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Posted by Dave Söze
on 18/11/09
This week the second instalment of the anaemic saga where a human teenager falls for a vampire trickles onto the big screen with the dreary monotony of a dripping IV tube. New Moon is the sequel to Twilight and chronicles how moody adolescent Bella gets double miffed when bloodsucking would-be boyfriend Edward does a runner leaving her crying on the shoulder of Jacob Black, who becomes a werewolf. These things happen, kids. Live with it.
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He fought off spear-lobbing Natal warriors in Zulu, took on a gang of Geordie gangsters in Get Carter and squared up alongside Batman against the Joker in The Dark Knight. Blimey, he even escaped unscathed starring alongside Roger Moore in Michael Winner's comedy turkey Bullseye. But now double Oscar-winning Rotherhithe boy Michael Caine could have met his toughest challenge yet - Britain's crimmo-de-jour The Hoodie.
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It's already the season to be jolly with this week seeing the release of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol... in another dimension. The 3D movie version of the classic tale of Yuletide penny-pinching certainly is a joy to behold - the giddy rendering of the story sees every wizened grimace of the old miser - voiced by Jim Carrey - captured in stunning digital detail.
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Posted by Dave Söze
on 27/10/09
"Don't be like vat...Oim ownly avin' a larf wiv ya...ya f****n' minger." That curt statement could sum up the defensive philosophy of East End uber-geezer and Cockernee nemesis of broadsheet cinephiles Mr Daniel Dyer.
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Posted by Dave Söze
on 22/10/09
What can you get for £45? Well, you could clear out most of the fine wine section in Lidl. Or you might be able to get forty-five Ryanair flights pretty much anywhere in Europe. (But watch the baggage handling charges. Oh, and the online booking fee. Oh, and the credit card purchase extras).
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