Byzantium: A Tale Of Two Vampires

Vampire films have certainly seen better days, I mean the past 6 years Twilight has spent bastardising the genre. As a fan of vampire films and television from such a young age I really did fear for the genre, will it be able to bounce back? Fortunately for us real fans there have been releases that are quite good, probably not as successful, but hey, the world is an unfair place. We've had Let The Right One In, Daybreakers, Fright Night (remake) and the up and coming Only Lovers Left Alive which our very own Matt Edwards has written about. I'd like to dedicate this post to Byzantium, which I discovered this week and absolutely adored and follows two vampires, Clara (Gemma Arterton) and Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan), who have spent two centuries on the run from an unknown force.

The film has a unique take on vampires, changing the way the being's change when they are becoming the deadly animals that they are as well as the conversions process from human to vampire. It's a complete departure from vampires in media before it but done incredibly well. The vampires are actually a little scary (I'm dead inside so I don't scare that easy) which is always a plus. I feel that the only time a vampire is allowed to not be scary is when it's a comedy, or the character is used for comedic effect, but usually there should really be a mix of fear and laughter (see Spike in Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Clara's unexpected temper did have me on the edge of my seat quite a bit, even from the opening of the film, but the film didn't just show the lack of humanity within vampires, but in humanity itself through the character of The Captain (Johnny Lee Miller) and it was intriguing to watch.

Kevin Bacon Is Awesome. That's All That Needs To Be Said.

Seeing this ad at my local bus stop just reminded me how awesome this guy is, and I could really just stop there but I'll try and elaborate without gushing too much. I remember the first time I watched him in something, I was about 8 or 9 and it was Footloose and man was he mesmerising, he was probably the main reason I loved that film and no remake would ever top the original. To be fair that's true for a lot of remakes these days. That's not the only reason he is commendable, he has had a solid career for the last 30 years, featuring in films that have garnered critical acclaim and audience adoration which has rubbed off on him. In my eyes anything bad he dies just would never stack up to the good, proof of that is The Following and the fact that he is the face of EE (and evil phone company). You've probably read my thoughts on The Following and I think anyone who knows you can tell you my issues with EE. The company is terrible and I've been with them for years but I hate it, hate it, hate it. My friend actually works for them but that doesn't even quell my anger and hate towards them, the only thing that keeps me with then is Mr Kevin Bacon. Yes, I'm such a fan of his that I stay with the company just because he endorses them, I never thought I'd be the type of fan to blindly follow everything that an actor is involved in (specifically endorsements) but in his case I do. When I compare myself to people by silly One Direction and Justin Bieber memorabilia, I realise that my slight obsession isn't wrong because the person I'm following like a drone is Kevin Bacon. He's Awesome!

Live Long and Blog! 

Dexter Should've Ended At Season 4

*spoilers from season 4-8 below. Will try and keep spoilers from season 8 to a minimum*

It should come as no surprise that I watch Dexter, I think i've mentioned it a couple of times and also mentioned my fascination with serial killers. When I first started watching the show I was enamoured, there's nothing better than a good anti hero and trying to decipher Dexter's psyche was fascinating which is why it pains me to say that the show really should've ended at season 4. You see Dexter isn't just about Dexter and his thoughts and feelings, it's about the whole ensemble and ever since season 4 I think the character of Dexter, as well as the others that feature in the show, has gone downhill. Characters that were introduced that had so much promise have also ended up being, well how should I put this, pants.

Is There A Place For Homosexuals In Cinema?

Wentworth Millar coming out as gay (seriously, didn't know that was a secret) made me pose this question and the most simple answer is yes. Unfortunately reading comments regarding him as well as other gay actors/actresses is ridiculously depressing because I see others are stuck in the middle ages and don't feel this way. I've read numerous comments saying that his career is now dead, he will no longer be able to play a romantic lead, how people will no longer watch his films ect. and its stifling. I don't think I've ever interacted with anyone so prejudice and I come from a conservative family, in fact one member actually made a disgusting comment about homosexuals and I have yet to speak to her since that incident.

They are actors, they play characters that a far removed from themselves. I don't understand why their sexual preference, something that is part of their personal lives should affect that, and for me it doesn't. As I mentioned before, I thought he was out already and that never affected my viewing of Prison Break and I had many friends that also watched the show, knowing full well his orientation and it made no difference to them. He was playing a character so his personal life didn't come into it for me. To the people that are saying he should never have played Michael Schofield I have a question for you, should any of those actors been given those roles because they had never broken out of prison? It's pretty much exactly the same thing as you saying that he can't play a straight guy because he's gay. Should these actors play fugitives when they aren't? I bet there would be an uproar if they had actually cast actors that were serial killers and child molesters on the show.

Ben Affleck Braving Comic Book Territory Once Again

A couple of days ago when I heard that Ben Affleck had been cast as the new Batman in the Batman Vs. Superman I was ready to bust a gut and write a scathing post about it. I'd discussed before about how I didn't really want another incarnation of Batman so soon after Bales, and I figured I wouldn't really be accepting of any casting decisions so why would you listen to me? My opinion is biased right?

Well, I've had time to think about it and I think he could actually be ok. I know most people are throwing Daredevil out there as a reason for him to not be Batman, but come on, it wasn't just him involved in that film, I'd actually go as far as saying he had little to no say in it. So how on Earth can he take the blame for that atrocity? Think it through. Affleck's reputation to a major hit after the Daredevil film, I'm pretty sure the other bombs he was in didn't help but in recent years he has gained a significant amount of credibility due to his producing, writing, directing and acting, he has become a true auteur. Because of this I don't think that he would attach himself to the film/franchise if he had any doubts about it, he must actually have faith in the character, and I think he'll probably have a say in the direction that he would like the character to go. And would he really sign onto another comic book movie if he didn't feel it was worth it? Even though I don't like the idea of rebooted the character so quickly I'm willing to give Ben Affleck a chance, and I think you should to. Also, he did this:




How could you not give this guy a chance? Live Long and Blog!

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One Not To Watch: Bad Teacher

Recently I posted about Brooklyn Nine-Nine, a show that I'm looking forward to that starts this September and recommeded it to all you lovely readers. I figured seeing as though I'm telling you what to watch, I could also tell you what not to watch, and Bad Teacher (TV show. And movie I guess. Don't pay for it at least) is one of them.

The film itself was so-so, in my eyes it wasn't good, it wasn't bad but it was a way to kill an hour and a half. I probably wouldn't watch it again, and to be honest I don't really remember that much of it. There was no joke that stuck out at me and I know that the dry humping scene was supposed to be funny but it was pretty much just cringeworthy. Because of this I don't quite understand why theres a TV spin off in the works, I mean the film that it's based on wasn't much! It's not like it gave way to unlimited storylines, it's probably just going to be about a bitch who meets a guy she wouldn't usually look twice at, their relationship is fairly antagonistic to begin with but they fall in love and she becomes a better person. With innuendoes thrown in of course. The casting of Ari Gaynor is also quite puzzling because, even though she's lovable and I've adored her since Nick And Norahs Infinite Playlist, she's in her twenties. Isn't Bad Teacher about a teacher that's over the hill? Is this a prequel? Do I really care? No.


Live Long And Blog. I doubt Bad Teacher will.

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X-Men And Fantastic Four Share The Big Screen?

Comic book movies are all the rage nowadays, I mean we've blogged about it on numerous occasions but can we all just admit that the Fantastic Four and certain X-Men films were rubbish? That's not opinion, it's fact! And now we have the news that the Fantastic Four reboot will feature in the same universe as X-Men. *sigh*. Why? Just why? I'm not saying that they can't be in a universe together because they clearly can.

One To Watch: Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Summer is more or less drawing to a close and now comes the time to examining the latest batch of offerings from the US and see which ones we'll be procrastinating with. I haven't really done the extensive research that I usually do but I've heard snippets of things, but Brooklyn Nine-Nine I heard pretty much nothing about apart from the fact it starred Andy Samberg. Then I stumbled across the trailer and was mad at myself for not looking it up earlier.

                

Is it me or does it seem like a TV version of The Other Guys? I mean, I don't even like Will Ferrell and I loved that. I love the fact that theres a cop comedy on television, I may enjoy my serial dramas but you need something else to get away from that or life gets kinda depression you know? And I think theres a good play for a cop comedy on TV because it differs from all of the procedurals that are essentially the same and its light hearted fun so I'm not going to be thinking about the dangerous Blue Templar on Blue Bloods or capturing Wo Fat in Hawaii Five-o, I'll just be thinking about the jokes and how I'll tell them to my buddies. The fact that it has the creators of Parks And Recreation on board also helps its case, I never really got into the show but I caught the odd episode and found it thoroughly enjoyable and that's what I want in my sitcoms.

RIP Lee Thompson Young

It comes with great sadness to inform everyone that Lee Thompson Young, star of Rizzoli & Isles, passed away this morning. His other credits include The Famous Jett Jackson, Smallville, Scrubs, Kevin Hill, Flashforward and Friday Night Lights which showcased his incredible talent, and at 29 he had plenty more to give. This past decade he has been ever present on our television screens and it's sad that we won't be able to witnessed him any further because I believe that he was destined for greatness. Condolences go out to his family and friends.

My Top 5 Fictional Best Friends

This post isn't going to be as sad as the title suggests, I don't think I'm best friends with fictionaly characters. I wouldn't admit it if I thought that anyway. Recently writing about Friends made me think about my favourite friends in film and television and I'm such an ego-maniac that I figured EVERYONE should know my feelings. I'm going to avoid ensemble comedies like Friends and How I Met Your Mother because I feel like picking one would devalue all the other friendships in the shows which I don't want to do. So, in no particular order...

Dean and Castiel in Supernatural

These guys probably would've made the list on the top 2 best friends in film and TV. I'll elaborate, Castiel is an Angel of the lord and Dean is a hunter and kills things that go bump in the night. Castiel was one of those teachers pets in heaven, doing whatever God (or people masquerading as God) asked and Dean was hot headed and listened to no one and had faith in nothing. But then they meet and it's beautiful. Why would I watch romantic comedies when I can watch Supernatural? Dean helped Castiel gain his humanity, go against all his brothers in heaven to do whats right even though it would be easier to let the apocolypse happen. He embraced his humanity, and realised its better to be with it than without. Castiel gave Dean hope and faith (not the atrocious TV show), I mean what Supernatural fan didn't "aww" when Dean prayed to him for his help? That coupled with the fact that they've saved eachothers lives, bought each other back to life and saved eachother from Hell and purgatory pretty much shows that they are pretty much the ultimate best friends. What was the last thing you did for your BFF?

NERDGASM ALERT: The Rant of A Fan-Boy

Small bit of news came out recently, it’s hardly worth mentioning to be honest, but as a contributor on this site I feel I should report any bit of information great or small and give my  own personal opinion on it. All teasing aside; the biggest and best possible news for me as a comic book fan was released at the annual Comic Con this summer. Superman will face Batman in what is surely going to be the closest contender to topping The Avengers in terms of scale and sheer fan-boy expectations. What makes this crossover particularly appealing is the fact that both respective film characters haven’t been ruined. Yet.

               

Personally as I was watching The Dark Knight Rises last year it was very hard to imagine another universe outside the one created by Christopher Nolan, such was the genius behind the characters and the story, it just felt that there was no other alternative option for any comic book film. Nothing could top it. When I heard this news I like many people got giddy with excitement, the prospect of Superman AND Batman slugging it out was impossible around 6 or 7 years back. But alas, here we are. I don’t like to pour praise on a single person too much, but rescuing Batman from the brink of oblivion after the Joel Schumacher “adventures”, and producing in my opinion the best Superman film since the very first, is nothing short of a miracle.  Man of Steel was fantastically acted, shot, you name it, it had it. It was the perfect way of showing that the character and the story still had life in it. Henry Cavill in particular impressed me as he seemed to fit naturally into the role, more so than his predecessor Brandon Routh in my opinion. This gives me hope for this cross-over film as I feel the benefit of a strong leading actor like Cavill can hold his own with the likes of the actor’s from the Batman universe.

The Loved Ones Is Senseless Torture Porn

I've never found horror movies that scary, I don't know why. Maybe it's because I've been watching them from a young age or because I'm dead inside? I'll probably never really know but because of my lack of fear i'm always on the lookout for something that might scare my pants off, usually they fail. Accept Twilight, it scares me that that film was made, released and has a fan base. Ahhh, youth of today. Anyway, The Loved Ones was recommended to me by a friend, she's a bit like me and doesn't get scared of much and she said that it really freak her out so I was in there!

Yes, the tagline annoyed me too. "Prom night can be torture"? Seriously? Well I was able to look past it and watch the movie. It annoyed me (many things do). Not only did I not find it scary, I just found it disgusting. Its, as the title says, senseless torture porn, and its just masquerading as horror. Seriously, I sat through an hour and a half of the film and it was just a guy getting tortured. Sure he got away occasionally but its not like I was at the edge of my seat praying for his survival. We may have gotten flashbacks that add some context to the film, and of course incestuous undertones (my father would highly disapprove) but it was NOT a horror movie.

Prison Break Gets 3 Out Of 5 Stars

I took quite a lengthly break from Facebook a short while ago, and the first thing I did was not stalk one of my many crushes profiles but it was to add the films and television shows I'd watched to my profile and then rated them. Prison Break was one of them.

I gave Prison Break 3 out of 5 stars. I watched the show to the wretched end and to most that would mean that they enjoy it, but as I've mentioned before, when I start watching a show I tend to watch till the end no matter how crappy it gets. As there is no privacy on Facebook many saw the difficult decision I made and questioned it, saying it should at least have 4 out of 5. If it had stopped after 2 seasons if would've been 4 out of 5. If it had stopped after one season it would've been 5 out of 5. But it didn't, it lasted four long drawn out, excruciatingly badly written seasons. Each season got worse and worse. The show was never able to live up to the brilliance and innovativeness of the first season, towards the end the show was unrecognisable. Some would say it should have ended with the first season because they had achieved their goal, they had broken out of prison. But I think it should've ended with the second season, we got Alex Mahone for christ sake! Also, they could've completed the conspiracy storyline (which I think they ended up pulling out of the place where the sun doesn't shine) and we, the audience, would've had closure. Instead it kept getting renewed and we were given Prison Break 2.0 for the third season which was ridonkulous and the unmentionable fourth. I didn't realise how bad the fourth season was until I went back and attempted (key word being attempted) to watch it again because I didn't remember it that well. I realise now why I didn't remember it. I didn't want to.

So that is my reason for giving Prison Break a 3 out of 5. If it hadn't had the superior first season, and the almost superior second season it would've faired much worse.

So pretties, Live Long and Blog!

Omar Hassan: An Obituary

I vocalised before that I am a fan of 24, and and after the announcement of the revival of the show I decided to go back and re-watch the show to get myself ready for season nine. I didn't think I'd get through it so quickly but hey ho, I'll just have to watch it again before the show starts again. I figured I'd end up writing about David Palmer or something by the end of it as he is a close confidant of Jacks, but watching the series non stop made me realise that there was one President I was even more fond of, the dearly departed Omar Hassan.

Omar Hassan was the leader of the IRK, and Islamic Middle Eastern country who decided to align with the US and many other major countries to sign a peace treaty that many of his citizens were against. Now, politicians doing stuff that angers the people that voted them into power is nothing new, but President Hassan actually did it for the good of his country, and the World rather than selfish reasons. He brushed off assassination attempts, even from his own brother, to sign the peace treaty because he felt it was the right thing to do. Not only that, but he was willing to give himself over to terrorists even though he knew he would be killed, all for the good a nation that wasn't even his. He didn't even have to think about it, he even went against the President of the USA who was trying to protect him to do this which shows true bravery and selflessness. He would leave behind a family and a nation who would mourn for him, but he'd rather have his death than tens of thousands of people dying because of him, which would most likely lead to more of an uproar.

I'm Soppy, I Like Penelope

So I'm a massive fan of James McAvoy. I have been for years and I've pretty much watched everything he's been in and liked everything (not sure if it was him or the quality of the project)! One thing in his filmography that I was surprised to thoroughly enjoy was Penelope.

It's a fluffly little fairytale romance film, you know, the ones that usually make me puke. In short its about a girl with a pig nose who has to find love with a man of her status to become beautiful. I loved every minute of it. Christina Ricci is endearing, and the supporting actors were also amazing in their roles and seriously, I enjoyed watching a performance from Reese Witherspoon and I can't remember saying that in recent memory. And of course James McAvoy was a stand out within the film (would I say anything other than that?) I also loved the fact that it wasn't set in an actual location, they created their own location (so I couldn't bitch and moan about the goofs) and I thought it was beautiful.

Fast And Furious: A Legitimate Franchise?

Does anyone remember when The Fast And Furious franchise was just starting out? I can honestly say I don't, I remember them being on ITV when I was younger on a dull day so we'd sit and watch. I'm not going to slate the first films because I did enjoy watching them for the couple of hours it was on but afterwards I wouldn't really give much thought to them. It probably didn't help that they were on all the time so they got less and less entertaining while time wore on. The first 3 films seemed to be a flashy spectacle of nice cars and women, nothing to really get invested into. I would never have paid to see them. I wouldn't have watched them for free if there were other options.

Bye Bye Barney Stinson

We all knew How I Met Your Mother was ending, the last season was announced and we've even met the mother for Christ's sake! But it didn't really hit me until I read an article with Cobie Smulders saying she'd like to join Agents Of S.H.I.E.LD when it's all over. That's when I realised my time with Barney Stinson was almost over.

Revisiting One Tree Hill

Seeing Bethany Joy Lenz on the new season of Dexter reminded me of when I was first introduced to her on One Tree Hill. The teen show that should've stayed a teen show and ended when the characters graduated, but The CW being what they are kept hold of it until it couldn't any longer. The show was good at the beginning from what I recall (it was ten years ago) but became completely unrecognisable in the later seasons, and ridiculously far fetched and cringeworthy. I mean seriously, the return of evil nanny Carrie and the Clay's wife's evil doppleganger? It was appalling, but I kept watching for some reason. I always do.

Nostalgia Time: Lovable Bears/Love 2 Love Bears

Anyone remember these?

I'm asking because I was having a discussion with a few friends about toys we used to play with when we were younger, and how they were better and a lot more fun than toys/games now. We all used to have a whole host of things including tamagotchi's, robots and we even discussed how much fun legos were. One thing that we discussed got us all a bit heated was the Lovable bears, also known as the Love 2 Love bears. They were small bears that doubled up as keyrings, they had noses that glowed and you could feed them with their bottles when they got hungry. Yes, they got hungry. Just talking about the bears made us all want one, it didn't matter that we're in our twenties and practically graduates! We searched all the corners of the internet for them, just so we could relive our sweet sweet youths! Our searches came up empty and we were left heartbroken, we were unable to get our bears.

I Admit It, I Watch The Vampire Diaries

I bitch about rubbish television and voice my annoyance about people that watch it, but i'm not attacking anyone because I do it too. I watch The Vampire Diaries. Go on, hurl abuse at me! I deserve it! 

Well, I read the books when I was younger, the key word being younger. I had great affection for it at the time, but I didn't revisit the books later in life, so the only memories I had in regards to the franchise was the affection at that point in time. Sure, I shouldn't have trusted it, I was like ten at the time. I wrote my own stories based on the characters for Christ's sake! I was immature. When the series was announced I had gotten to a period of my life where I was enthralled by anything by anything Supernatural/Fantasy, and I had gotten in deep to Lost so I was following Somerhalder. It was pretty much certain that I would be watching the show.

Keanu Reeves, You Are More Than Just A Sad Meme

I tend to not fall into internet fads, and memes are one of the things I don't really see the humour in too much. But even I'm aware of the Keanu Reeves sad meme. I'd just like to take the time to say to the children of the noughties that this is not Keanu Reeves. Sure he hasn't done anything of merit lately but Personally, I think he's a legend.

He's dabbled in comedy with the Bill and Ted franchise, and if you guys haven't seen them then where the hell have you been living? Under a rock? The Bill and Ted films are classics Keanu Reeves should be known for the rest of his life just for those films alone. But guess what, he's done more. Even if you hadn't heard of the Bill and Ted films you've certainly heard of The Matrix trilogy. Sure the sequels are nothing to brag about but the original film was magnificent. The thing with Science Fiction films is that it could either be reaaaaalllllllyyyyyy bad or reaaaaalllllllyyyyyy good, and The Matrix was excellent.

He's also featured in several other films including Point Break, Speed, The Devils Advocate and many more, so with a career like his I doubt he has much to be sad about. He is more than just a sad meme, just remember that.

Live Long and Blog Guys!

Another Day, Another Remake *sigh*

I think all of us now know that Hollywood is running out of ideas. Hence all the adaptations of comics books, novels and rubbish masquerading as novels *cough* Fifty Shades Of Grey* and also the onslaught of remakes/reboots. Some of the re-imagining I understand, like the one based on superheroes, because I think the storyline possibilities are endless. But theres one announcement thats had me dumbfounded. The remake of The Butterfly Effect.

I mean, if the film was shoddy and the original writer/director wanted to re-do it without studio input ala  Joss Whedon and Buffy but the film was actually decent, it exceeded expectations. Any Ashton Kutcher film I call decent exceeds any expectations. Also, it's not even ten years old so it can't really be an update as not much has actually changed since then. And how can you re-imagine THIS film? So the only thing I think they could do is a direct remake, without changing anything. Seriously, what is the point of that? How about we just watch the original? If they really want to capitalise on the franchise then how about another direct to DVD sequel, I guarantee that a remake will probably do just as badly. I wouldn't be surprised if the remake actually ended up being released straight to DVD, if it's released at all. Seriously, this is a bad idea, just don't do it. What next? Remaking Donnie Darko?

Live Long and Blog!

Ninja Turtles. Yay...

I tend not to like bad movies so obviously I avoid Michael Bay films as much as I can. It's more important that I do so now that he's bastardising Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Ninja Turtles as he likes to call it. But sometimes things are hard to avoid, this popped up on my newsfeed and it pained me to see. Like I said, I've been trying to avoid any info so don't flame me for being late.

What is there for me to say? Well, Megan Fox is beautiful, that's undeniable. Note I said beautiful, not talented. Even if she was April's doppleganger she wouldn't do the character justice. I'm not picking on her, I think the whole film is a bad idea but this is the thing that sprung out at me and I couldn't avoid it. Seriously, the girl has sex appeal, but thats not good enough. She is not April O'Neil. Not to me, and I'm sure not to many others either. 

                                                                         

It hurts me too April. Live Long and Blog Dudes!

Friends Makes Me Re-evaluate My Friendships

I don't think I've ever met anyone that doesn't watch, and like, Friends. In fact the only person I've met that isn't a Friends fanatic is Spockfullmind's very own Iulia, but she is slowly being sucked in now that she has sky. In my circle of friends we've all probably watched every single episode of the show like ten times and we're always quoting the show, arguing about which characters we are and also unintentionally recreate scenes from the show (come on, you've all done it). We know Friends, we bloody live it.

I have one friend in particular who I'm very fond of, but sometimes he likes to text me at in the early hours of the morning to wake me up and annoy me. But more fool him! I don't sleep, I'm busy blogging! Anyway, the other night he decided to wake me up with a Friends reference, it went like this:

The Shock Of The New

Today marks the first anniversary of the death of Robert Hughes who presented this eight part documentary series called The Shock of the New on the BBC in 1980. It essentially concerns itself with the development of modern art since the Impressionist era. Robert Hughes looks at how technology, war, politics, authority, liberty and pleasure have affected artists and therefore their art.
Robert Hughes wrote and wonderfully presented this documentary series which manages to be both informative and imaginative whilst also occasionally being thought provocative.

Only Lovers Left Alive: The Promise Of Things Yet To Come

It is not too often that I am actually excited about an upcoming film, there may be the odd film that catches my eye or grabs my attention when I watch the previews of forthcoming films in the cinema before the actual movie begins but it is very rare that I feel I cannot wait until this film is released. Not since the Harry Potter films ended have I felt such an anticipation for a new film like I have with Only Lovers Left Alive (worldwide release on December 5th). This has much to do with the director behind it, Jim Jarmusch is perhaps for me one of the best directors around today largely because while his later films may be a little more conventional than his earlier films they still retain a independent streak such as the slow pace, use of silence and lack of action. This is a great antidote to some of those Hollywood films where there is plenty of epic battles and explosions (a number of buildings will fall down at some point) oh and the guy gets the girl. Jarmusch has been consistently making really good films since the early 80's, what really interests me about his films is the way he takes a genre and deconstructs and transforms it to suit his style. He has from his very first feature film Permanent Vacation shown an interest in outsiders, people who don't really belong in society so it is no surprise that he is taking on Vampires for his new film.

There is no reason to suggest that Only Lovers Left Alive is going to be any different in terms of quality from his previous films in fact the initial reviews from it's premiere at the Cannes Film Festival seem to suggest it is one of his best in recent years. At the moment only one trailer exists for the film and to be honest it reveals bugger all about the film however this could be a good thing as far too many trailers ruin the surprise of their films (unless it is the one for Titanic as you know the boat sinks at the end). The enigmatic trailer does keep you guessing and leaves you still anticipating the film as much as you did before you watched the trailer.

Sherlock Fan's Are Amazing!

In my short life I have been a part of many fandoms and observed them. Recently I became a Sherlock fan, and because It was off-season (for way too long) so there wasn't much to witness in terms of their fandom. But then the BBC announced that there was a treat for fans at the end of last weeks repeat of 'The Reichenbach Fall'. I've never seen so much online buzz about a repeat of an episode that first aired over a year ago. The fan's speculated whether we'd get a sneak peak of the new series, or a return date, something to whet the audiences' appetites. We got this:

                           

Any other fandom would be up in arms, a 26 second teaser that featured no footage from the new series, no resolution to the cliffhanger ending of series two. The only thing we found out was that Dr. Watson now has a mustache. But I've found that the Sherlock fandom is like no other, this 26 second teaser excited them, they had gone over a year with nothing but now this! They heaped it with praise when any other fandom would hurl insults and probably go trolling through twitter! The Sherlock fan's are amazing and, even though it took me a while, I'm glad to be a part of it! I'm eagerly awaiting season 3!

Live Long (as Sherlock will) and Blog!

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Paul Feig, I Salute You!

*Disclaimer: I may sound like a feminist. I can't help it, I'm a woman*

Paul Feig has been working pretty consistently in the entertainment industry since the 80s, perhaps most prominently known for his work on the small screen, the most obvious being Freaks and Geeks. I can't say that I've followed him as I've done a number of his peers but I have seen his most recent works that have put him in the spotlight, Bridesmaids and The Heat. Bridesmaids had funny moments and It was good to see a pretty much all female cast in a major Hollywood film that wasn't Sex And The City, but I did feel that it was ridiculously overrated. Sure, I found it enjoyable at times (who couldn't both love and be disgusted by the food poisoning scene) but I was expecting that second coming of The Hangover after the way people were talking about it and The Hangover was far superior. The characters within Bridesmaids were a disappointment to me, other than Megan (Melissa McCarthy), pretty much played up to the stereotypes of women, many of them which were negative, being catty, shrill, envious ect. I didn't really like the characters, I couldn't really relate to them. I mean, I don't think I know any women like that so why an Earth are women in their late 30s behaving like that?

Rob Kazinsky: From The East End To The Far East

*Minor spoilers below*

So i've been wanting to write about Pacific Rim for a while but I couldn't really figure out what to say. I think every other blogger/reviewer has pretty much written about my feelings of the movie, about how it was amazing, like independence day but good ect. so I was at a loss of what I could add to the subject. I was going to do a post of Charlie Hunnam and his excellence but that wasn't really surprising. I realised there was one thing that jumped out at me that I wasn't expecting and I don't think it's really been discussed, Rob Kazinsky.