Category: Entertainment

The last couple of Disaster films are on specific weather events that really do happen in the real world, but for cinematic story-telling gets slightly exaggerated. Unlike the other films though, these aren’t major disasters of the Humanity Wipe type.

Fanboys (2009) – on rental. I’m not sure if I’m more a Star Wars or a Star Trek fan. I like both franchises for what they are and that they’re centered on very different themes, even if the most recent

Funnily, there aren’t as many rules governing Weather and Climate Change films. But they do tend to be more factually sound than say Alien Invasion or Monster films: there has to be some scientific basis for a weather or climate

Like Monster and Alien Invasion movies, there’re a couple of rules that must be followed when it comes to Humanity Wipe films like those asteroid events. #1: The big asteroid must be preceded by numerous smaller ones that will hit

There’re a couple of rules when it comes to Monster movies. #1: The critters have to be big – like massive. #2: There have to be a couple of scenes where the critter goes about stomping around in an urban

Er, not literally – but a survey of Disaster-themed films.:) Disaster-themed films have been around for a while, but they really took off from the mid-90s onwards when advances in computer-generated imaging made it possible to render onscreen scenes that

Awards aside though, Dangerous Liaisons 20 years past remains for me the definitive period drama of aristocracy and adultery. Period dramas of this theme haven’t been in vogue for many years (there were period dramas on other themes though), but

By far though, the most well-known and critically-acclaimed adaption of de Laclos’ novel is Dangerous Liaisons, with three famous names  among the four lead actors. John Malkovich played Valmont. Glenn Close was Merteuil, and had been in a similar role

Dangerous Liaisons (1989). After issuing a damning report on Ralph Fiennes and Keira Knightley’s The Duchess, I thought I should write a review on a film I mentioned in the post – Dangerous Liaisons. The film is based on an

One of those changes that’s happened at home now that Hannah’s joined the family is that I have to be at home on evenings. It’s not just to feed Ling, but it’s also to lend a helping hand to her

Defiance (2008) – on rental. Director Edward Zwick doesn’t make a lot of films, but I’ve always liked his output. There was the Oscar-winning Glory in 1989, The Last Samurai (Tom Cruise not withstanding LOL), and the semi-recent Blood Diamonds.

The Duchess (2008) – on rental. British actress Keira Knightley seems to have settled into a persistent role based on the most recent films she’s been in, and it’s period dramas. There were those three Pirates of the Carribean movies,