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Thoughts On The Movie, The Twilight Saga – New Moon

“The Twilight Saga – New Moon” follows on from the first movie ‘Twilight’ with Bella celebrating her 18th birthday and very conscious of getting old, seen in the opening clips of the film in the form of Bella’s disturbing dreams. After a disastrous birthday party at the Cullen’s house where she is almost eaten by [...]

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Thoughts on the Movie: Whiteout

The 2009 movie, Whiteout, stars Kate Beckinsale (Underworld, Van Helsing) as a rather unlikely “tired” US Marshall “Carrie Stetko” posted to an Antarctic Research Station and Tom Skerrit (Alien, Contact) as the base Doctor as they investigate a reported dead body in the snow – miles away from anywhere. The research station is readying to [...]

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Movie: Pandorum

Imagine being at the pitch meeting for Pandorum and you might have heard it described as Aliens meets the Poseidon Adventure – as that’s pretty much the idea behind Pandorum but elements of other stories are included, for example it has threads of caving horror Descent, tones of Planet Of The Apes played out in [...]

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Movie Watch: What Sort Of Thing Would A Prequel Be?

We often hear about “Movies that never should have been remade” but there are exceptions to this rule and John Carpenter’s 1982 horror fest “The Thing” is a prime example.

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Movie Watch: The Rise Of Retro Classic Video Game Movies

It seems the latest trend in the movie world is to attempt to turn retro classic science fiction video games into blockbuster movies. News is already circulating that the big studios are clamouring to grab their slice of the classic pie with Missile Command heading to the big screen from Fox, Asteroids will be smashing [...]

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Movie Watch: DC Comics At The Movies

With all the excitement over the next developments for Marvel, it’s worth remembering that DC Comics are responsible for a number of major comic and screen legends including Batman and Superman (though that’s a complicated issue, see Superman: No more movies? No more comics?). Christian Bale has helped re-ignite the role of Batman for the [...]