI, Southbank
£8.60 / £6.25 Concs

TUESDAY 25TH AUGUST
Žižek!
8:30pm at the ICA, The Mall
£8 / £7 Concs

WEDNESDAY 26TH AUGUST
Twelve Monkeys
8:15pm at the BFI, Southbank
£8.60 / £6.25 Concs

Worrying stuff

Wednesday August 12th 2009

I’d be really annoyed if this turns out to be at all accurate.

More stuff to do with Mystery Team

Tuesday August 11th 2009

We put up the trailer for Mystery Team about six months ago and they still haven’t even come close to getting any UK distribution.

This is even more tragic when you consider the success of equally obscure but infinitely more shit films like Miss March, a sex comedy starring the guys from The Whitest Kids U Know (me neither) that has managed to secure a UK release date, albeit with a slightly less subtle title:

Anyway, even if you’re unlikely to ever see the movie itself, you can watch this short film that the cast and crew of Mystery Team recently made for San Diego Comic Con. It’s only 5 minutes long and its absolutely Uptown Top Ranking:

Ha ha ha.