Two Heroes

Saturday September 19th 2009

I took this picture last night.

Edgar Wright told me an anecdote that he said was OK to print (‘print’) but now I’m worried that I’m remembering it wrong and he actually said that it was definitely not okay to print.

It involved a listings magazine, his first positive review and a not-too-alert shopkeeper. You can piece it together yourself.

Cool poster for a Saturday, Part 1

Saturday September 19th 2009

This is another Australian poster that blows its UK equivalent out of the water. Ominous quotes and a massive 18 rating are, of course, amazing in their own way, but they can’t match the simple beauty (and beautiful simplicity) of this design.

Part 2 of this amazing one-off feature should show up around 1:26pm.

Competiton Time: 3 copies of Observe and Report on DVD up for grabs!

Friday September 18th 2009

Observe and Report is fucking brilliant. According to our Best of 2009 list, it’s the 13th best film of the year. Better than The Wrestler. Although that does seem a bit mad with hindsight.

Excellent news then, that courtesy of Warner Home Video we have 3 copies of Obs&Rep to give away.

‘To be in with a chance of winning’ just answer the following simple question:

Competition ended. Winners announced soon.

One entry per household. Entrants must be 15 or over.

Observe and Report is released on DVD and Blu-Ray on the 28th September.
It’s worth buying. Srs.

Unsurprising

Thursday September 17th 2009

From Amazon UK.

Cold Souls

Thursday September 17th 2009

You haven’t heard of Cold Souls. No one has. Evidently, even the guy who handles the video monitor at the screening venue hadn’t heard of Cold Souls. Or even the words ‘cold’ or ‘soul’ for that matter.

I put up the trailer yesterday so have a look at that if you’re remotely interested.

As you may be able to tell from the trailer, Cold Souls is a bit rubbish. Here’s why:

• It features an American character actor playing a warped version of themselves, somewhat like Charlie Kaufman’s Being John Malkovich.
• The central character is struggling to cope with his involvement in an intense new theatre production, somewhat like Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche New York.
• In desperation, he seeks the help of a strange new medical corporation who promise to relieve stress by removing a metaphysical part of the patient’s body, somewhat like Charlie Kaufman’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
• As a result, other people are able to ‘live the life’ of the actor, if only for a limited period of time, somewhat like Charlie Kaufman’s Being John Malkovich.
• etc.
• etc.
• etc.

Oh, and Cold Souls is not directed by Charlie Kaufman. Obviously.