Draw Your Own Repo Men

Wednesday February 24th 2010

You will need:

1. A blank copy of the poster – click here (.pdf)
2. A black marker pen

Don’t forget to tweet us your results at the usual address.

Absolutely no prize for the best entry.

Sorry About That Server Bullshit

Tuesday February 23rd 2010

Our host is crap.

The Screening Report: Green Zone

Tuesday February 23rd 2010

I know how much you all love it when I rant about cinema auditoriums, but I’m afraid I can’t let this go unsaid. Screen 4 at the Empire Leicester Square is comfortably one of the worst screens I’ve ever sat in.

Apparently it was only built a couple of years ago, and they honestly shouldn’t have bothered. It’s like they’ve converted a corridor into a cinema: the room is so long and thin that the seats are all insanely close to each other and the screen. I was sat in the second-to-back row and I could just about see the whole picture, so the front row must’ve been lucky to get two ninths of Matt Damon’s face within their sight lines.

And it’s got those unbelievably crap seats that all the Empire screens have.

Here’s a quick ‘sketch’:

I can’t tell you about the movie itself because it’s embargoed until March 8th, but thank god it’s loud because the man next to me was breathing like a fucking Dyson.

EXTRA! EXTRA! More crap on at the Odeon West End

Tuesday February 23rd 2010

Blu-ray of the week/month/year: ‘M’

Monday February 22nd 2010

Yesterday saw the release of the latest Blu-ray in Eureka’s Masters of Cinema collection (IMHO, they rival Criterion for sheer attention to detail and beauty). It’s Fritz Lang’s 1931 classic M and it’s now the best Blu-ray release I own.

Every single aspect of this Blu-ray is perfect. Even the packaging is work of art, with a beautifully slimline and understated design encasing a totes wicked booklet and a firmly held disc.

The menu is equally perfect and simple (I wish I could find a way to screengrab Blu-rays) and pops right up as soon as you put the disc in: no piracy warnings or studio idents here!

The film is a master work of surprisingly accessible genius and it’s never looked and sounded so good.

Buy it. SERIOUSLY.